Cine Prime
Canon RF Mount
T1.9
77 mm
40 mm
874 g
Overview

NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens (RF Mount)

Discover the latest addition to the ATHENA cinema lens lineup, the NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens, engineered to elevate your cinematic creations with its cutting-edge design and exceptional optical performance. Meticulously crafted to seamlessly integrate with the original Athena Prime series, this lens promises the same remarkable features, consistent weight, and synchronised focus and iris ring positions, ensuring a harmonious user experience across the range.

SKU: GC11-N-428751

NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens (RF Mount)

NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens (RF Mount)

Discover the latest addition to the ATHENA cinema lens lineup, the NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens, engineered to elevate your cinematic creations with its cutting-edge design and exceptional optical performance. Meticulously crafted to seamlessly integrate with the original Athena Prime series, this lens promises the same remarkable features, consistent weight, and synchronised focus and iris ring positions, ensuring a harmonious user experience across the range.

Embrace the art of visual storytelling with unparalleled image quality, thanks to the lens's superior micro-contrast control and minimal chromatic aberration. The result? Crisper, more detailed images that bring your creative vision to life. Coupled with a large aperture of T1.9, it delivers stunning background separation and soft, captivating bokeh, making it perfect for creating atmospheric shots with a distinct sense of depth.

Designed with precision to minimise focus breathing, this lens ensures a consistent field of view as you adjust focus, making it indispensable for filmmakers who demand seamless focus pulls and a uniform visual style throughout their work. Its compatibility and uniformity in design with the rest of the Athena Prime series mean no more time wasted rebalancing your gimbal when changing lenses; each lens in the series matches in weight and size for effortless transitions.

The 40mm ATHENA PRIME also boasts a 77mm filter thread, 80mm clamp on size and matching aperture and focus rings across the series, simplifying the use of additional lens accessories. The focus ring, featuring 300° of rotation with fluorescent focal scales, allows for unmatched precision in focus pulls, ensuring sharp, dynamic shots even in low-light conditions. The NiSi 40mm ATHENA PRIME introduces a rear filter mount, offering filmmakers unprecedented flexibility and creative control. This ingenious feature allows for the quick and easy addition of ND and Mist filters, directly to the rear of the lens, streamlining your workflow, and protecting your lens from potential damage during filter swaps.

Ideal for a wide range of cinematic projects, from feature films and documentaries to music videos, the NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens is a versatile, high-quality tool that offers unmatched image quality, flexibility, and creative freedom. Step into the future of filmmaking with NiSi, where your vision knows no bounds.

Key Features:

Maximum Micro-contrast Control

Ultra-low Chromatic Aberration

Rear Mount Filter Mount

77mm Filter Thread

Focus Ring with 300° Rotation

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NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens (RF Mount)

Cine Prime
Canon RF Mount
T1.9
77 mm
40 mm
874 g
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NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens (RF Mount)

Discover the latest addition to the ATHENA cinema lens lineup, the NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens, engineered to elevate your cinematic creations with its cutting-edge design and exceptional optical performance. Meticulously crafted to seamlessly integrate with the original Athena Prime series, this lens promises the same remarkable features, consistent weight, and synchronised focus and iris ring positions, ensuring a harmonious user experience across the range.

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Key Features

Cine Prime

NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40 mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens is a Cine Prime lens.

Canon RF Mount

NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40 mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens features a Canon RF Mount.

T1.9

NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40 mm Full Frame Cinema Lens has a maximum aperture of T1.9.

77 mm

NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40 mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens has a front filter size of 77mm.

40 mm

NiSi ATHENA PRIME T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens features a fixed 40 mm focal length.

874 g

NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens weighs 874 g.

Elevate Your Cinematic Creations

NiSi ATHENA PRIME 40mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens (RF Mount)

Elevate Your Cinematic Creations

Cinematic Clarity with ATHENA 40 mm

Experience sharp, seamless clarity with ATHENA 40 mm for flawless cinematic shots.

Flawless Focus, Flawless Storytelling

Flawless Focus, Flawless Storytelling

Achieve flawless focus and seamless storytelling with the NiSi ATHENA 40 mm lens.

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