NiSi ATHENA PRIME Rewind 25mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens (PL Mount)

The NiSi ATHENA PRIME Rewind 25mm T1.9 Full Frame Cinema Lens (PL Mount) is a versatile wide-angle cine lens that merges expressive vintage character with modern optical precision—ideal for filmmakers who want both style and consistency in their visuals.

Designed for full-frame coverage, the 25mm focal length delivers a balanced wide perspective, making it perfect for environmental storytelling, handheld shots, and dynamic scenes that maintain a natural sense of depth. Its fast T1.9 to T22 aperture range offers excellent low-light capability along with precise control over depth of field.

As part of the Rewind series, this lens features a distinctive dual-look rendering, combining vintage-inspired qualities—such as bubble bokeh and warm, cinematic flares—with the sharpness and reliability of modern lens engineering. This allows creators to achieve a stylized look straight out of camera without sacrificing clarity.

Built for professional cinema workflows, it includes 0.8 MOD gears and a long 300° focus rotation, enabling smooth, accurate focus pulling. The 80mm front outside diameter ensures compatibility with standard matte boxes and accessories, while color matching with standard ATHENA primes allows seamless integration into multi-lens setups.

Optically, the lens is engineered for minimal focus breathing and reduced chromatic aberration, maintaining consistent image quality even during focus transitions. A 77mm filter thread adds flexibility for attaching filters directly when needed.

For global usability, the lens features dual markings in both feet and meters, supporting a wide range of production environments.

Combining cinematic character, a flexible focal length, and professional handling, the NiSi ATHENA PRIME Rewind 25mm T1.9 is an excellent choice for filmmakers seeking a dependable and expressive wide-angle cine lens.

Product Features in Detail

The NiSi ATHENA PRIME Rewind 25mm T1.9
The NiSi ATHENA PRIME Rewind 25mm T1.9 is a full-frame cinema prime lens designed for filmmakers and cinematographers who want the ability to shift between vintage-inspired character and modern optical precision within a single lens. The 25mm offers a natural wide-angle perspective that excels in dynamic storytelling, from intimate environmental portraits to expansive interior and exterior scenes.

Two Cinematic Looks from One Lens
The defining feature of the ATHENA PRIME Rewind 25mm is its ability to deliver two distinct optical personalities. Wide open at T1.9, the lens produces a warm, vintage character with amplified aberrations, softened resolution, and enhanced foreground and background blur complete with halo effects on highlights. As the aperture is stopped down, these characteristics progressively diminish. By T2.8, cinematographers reach a balanced sweet spot between stylisation and sharpness, and by T5.6 to T8, the lens behaves close to a modern, clinically clean cinema lens. This gives directors of photography an intuitive creative dial for every shot.

A Natural Wide-Angle Storytelling Lens
At 25mm, the Rewind provides a wide-angle perspective that maintains natural spatial relationships, making it an ideal choice for walk-and-talk sequences, interior scenes, and environmental portraiture where context and atmosphere are essential. The full-frame coverage with a 46mm imaging circle ensures compatibility with all modern large-format cinema cameras. Combined with the Rewind’s retained barrel distortion, wide shots take on a subtle organic curvature that enhances visual depth without appearing artificially distorted.

Signature Bokeh and Warm Flare Character
At wide apertures, the Rewind 25mm produces distinctive bokeh rendering with enhanced foreground and background blur and halo effects on highlights. Flare intensity is significantly increased over the standard Athena Prime, delivering warm-toned flares that add atmosphere to backlit scenes, practicals, and direct light sources. Despite its vintage character, the Rewind 25mm maintains color rendering highly consistent with the standard ATHENA PRIME set, allowing cinematographers to freely intercut between Rewind and standard Athena lenses without extensive color correction.

Professional Build and Workflow
The 25mm features matched weight and physical dimensions with all other Rewind focal lengths, enabling seamless lens changes without gimbal rebalancing or matte box adjustments. The 300-degree focus ring with fluorescent focal scales ensures precise focus pulls in low-light conditions, while the rear filter mount allows for quick gel and creative filter changes. Minimal focus breathing maintains a stable field of view during focus adjustments, and chromatic aberration levels remain unchanged from the standard Athena Prime.

A Versatile Creative Tool
Whether shooting dialogue-driven drama, dynamic documentary sequences, or atmospheric commercial content, the NiSi ATHENA PRIME Rewind 25mm T1.9 provides filmmakers with an unprecedented level of creative flexibility. The ability to transition from vintage warmth to modern clarity within a single lens eliminates the need to carry multiple optics for different visual treatments, reducing cost and complexity while expanding the creative language available to every project.

One Lens. Two Cinematic Personalities
The Rewind delivers a film-inspired vintage character wide open, then transforms into a clean, modern cinema lens when stopped down, giving filmmakers two distinct looks from one lens.

Vintage Character with Modern Control
Through deliberate optical design, the Rewind simulates film-era lens characteristics including amplified aberrations, reduced resolution at wide apertures, and enhanced softness for an authentic vintage look without relying on actual old glass.

Versatile 25mm Wide-Angle Perspective
An ideal focal length for dynamic wide shots, environmental portraiture, and interior scenes, providing natural spatial relationships with full-frame coverage and a 46mm imaging circle.

Adjustable Stylization via Aperture
Vintage character is strongest at T1.9, progressively diminishes through T2.8 (a balanced sweet spot), and by T5.6–T8 the lens behaves close to a modern cinema lens, providing a creative dial for cinematographers.

Distinctive Bubble Bokeh
At wide apertures, the Rewind produces signature bubble bokeh with bright edges and darker centres in out-of-focus highlights, controllable as it fades by approximately T4.0.

Warm, Expressive Flares
Flare intensity is significantly increased over the standard Athena Prime with a warm color tone, adding cinematic atmosphere to backlit scenes and practical lighting setups.

Color Consistent with Standard Athena Prime
The Rewind’s color rendering closely matches the standard Athena Prime, making it easy to intercut or mix both lens types on set without post-production color correction.

300° Focus Ring with Fluorescent Scales
Precision focus pulls are made easy with 300 degrees of rotation and fluorescent focal markings for visibility in low-light shooting environments.

Matched Weight and Size Across All Rewind Lenses
Seamless lens swapping without the need for gimbal rebalancing, rig adjustment, or matte box reconfiguration, saving valuable time on set.

Rear Filter Mount for Creative Flexibility
Built-in rear filter slot allows for quick gel and filter changes without disturbing the front of the lens, maintaining a streamlined workflow.

Minimal Focus Breathing
Ensures a consistent field of view during focus adjustments, critical for cinematic pull-focus work and professional video production.

No Added Chromatic Aberration
While aberrations are amplified for the vintage look, chromatic aberration levels remain unchanged from the standard Athena Prime, delivering style without undesirable fringing.