Fujinon NWS 180mm f/5.6

Fujinon NWS 180mm f/5.6 is the fast multi-coated 5×7 normal + 4×5 short-tele plasmat — Fujinon's NWS at portrait-tele focal length on 4×5 / native normal on 5×7.

Key features

• Mount: Copal 1 shutter (1s to 1/400, X-sync at all speeds)
• Focal length: 180mm
• Maximum aperture: f/5.6
• Image circle: ~253mm at f/22 — covers 4×5 with generous movements; covers 5×7 with movements
• Optical formula: 6-element/4-group plasmat with multi-coating
• EBC multi-coating standard

Use case + rendering

The 180 NWS is the portrait + tight-landscape 4×5 lens, and the normal 5×7 lens. Multi-coating handles backlit portraits and color landscape work well. The leaf shutter syncs flash at all speeds for studio strobe.

Compatible cameras

• Toyo 45A / Toyo 45AII / Toyo 45G
• Cambo SC / Cambo Calumet 45NX
• Graflex Crown Graphic / Graflex Speed Graphic / Graflex Super Graphic
• 5×7 view cameras

Related lenses

• Fujinon NWS 150mm f/5.6 — wider NWS sibling
• Fujinon NWS 210mm f/5.6 — longer NWS sibling
• Fujinon CM-W 180mm f/5.6 — modern compact equivalent