sashbar
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take this camera
Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR Camera (Body Only) 5260B002 B&H Photo
slap on this lens
Zeiss Normal 50mm f/1.4 ZE Planar T* Manual Focus Lens 1677-817
My focus is people. not portraits, but people living life.
This Zeiss is not the best option for a traveling beginner. It has a manual focus only and an awkward aperture ring, you will be struggling. Zeiss glass generally is great, and the built quality is very high, but saying this lense is vastly superior is an exaggeration. It is soft wide open and about the same optical quality as modern Nikon 1.4. Since you will not want to shoot wide open with either of these two, I would go for Nikon 1.8, it is cheap like chips and more than good enough for any beginner. I loved this little lense. Or if you want higher quality, you will need to pay high dollar. I am shooting with FUJI 56 1.2 now and THIS is a smashing glass.