Nikon Nikkor W 105mm f/5.6 S

[Dan Fromm]

Thanks, Mick, that's pretty much what I saw on cameraeccentric.

[Mick Fagan]

Dan, I just carefully re-read what you wrote, sorry......


Mick.

[Pere Casals]

6x9 vs 4x5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_format

See here "Single Image" section, you will find what sizes are in inches and what in cm, many times the " (inches) simbol is omited, and cm is near always omited, this leads to some confusion at the beginning

[neil poulsen]

I have the Nikkor 105mm for my 6x9 view camera. It works fine, from my perspective. If I weren't using that lens, I would opt for the Fuji 105mm for it's larger image circle. But, Nikkor lenses are known for their contrast.

As for rise, the Nikkor 105mm (155mm image circle) will enable about a 30mm vertical rise at f22. That's about 35% rise, compared to the format. (Horizontal rise will be greater.) That's quite a lot of rise, at least sufficient for my needs. (I always work on a tripod, so f22 or smaller is fine.)

Comparatively, the Fujinon 105mm will give you about a 40mm rise, which is near 50% of the vertical format. (Vertical format is 3.25 * 25.4 = 82.55mm.) That's large. Compare those numbers to the rise that your camera can achieve.

I would say that one of these lenses should work fine for your camera at f22. I'm not sure about larger apertures, because I don't have the relevant coverage stats. But given the above, I would question the assertion that you can't use a larger aperture than f22 without vignetting, when using the Nikkor 105mm.

[Dan Fromm]

Neil, the OP fessed up on graflex.org. He has a 4x5 Speed.