Quote Originally Posted by Anbesol
Yeah, but a max aperture of 5.6 is pretty dang slow, at 50mm. For $100, you could have something 3+ stops faster. There is the difference between 3200 and 400 right there. Thats a bigger difference than any nitpicking pixel peeping of high iso grain could ever account for.
That's assuming that a 50mm is going to fit the bill. Some people won't have access to inexpensive fast options in the required focal lengths.