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Sorry I'm bombarding this place with questions but I'm new so please forgive me :)

I have the lumix 14-42 and 45-150 lens for my G3 but I want something that will help get decent shots of moving subjects at night in town, Some pretty poor street lighting areas.

I'm working on a budget. like £100 and under.

I can't seem to get a f-stop lower than 4 on my lenses.

Thanks
 
cudge82 said:
Sorry I'm bombarding this place with questions but I'm new so please forgive me :)

I have the lumix 14-42 and 45-150 lens for my G3 but I want something that will help get decent shots of moving subjects at night in town, Some pretty poor street lighting areas.

I'm working on a budget. like £100 and under.

I can't seem to get a f-stop lower than 4 on my lenses.

Thanks
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The specific questions might be better suited for the Micro Four Thirds Forum.

The Panasonic 25mm f/1.7 goes on sale in the US for @ $147. That's about as good as it gets for value.

I doubt that you will see shutter speeds needed for motion in low light. I think the camera itself tends to default to a 1/30 second shutter speed if you don't force it to use faster. Even with the fast lens, it can be a real struggle to achieve focus lock if there is no contrast.
 
How about a 50mm f/1.4 legacy lens. Should cost about fifty bucks. Adapter about ten bucks.

Tedolph
 
cudge82 said:
Sorry I'm bombarding this place with questions but I'm new so please forgive me :)

I have the lumix 14-42 and 45-150 lens for my G3 but I want something that will help get decent shots of moving subjects at night in town, Some pretty poor street lighting areas.

I'm working on a budget. like £100 and under.

I can't seem to get a f-stop lower than 4 on my lenses.

Thanks
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Alex Ethridge said:
cudge82 said:
Sorry I'm bombarding this place with questions but I'm new so please forgive me :)

I have the lumix 14-42 and 45-150 lens for my G3 but I want something that will help get decent shots of moving subjects at night in town, Some pretty poor street lighting areas.

I'm working on a budget. like £100 and under.

I can't seem to get a f-stop lower than 4 on my lenses.

Thanks
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/B-Good-Cano...520348?hash=item283b88e9dc:g:pXQAAOSw8GtZXjmq
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an f/1.4 would cost a whole lot less.

tedolph
 
tedolf said:
Alex Ethridge said:
cudge82 said:
Sorry I'm bombarding this place with questions but I'm new so please forgive me :)

I have the lumix 14-42 and 45-150 lens for my G3 but I want something that will help get decent shots of moving subjects at night in town, Some pretty poor street lighting areas.

I'm working on a budget. like £100 and under.

I can't seem to get a f-stop lower than 4 on my lenses.

Thanks
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/B-Good-Cano...520348?hash=item283b88e9dc:g:pXQAAOSw8GtZXjmq
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an f/1.4 would cost a whole lot less.

tedolph
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You're certainly right about that. I just wanted to put the 1.2 there for consideration. Sometimes (me included) people change their minds and go for the extreme.
 
cudge82 said:
... I can't seem to get a f-stop lower than 4 on my lenses.
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It seems that your 14-42 is f/3.5-5.6, so at 14, you can wide open at f/3.5 :-) .

£100 budget i might not be enough for a really very faster speed lens (adapted MF lens include). I suppose you might try the 14 f/2.5 (£100+), or you might try the used market.
cudge82 said:
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if you have low cash consider

these panasonic focal lengths that have cheaper lenses that shoot in the dark

14

20

25

oly makes good lenses, but I will let someone else recommend them.
 
Tim Reidy Productions said:
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if you have low cash consider

these panasonic focal lengths that have cheaper lenses that shoot in the dark

14

20

25

oly makes good lenses, but I will let someone else recommend them.
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The Panasonic 25mm, f/1.7 is on sale now for $150.00.

that is a good deal on a good lens.

Tedolph
 
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