Nitecore is a Chinese company producing rechargeable flashlights and third-party batteries (including smart batteries no one asked for). But now it’s about to make camera lenses as well. The company has just announced five full-frame cinema primes ranging from 25mm to 100mm. They will be compatible with a range of mounts, and the company promises “optimum optical quality.”

Nitecore’s line of lenses is called Superior Prime, and these are the expected models:

• Superior Prime 25mm T/2.1

• Superior Prime 35mm T/2.0

• Superior Prime 50mm T/2.0

• Superior Prime 75mm T/2.0

• Superior Prime 100mm T/2.0

According to the company, the optical design of this line of lenses provides “outstanding performance in terms of ratio and axial dispersion.” The company promises natural and pure color rendering and minimal purple/green fringing. There are no details on the coating type, except that it’s “unique.” Nitecore promises controlled dispersion while retaining details “to create low contrast and a stylized flare.” What’s more, the SP 75mm lens is specially optimized on the skin details in a portrait, according to the company.

Here are the specs as seen on Nitecore’s website:

NITECORE releases the innovatively designed Superior Prime Full Frame Cinema Lenses which have an optimum optical quality and allow filmmakers to best

attain their techniques of artistic expression.

The S46.5mm format sensors of the NITECORE SP Lenses create more possibilities for the filmmakers and cover the full frame format which is fully compatible

with ARRI Alexa LF, Red Monstro VV, Panavision DXL2, SONY Venice, Canon C700 FF and other film cameras to be released in the future.

The apochromatic optical design provides outstanding performance in terms of ratio and axial dispersion. It achieves a natural and pure color rendering

capability with the purple/green fringing hardly seen either within focus or in bokeh.

The NITECORE SP Lenses are designed with a unique optical coating which ideally controls dispersion while retaining plentiful details to create low contrast and

a stylized flare. The SP 75mm lens is specially optimized on the skin details in a portrait.

The NITECORE SP Lenses also have a high flexibility to be equipped with interchangeable PL, Canon EF and Sony E mounts for the needs of different camera

users. The PL mount is included in the original package.