GH2 Putting together a lens kit on a budget

skerit

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I've seen lots of people recommend different type of lenses, but I'm starting to understand you need to buy lenses that produce a similar image quality.

Since I'm on a tight budget (who isn't?) and don't really have the money to spend 400 euros on a single lens I wanted to ask for your ideas.

I've already got a Canon FD 50mm f1.4, what more do you think should really go into my lens kit?

I was thinking about c-mount lenses as they're quite cheap.

I've looked at the Pentax 25mm f1.4 lens, which the phoblographer recommended.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/546271-REG/Pentax_C22525KP_C22525KP_1_C_Mount.html

But the distortion of the image as seen in this review might be a bit too distracting.

I've also looked at generic c-mount 35mm lenses, which are selling way cheaper: 25-30 euros.
Does this low price mean they're crap or that there are too many of them? (There are a lot of offers on ebay, which has to drive the price down a bit)
Or maybe both.

Or should I look at some other kind of lenses?
 
Totally depends on what kind of filming you plan to do. Narrative? Documentary? Street? Studio?
 
I'm planning on selling my af100 and buying a gh2 with 20mm pancake and 12-60 oly zuiko zoom from my friend for a good deal. I already have a 50mm 1.4 zeiss. I should have around 2k left after that, and I'm trying to decide between buying the nokton 25mm 0.95 and probably a 35mm zeiss zf.2, or going with another zeiss and not the nokton, since the zeiss will be more of an investment to me after I move on from the mft format. Any advice? is the nokton really good enough to hold off on a long term investment like a zeiss prime set?
 
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