NiSi 16mm f/2.8 ASPH. Ultra-Wide Medium Format Lens (Hasselblad XCD Mount)

The NiSi 16mm f/2.8 ASPH. Ultra-Wide Medium Format Lens for Hasselblad XCD mount is a premium ultra-wide-angle prime engineered for photographers seeking exceptional optical performance on medium format systems. Offering a full-frame equivalent focal length of approximately 12.6mm and an expansive 118°+ angle of view, this lens captures breathtaking landscapes, dramatic architecture, expansive interiors, and immersive astrophotography with remarkable clarity and minimal distortion.

Designed specifically for today's 100MP medium format sensors, the lens features an advanced 16-element, 12-group optical construction incorporating three aspherical elements and four ultra-low dispersion (ED) elements. This sophisticated optical formula delivers outstanding edge-to-edge sharpness, high contrast, and excellent color fidelity while effectively minimizing distortion and maintaining exceptional image quality across the entire image circle.

The bright f/2.8 maximum aperture allows photographers to shoot confidently in low-light conditions while keeping ISO levels low for cleaner images. It is particularly well suited for astrophotography, nightscapes, interior architecture, and environmental photography where maximum light gathering is essential. Advanced APO-level chromatic aberration correction minimizes both axial and lateral color fringing, producing clean edges, excellent micro-contrast, and natural color reproduction even when shooting wide open.

Creative photographers will appreciate the lens's 8-blade diaphragm, which produces beautifully defined 8-point sunstars from f/4 to f/22, adding striking starburst effects to sunsets, city lights, and night scenes. A minimum focusing distance of just 0.25 meters enables dramatic close-up compositions with exaggerated perspective, emphasizing foreground subjects while maintaining expansive backgrounds.

Built for demanding professional use, the lens features a durable all-metal construction with a weather-sealing ring to help resist dust and moisture during outdoor shoots. Despite its robust build, it remains highly portable at approximately 835g, making it an excellent companion for travel and location photography. The integrated 82mm filter thread supports standard screw-in filters, while NiSi's advanced SA+ anti-reflection and ultra-hard coatings reduce flare, improve contrast, and provide added protection against scratches, water, oil, and dirt.

Purpose-built for the Hasselblad XCD mount, this lens attaches directly to compatible Hasselblad X System cameras without the need for adapters, delivering uncompromised medium format image quality for photographers who demand extraordinary resolution and ultra-wide creative possibilities.

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NiSi 16mm f/2.8 ASPH. Ultra-Wide Medium Format Lens (Hasselblad XCD Mount)
The NiSi 16mm f/2.8 ASPH. is an ultra-wide-angle prime built specifically for medium format mirrorless cameras. Designed for the Hasselblad XCD system, it pairs a bright f/2.8 aperture with an expansive field of view exceeding 118 degrees and resolving power matched to 100-megapixel sensors. With a 12-group, 16-element optical design and a weather-sealed metal body, it brings true ultra-wide coverage and professional image quality to landscape, architecture, interior, and astro work in a compact, travel-friendly package.

This Hasselblad XCD version mounts natively to Hasselblad X system medium format bodies with no adapter required. It brings genuine ultra-wide coverage to a system that has long lacked an affordable, fast wide prime, unlocking sweeping landscapes, tight interiors, and night-sky work for high-resolution shooters who want maximum angle without compromise.

With a full-frame equivalent focal length of approximately 12.6mm, the NiSi 16mm f/2.8 delivers an ultra-wide field of view exceeding 118 degrees. That sweeping angle captures vast scenes, expansive skies, and exaggerated foreground perspective that longer lenses simply cannot reach, making it a natural choice for grand vistas and confined interior spaces alike.

A 12-group, 16-element optical formula includes three glass aspherical elements and four ultra-low dispersion elements. Together they suppress distortion, control aberrations, and keep lines straight even at the edges, delivering excellent image quality and resolving power across the large medium format image circle for architecture and symmetrical compositions.

The optical design delivers outstanding resolution from center to edge across the entire image circle, perfectly matched to high-resolution medium format cameras. Fine textures, distant detail, and subtle tonal transitions are rendered cleanly on today’s 100MP sensors, with peak performance reached around f/5.6 for the most demanding studio and landscape work.

Even wide open at f/2.8, the NiSi 16mm f/2.8 holds sharp detail from the center to the edge. Three aspherical elements help control coma, rendering point light sources cleanly, which makes it a strong performer for Milky Way and astrophotography. The bright aperture also lets you shoot at lower ISO for cleaner, less noisy night-sky frames.

The lens delivers APO-level control of chromatic aberration across the entire image circle. Axial and lateral color fringing is kept to a minimum even wide open, resulting in clean edge definition and true-to-life color in high-contrast scenes such as backlit horizons, city lights, and bright winter skies, so files need less correction in post.

A specially designed 8-blade aperture produces clean, defined 8-point sunstars from f/4 to f/22, balancing image quality with a strong starburst effect and a small, tidy center spot. A close 0.25m minimum focusing distance and 0.12x magnification let you push in on foreground subjects for added depth, scale, and dramatic wide-angle storytelling.

The manual focus ring moves smoothly across a 180-degree rotation, while the clicked aperture ring gives accurate, tactile stop control. A weather-sealed metal body, cinema-inspired painted markings, SA+ anti-reflection coating, and an ultra-hard surface coating that resists water, oil, and fingerprints round out a lens built for serious, repeatable work in tough conditions.

Whether you are capturing the Milky Way, expansive landscapes, or dramatic architecture, the NiSi 16mm f/2.8 ASPH. delivers a rare combination of ultra-wide coverage, a bright f/2.8 aperture, and ultra-high resolution. Its 82mm filter thread also pairs with the JetMag Pro 95MAG magnetic system using a dedicated adapter. Built for the Hasselblad XCD medium format system, it stands among the highest image quality ultra-wide medium format lenses available today, ready for ambitious work in the studio and the field.