lenses for low light

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frozenlights

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I have lumix 14-140, tamron 17-50 2.8 and nikon 50mm 1.8.
Now for low light does some one have experience with Sigma 30mm 1.4, rokinon 85mm 1.4, rokinon 35mm 1.4 ?
I am going to buy 25mm voigtlander or panasonic lense when I have money.
Any other options?
 
Buy a light?those lenses are all decent, the Sigma might not exceptionally sharp... But then in low light, sharpness isn't always a prime concern.
 
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The Voigtlander is good for low light but so is that Nikon 50mm. I always wonder the conditions for "low light." Did you ever see Barry's one candle 3 point lighting with the AF-100? He alludes to it in his article comparing the AF-100 to the FS100http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?260461-FS100-and-AF100-compared. Can't get any lower than that. Check that out, it's a good article in context. Plus it is astounding how beautifully it performs at 3200 ISO, just uncanny

I work under controlled light. Honestly I wondered when I would ever need that kind of low light capability. When does it come into play? When, in the real world, do you use that capability?
 
Kindredmachine said:
How would you compare the new Voigtlander 25mm MFT to the ZF.2 Zeiss 25mm in terms of color, sharpness etc...?
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I did that test, somewhere here on DVXUser. It was called something like "six 25mm lenses compared". At f/2.8 they're very comparable; the bokeh of the Voigtlander is a little odd, kind of ninja-star-shaped when stopped down. But the voigtlander can open up three f-stops more than the Zeiss, and costs a lot less.
 
From reviews, you may want to consider the soon-to-be-released Leica Summilux-DG 25/1.4. Its nice to have auto capabilities sometimes, and at about half the price of the VL.
 
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