The NiSi Cinema C5 Matte Box System is a lightweight, versatile, and minimally designed matte box to serve the modern cinematographer. It is designed to work with a multitude of lenses and provide a mounting solution for NiSi’s Cinema line of filters, along with other 4 mm thick filters.
Versatile
The C5 is crafted to meet the needs of all creators. When paired with NiSi’s new 4x4 rotating circular filters, it can fit into the workflow of a run-and-gun shooter up to full-scale production. When paired with a set of NiSi’s Cinema line of filters, there is no better choice to aid in producing the creative look that is desired in the camera while managing tricky lighting conditions.
Construction
The C5 is built to last, using aluminum, plastic, and carbon fiber to protect the filters it holds while keeping the weight down. It features a clamp-on style with adapter rings to suit lenses with filter threads and cinema lenses with a 95 mm outer diameter. The deep filter depth blocks glare and places the filter as close to the lens as possible to ensure no vignetting on lenses down to 15 mm full-frame equivalent. The carbon fiber top flag also reduces glare from any overhead light source. The holder has slots in the side to reduce wind resistance, and the 350 g weight makes it perfect for aerial platforms and gimbal use mounted on vehicles.
Supports Multiple Filters
The C5 comes packaged in a pouch that will hold all the accessories that the C5 comes with to make it ready to use on a set with various lenses. The holder incorporates a top entry 4x4 slot for square filters in a tray or NiSi’s Rotating filters designed for the C5. The filter tray can hold either 2 mm or 4 mm-thick filters. There is a side entry 4x5.65 filter slot to suit all 4x5.65 filters, from NDs to Grads, Mist, Polarisers, and more.
Includes
The C5 Starter kit includes the holder, top flag, one 4x4 filter tray, one 4x5.65 filter tray, and a pouch, along with adapter rings to suit lenses with 67, 72, 77, and 82 mm front threads.
