Originally posted by StDevious I don't really have any specific night shooting requirements, just being able to capture what I see in the night with good clarity low noise and maybe without using tripod
Lots of night shooting requires a tripod -- bracing against a lamppost often isn't enough (although I've had such shots published). Lots of night shooting without a tripod requires a flash, but flashes aren't cheap.
That leaves a FAST lens, and those aren't cheap either. Most of those f/1.5 or faster, especially at 30-58-85mm, are way beyond my budget. The exception is 50/1.4 -- I've bought manual-focus copies for under ten bucks. The autofocus FA50/1.4 is my go-to night lens; you may find one used for around US$250+.
Quite a cost difference between those AF and MF Fast Fifty's, eh? Of my ~215 lenses, 10 are AF (new and used) and cost an average of US$285 each; the others are all MF (almost all used) and cost an average of US$20 each. Yeah, new AF is expensive.