{"id":179895,"date":"2024-02-29T12:48:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T12:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=179895"},"modified":"2024-02-29T12:48:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T12:48:56","slug":"nisi-announces-250mm-f5-6-lens-and-three-athena-cine-lenses-18-40-and-135mm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/photo\/nisi-announces-250mm-f5-6-lens-and-three-athena-cine-lenses-18-40-and-135mm\/","title":{"rendered":"NiSi Announces 250mm F5.6 Lens and Three Athena Cine Lenses 18, 40 and 135mm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A video teaser from NiSi Optical<\/strong>\u00a0has appeared\u00a0on the Chinese social network\u00a0Weibo\u00a0, which promises a presentation in the first half of the year of a new manual lens\u00a0<strong>NiSi 250mm F5.6<\/strong>\u00a0for almost all existing mounts and three cine lenses\u00a0<strong>NiSi Athena 18mm T2.2<\/strong>\u00a0,\u00a0<strong>40mm T1.9<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>135mm T2.2<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Stills from the video:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-179897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-512x288.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-179898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-1.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-1-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-1-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-1-512x288.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Technical characteristics of NiSi 250mm F5.6 (from teaser):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>minimum focusing distance: 2 m<\/li>\n<li>focusing: manual<\/li>\n<li>Focusing ring travel: 270\u00b0<\/li>\n<li>filter thread diameter: 67 mm<\/li>\n<li>will be released for mounts: Sony E, Canon RF and EF, Nikon Z and F, Fuji G and X<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The manufacturer claims that it spent four years reworking the optical design of the Minolta 250\/5.6, applying new lens processing technologies and using special coatings, which significantly increased the amount of light passing through the lens, improving resolution and sharpness.\u00a0NiSi notes the ring-shaped donut bokeh, as well as the &#8220;special pattern that gives photographs the dreamy, atmospheric feel of a painting, and provides a perfect integration of technology and art, giving photographers new creative tools.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The NiSi 250mm F5.6 price at the start of sales will be 2950 yuan (~$408).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-179899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-2.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-2-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-2-512x288.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition, NiSi Optical will present three new cinema lenses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NiSi Athena 18mm T2.2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>NiSi Athena 40mm T1.9<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>NiSi Athena 135mm T2.2<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most likely, they will be presented at the April NAB&#8217;2024 exhibition, in which NiSi Optical will participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video teaser from NiSi Optical\u00a0has appeared\u00a0on the Chinese social network\u00a0Weibo\u00a0, which promises a presentation in the first half of the year of a new manual lens\u00a0NiSi 250mm F5.6\u00a0for almost all existing mounts and three cine lenses\u00a0NiSi Athena 18mm T2.2\u00a0,\u00a040mm T1.9\u00a0and\u00a0135mm T2.2\u00a0. Stills from the video: &nbsp; Technical characteristics of NiSi 250mm F5.6 (from teaser): [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/photo\/nisi-announces-250mm-f5-6-lens-and-three-athena-cine-lenses-18-40-and-135mm\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":179900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[651],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-179895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-photo","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}