Unlikely that somebody needs today this lens to shoot candlelight sequence . Here is a table for candlelight scenes lovers ( do not forget to put your characters in white dresses, otherwise you will need to open the lens for 1/2 stop at least )

ASA 100 fstop .7 - Barry Lyndon
ASA 200 fstop 1.0
ASA 400 fstop 1.4 Today's hi-speed lenses
ASA 800 fstop 2.0 Today's "standard" lenses

Yuri Neyman, ASC

Links to American Cinematographer Magazine's two articles from 1976
"Photographing Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon " by John Alcott and

"Two Special Lenses for "Barry Lyndon" by late Ed DiGiulio

http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/2001a/bl/page1.htm
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm

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