NiSi Athena Prime Rewind Cine Lens Kit

Description

Signature Bokeh and Flare Character

At wide apertures, the Rewind lenses produce distinctive bubble bokeh with bright edges and darker centres inout-of-focus highlights, most pronounced on the 35mm and 50mm focal lengths. This effect fades controllably by around T4.0, giving filmmakers precise control over background rendering. Flare intensity is significantly increased over the standard Athena Prime, delivering warm-toned flares that add atmosphere and energy to backlit scenes, practicals, and direct light sources. Combined with retained barrel distortion across all focal lengths, the Rewind set creates an organic, analogue visual texture that sets it apart from modern corrected optics.

Color Consistency and On-Set Flexibility

Despite its vintage optical character, the Rewind maintains color rendering that is highly consistent with the standard Athena Prime set. This means cinematographers can freely intercut between Rewind and standard Athena lenses without requiring extensive color correction in post-production. Unlike the Tuned variant, which shifts toward yellow-green tones, the Rewind preserves neutral, natural colour fidelity, making it a practical and versatile choice for productions that require both character and clean footage within the same project.

Comprehensive Focal Range and Professional Build

The kit includes five prime lenses covering focal lengths from 14mm ultra-wide to 85mm portrait: 14mm T2.4,25mm T1.9, 35mm T1.9, 50mm T1.9, and 85mm T1.9. All lenses provide full-frame coverage with a 46mm imaging circle, supporting the latest large-format cinema cameras. The set features matched weight and physical dimensions across all focal lengths, enabling seamless lens changes without gimbal rebalancing ormatte box adjustments. Each lens includes a 300-degree focus ring with fluorescent focal scales for precise focus pulls in low-light conditions, along with a rear filter mount for gel and creative filter use.

Minimal Focus Breathing and Retained Character

The Rewind lenses deliver minimal focus breathing, ensuring a stable field of view during focus adjustments —an essential feature for professional pull-focus work in narrative and commercial production. Importantly, while aberrations and softness are amplified for the vintage look, chromatic aberration levels remain unchanged fromthe standard Athena Prime, meaning filmmakers gain stylistic character without the undesirable fringing artifacts that often accompany older lenses.

A Complete Creative System

Whether shooting intimate character-driven drama, stylized commercial content, or atmospheric documentary work, the NiSi Athena Prime Rewind Cinema Lens Kit provides filmmakers with an unprecedented level of creative flexibility. The ability to transition from vintage warmth to modern clarity within a single lens set eliminates the need to carry multiple lens systems on set, reducing both cost and complexity while expanding the visual language available to every project. Supplied in a purpose-built hard case, the Rewind kit is ready for professional production from day one.

Full-Frame | T1.9/T2.4 Maximum Aperture

14, 25, 35, 50 & 85mm Primes

Dual Vintage Character & Modern Looks

0.8 MOD Gears/300° Focus Rotation

80mm Front Diameter

Distinctive Bubble Bokeh

Increased Level of Warm Flares

Minimal Breathing & Chromatic Aberration

Lens Markings in Feet & Meters

Includes Hard Case