NiSi Athena Prime 18mm T2.2, L Mount, Drop-in Filter

Features

• FULL FRAME COMPATIBILITY: The NiSi Athena 18mm T2.2 Cinema Lens is engineered for full-frame cameras, offering a 46mm imaging circle that ensures wide coverage and exceptional sharpness across the entire frame. Designed specifically for Leica L mount cameras, this high-performance lens provides remarkable optical quality with minimal distortion, enhanced contrast, and accurate color reproduction. Great for professional filmmakers, its ideal for cinematic applications and demanding shoots.
• HIGH-PERFORMANCE CINEMA LENS: The NiSi Athena 18mm T2.2 L Full Frame Cinema Lens for L mount offers exceptional micro-contrast control and ultra-low chromatic aberration. This L lens provides superior image quality, delivering sharp, detailed visuals. Ideal for filmmakers seeking high-performance optics, the NiSi Athena ensures finer image details and rich colors, enhancing every scene with stunning clarity. A must-have Leica cinema lens for advanced cinematography.
• LARGE APERTURE FOR BOKEH: The NiSi Athena Prime lenses for Leica L mount feature a fast aperture that creates stunningly smooth, creamy bokeh. This large aperture allows for beautiful background separation, enabling your subject to stand out with dramatic depth of field. Whether capturing portraits or cinematic scenes, these lenses offer excellent control over lighting and focus, delivering professional-quality results for Leica L mount users.
• SEAMLESS LENS SWITCHING: The NiSi Athena 18mm T2.2 L mount cinema lens offers a consistent weight and size, ensuring effortless transitions between lenses in the NiSi Athena series. This unique design eliminates the need for rebalancing on a gimbal when switching to other Leica cinema lenses or L mount lenses. With the NiSi series, enjoy smooth, uninterrupted shooting without compromising your setup. Ideal for professional cinematographers looking for precision and consistency.
• FLEXIBLE FILMMAKING CONTROL: The NiSi Athena Prime Cinema Lens Series (L mount) features a versatile drop-in filter mount, giving filmmakers enhanced creative control. Designed for Leica cinema lens users, this lens supports the L mount format and boasts a 46mm imaging circle. Its flexible design makes it easy to experiment with filters, offering greater workflow efficiency and expanding possibilities for professional filmmaking projects.

Description

Introducing the newest masterpiece in our ATHENA lens collection, the NiSi 18mm ATHENA PRIME Full Frame Cinema Lens T2.2 (L Mount), designed to revolutionize your filmmaking with its innovative features and exceptional optical performance. This lens is expertly crafted to align flawlessly with the original Athena Prime series, offering the same unparalleled characteristics, consistent weight, and matching focus and iris ring positions for a smooth, unified operation. Dive into the realm of cinematic excellence with unmatched image quality, achieved through superior micro-contrast control and minimal chromatic aberration. The outcome? Sharper, more vivid images that truly capture the essence of your creative vision. With its broader T2.2 aperture, this lens excels in separating the subject from the background, producing a soft, engaging bokeh that enhances the atmospheric quality of your shots, perfect for crafting scenes with a profound sense of space and depth. Engineered to significantly reduce focus breathing, this lens guarantees a stable field of view as you adjust focus, making it an essential tool for filmmakers who value smooth focus transitions and a consistent visual narrative. The seamless integration with the rest of the Athena Prime series ensures effortless lens swaps without the need to rebalance your gimbal, thanks to the uniformity in weight and dimensions across the lineup. The 18mm ATHENA PRIME stands out with its 77mm filter thread, 80mm clamp-on size, and standardized aperture and focus rings, enhancing the ease of using additional lens accessories. Its focus ring, marked by 300° of rotation with fluorescent focal scales, offers precise control for sharp, dynamic captures, even in challenging lighting situations. The Athena Prime Lens Series (L mount) is equipped with a drop in filter mount, which provides a more flexible workflow and creative control for filmmaking. Filmmakers can easily add ND filters, polarizers, or other

Brand: NiSi

Focal Length Description: 18mm T2.2

Lens Type: Standard

Compatible Mountings: Leica L

Camera Lens Description: 18mm T2.2

Focal Length Description: 18mm T2.2

Lens: Standard

Compatible Camera Mount: Leica L

Maximum Focal Length: 18 millimeters

Minimum Focal Length: 18 millimeters

Lens Design: Prime

Focus Type: Manual Focus

Lens Fixed Focal Length: 18 millimeters

Lens Coating Description: Multilayer Coating

Image stabilization: No image stabilization

Compatible Camera Models: Leica L mount cameras

Photo Filter Size: 7.7 centimeters

Lens Mount: Leica L

Lens Color: Black

Color: 18mm

Exposure Control Type: Manual

Media Type: ProductImage, EnhancedContent

Water Resistance Level: Not Water Resistant

Brand: NiSi

Camera Lens: 18mm T2.2

Model Name: Athena Prime

Number of Packs: 1

Item Highlight: Full Frame Cinema Lens, Drop-In Filter Slot, Micro-Contrast Control, Soft Bokeh, Uniform Weight, Low Chromatic Aberration

Number of Items: 1

Manufacturer Part Number: Athena-L-18

Unit Count: 1 Count

Built-In Media: NiSi ATHENA PRIME 18mm T2.2 Cine Lens with Filter Holder, Leica L

Item Weight: 800 g

Manufacturer: NiSi

Warranty Description: 12-MONTH LIMITED WARRANTY NiSi products are covered by a 12-month limited warranty against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. A valid proof of purchase from an authorized NiSi USA dealer is required. Products purchased from unauthorized sellers may not be eligible for warranty coverage or customer support. For assistance, contact NiSi Optics USA. Warranty does not cover damage from misuse, impact, water, fire, loss, or normal wear and tear.

Model Series: Athena Prime