I have MSI z 170 M 3 I 36300 for $ 225 shippedGoogle wallet or venmo . <| sep |> The phrase that has got me through this year . Life is far too short to worry about what other people think about you . <| sep |> I think you ' ll have to research based on what you are going to do . low light is very broad . Low light inside ? Outside ? Are you going to move a lot or the pictures will be done on a tripod or similarly ? What dept of field are you planning to accomplish ? Do you want the flexibility of a 1855 to shoot in different focal lengths or the quality of a prime ? I know it is a lot of questions , but you have lots of things to consider . uDrumNTech comment is on point . Although 35 mm 1 . 8 is not as quick as 1 . 4 , it is a good choice when you don ' t want to compromise your budget to get that extra aperture . And working at 1 . 4 would narrow your depth of field . sometimes you don ' t want that . 1 . 8 works in low light , but depending on how dark it is you ' ll have to adjust the exposure time and ISO and this limits what you can do . I ' m new to photography too , so please take what I said with a grain of salt . When I bought my camera I bought just the body and a prime 50 mm . It was great because it constricted me to work with that . I soon realized how to work with it . Since it is just one focus length , you ' ll have to move around , think about where to shoot , estimate what will be on the frame or not . You ' ll know what can you or can ' t you shoot portraits perfection , landscape not that good . Now I have 3 lenses 1855 , 50 and 55200 . I ' m playing around with it . When I started I didn ' t know what I wanted to do , I just wanted to learn what ISOfstop meant , how to post process . it worked for me . I kept it for almost a year before buying another lens . But for you , my suggestion is Since you already know what you want to photograph , you might want to go with the 1855 . You won ' t be frustrated to see that you ' ll lose your shot because you can ' t get distance from your subject , but you ' ll always be able to zoom in and get into the 3550 mm range if you want . But it is just a suggestion . You might want to go with a 35 . Primes are awesome