NiSi 85mm Aureus Prime Full Frame T1.4 Cinema Lens (PL Mount)
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- 85mm Focal Length for Beautiful Subject Isolation – Perfect for intimate close-ups and cinematic portraiture, the 85mm provides flattering compression and narrow depth of field to emphasize emotional storytelling.
- Fast T1.4 Aperture for Stunning Low-Light Performance – Offers dramatic subject separation, excellent low-light capability, and gorgeously soft bokeh with smooth background transitions.
- Full-Frame Coverage with a 46mm Image Circle – Designed for large sensor cameras, delivering clean, edge-to-edge sharpness and contrast without vignetting or optical falloff.
- Virtually Zero Focus Breathing – Provides consistent frame composition throughout the focus range, enabling precise focus pulls for emotionally impactful scenes.
- Superior Optical Design for Minimal Chromatic Aberration – Reduces distortion, fringing, and aberration while preserving skin tones and fine detail across the image field.
- 300° Focus Rotation for Precision Control – Long rotation arc enables detailed and exact manual focusing, especially useful in tight-focus portrait and macro-style framing.
- Consistent Build and Weight with Aureus Prime Series – Maintains mechanical uniformity with 90mm front diameter, 86mm filter thread, and 1300g weight, allowing fast lens swaps and balanced rigging.
- Versatile PL Mount Compatibility – Designed for broad PL-mount integration, including adapters with drop-in filter systems, ensuring total system compatibility.
- Neutral and Accurate Color Reproduction – Color rendering is natural and matched across the set for consistent skin tones, contrast, and tonal depth throughout your project.
- Durable, Lightweight Metal Construction – Built to endure demanding shoots while maintaining a lightweight design optimized for stabilized and handheld setups.
- Interchangeable Rear Filter System for Creative Flexibility – Supports ND and diffusion filters via rear slot, streamlining the rig and expanding aesthetic options.
- Interchangeable Focus Scale (Feet or Meters) for Versatile Use – Dual glow-in-the-dark scales can be swapped easily to match operator preference or regional standards.
- Optimized for Seamless Integration with Aureus and Athena Primes – Matched for rendering, tone, and image character, allowing effortless combination with other NiSi prime sets.
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AUREUS PRIME
T1.4 Super Speed Full Frame Exceptional Performance
T1.4 Super Speed Full Frame Exceptional Performance
The AUREUS PRIME series offers a wide range of focal lengths, from ultra-wide to telephoto, including 18mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm, all with a fast T1.4 aperture. Three additional focal lengths 29mm, 65mm, and 105mm are planned for future release.
46mm Image Circle – Full-Frame Coverage
Supports a variety full frame and large format cameras
The wide image field fully covers full-frame sensors and is compatible with super 35mm sensors.
The wide T1.4 aperture delivers soft, beautiful background blur and enhanced low-light performance
The large aperture design effortlessly handles low-light conditions, while the 11-blade aperture ensures smooth and precise adjustments. The beautiful bokeh and smooth out-of-focus transitions create a greater sense of depth and a more dimensional image.
Modern Optical Design
A Clean, High-Performance Image
Even at wide open T1.4, the lens maintains outstanding dispersion control, reducing unwanted optical artifacts. With a precisely engineered optical structure, the entire set delivers consistent ultra-low dispersion performance, minimizing color fringing and ensuring pure, high-quality imagery.
Minimal Focus Breathing
Ultra-High Resolution
AUREUS PRIME lenses exhibit virtually no focus breathing, ensuring composition stability when shifting focus. The lenses deliver exceptional image quality across the entire aperture range, from T1.4 to T22, ensuring ultra-high resolution and fine detail preservation from center to edge.
True-to-Life Colors
Exceptional Micro-Contrast
The lenses feature a neutral and accurate color profile, catering to filmmakers’ precise color reproduction needs. Advanced micro-contrast control enhances shadow details and creates smooth, natural tonal transitions.
Seamless Pairing with ATHENA PRIME Ultimate Flexibility and Consistency
AUREUS PRIME shares a similar image character with ATHENA PRIME, making them ideal companions for productions requiring a modern, high-performance cinematic look with seamless consistency. By combining lenses with matching optical characteristics but different apertures, filmmakers can adapt effortlessly to any shooting scenario.
Enhanced Visibility with Luminous Paint
Dual-Scale Feet/Meters Markings (Optional)
Glow-in-the-dark markings on the focus and aperture rings enhance readability in low-light environments. Optional dual-scale focus rings offer feet or meter markings, allowing flexibility based on user preference. The focus ring is user-changeable.
Compact, Light weight, and Unified Design
for Maximum Efficiency
The lenses are crafted with a compact and lightweight design, maintaining consistency across the entire set. Uniform focus and aperture ring positions for seamless operation. Consistent size, weight, and front diameter for hassle-free rigging and lens changes
Interchangeable Rear Filters
for Creative Flexibility
The easily replaceable rear filter system offers a variety of creative imaging options, providing filmmakers with additional versatility.
A Reliable and Versatile Tool for Filmmakers
From cinema and TV productions to documentaries and commercial work, AUREUS PRIME is designed to meet the highest professional standards, making it a trusted choice for filmmakers worldwide.
Precision Engineering
Uncompromising Quality
State-of-the-art production equipment and advanced measurement instruments ensure exceptional accuracy in processing and assembly.
Description
NiSi Aureus Prime 85mm T1.4 Full Frame Cinema Lens (PL Mount) – Portrait Power with Cinematic Precision
Telephoto Beauty for Dramatic Visuals
The NiSi Aureus Prime 85mm T1.4 Full Frame Cinema Lens brings stunning telephoto performance to the Aureus lineup. Perfect for portraits, close-ups, and isolated shots, the 85mm delivers rich image compression and exceptional subject separation.
With full-frame 46mm image circle coverage and a blazing-fast T1.4 aperture, the 85mm gives filmmakers the creative tools to craft intimate and visually arresting compositions—whether on a narrative film, commercial, or documentary.
Shallow Depth and Striking Bokeh
The T1.4 aperture delivers shallow depth of field and exquisite bokeh that isolates the subject beautifully, while the 11-blade iris ensures smooth and natural out-of-focus areas that are pleasing to the eye. It’s an ideal choice for character close-ups and emotional storytelling.
Even in low-light environments, the 85mm delivers clean, detailed imagery with a cinematic glow.
Optical Clarity with No Compromises
Featuring precision optical elements, the lens suppresses chromatic aberration, fringing, and distortion. Multi-layer coatings enhance contrast, control flare, and retain deep blacks and highlight detail.
The image remains crisp and consistent across the entire aperture range, ensuring reliability in every frame.
Minimal Breathing, Maximum Focus Control
Designed for cinematic precision, the 85mm features virtually zero focus breathing—perfect for narrative sequences and dialogue-driven scenes. With a 300° focus throw, it offers fine manual control for critical focusing moments.
Durability in a Lightweight Package
Built with a precision-machined metal housing, the lens weighs just 1300g while maintaining a solid, professional feel. It shares the same 90mm front diameter and 86mm filter thread as the rest of the Aureus Prime set, ensuring seamless integration with standard accessories.
The integrated rear filter system gives filmmakers additional image customization without front-mounted filter complications.
Optimized for On-Set Workflow
Low-light readable glow-in-the-dark ring markings, dual-scale focus (feet/meters), and unified gear positions across the set make the 85mm fast and easy to work with. Whether switching lenses on the fly or dialing in exact focus, this lens is built for efficiency.
Matched to the Aureus and Athena Look
The 85mm maintains the color neutrality, contrast, and rendering style of the entire Aureus Prime series—and pairs effortlessly with the Athena Prime lenses for cross-set consistency. Whether mixing focal lengths or sets, the 85mm fits right in.
A Powerful Tool for Expressive Cinematography
The NiSi Aureus Prime 85mm T1.4 is a stunning lens for filmmakers who want to emphasize emotion, subject isolation, and artistic visual storytelling. It’s the ultimate portrait and close-up lens in the Aureus arsenal.
Additional information
| Lens Mount | PL Mount |
|---|---|
| Maximum Aperture | T1.4 |
| Minimum Aperture | T22 |
| Imaging Circle | 46mm |
| Gear MOD and Pitch | Focus: 0.8 MOD / 32 Pitch |
| Close Focus | 0.9m/35.4" |
| Focus Rotation Angle | 300° |
| Angle of View (Diagonal) | 28.3° |
| Angle of View (Horizontal) | 22.8° |
| Angle of View (Vertical) | 17.1° |
| Filter Size | ø86mm |
| Front Diameter | ø90mm |
| Dimensions (ø x L) | ø90mm×110mm |
| Weight | 1300g/2.87lb |
| AUREUS CINEMA LENS | 85mm |
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