Christmas wish list

[Coach]

Yo Santa,

If your reading this please put this on the top of my Christmas wish list...

but only if I've been a good boy...
Thanks,
Coach

 

[PrincessInOz]

*Sigh*. You mean that Santa really exists and checks the DisBoards??

Oh D&$m! I've just finished telling a few people on the games board that....
Like Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, I do not believe that the Tag Fairy exists. It must be a Moderator in Drag.

If Santa really does exist, I'm in BIG trouble with that little TF!

ps. If Santa is checking this post, I would like DH to get a Canon dSLR (preferably a 5DMII, otherwise I'm happy to settle for the rumoured new D60; with a 17-55 f/2.8 lens) of his own for Christmas; so that he keeps his hands off mine!
And I haven't been good....but I've been good at it!

 

[ChiSoxKeith]

D60 isn't a rumor, canon released the specs on it.

 

[MassJester]

It's a big list for Santa this year, but in fairness I've been a pretty good boy:

Canon 8-15mm f/4L
Canon EF Extender 1.4x III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM L IS macro

I better get to work on some cookies for the dear man.

 

[Bstanley]

+

A 17 - 55mm f2.8 lens and a T2i Body please Santa!

 

[shawn68]

Santa knew at midnight that the top of my list had a D7000 on it.

 

[mom2rtk]

Man.... you guys must have a better Santa than I do!

I hope you all get what you want!

 

[spinetnglr]

Man.... you guys must have a better Santa than I do!

Ditto for me mom2rtk .... last year Santa just kinda skipped my house. Guess I'm not just not being a good enough girl ... or it could have something to do with the fact that I have no significant other who can pass along my wish list to Santa.

 

[photo_chick]

Santa brings Canons to good boys and girls. Only the bad ones get Nikons.

Though Santa usually stiffs me. The Birthday Fairy, now that's a different story. Of course my birthday happens to coincide with when we usually get our tax refund.

 

[Experiment_626]

I want plenty of things, most of them unrealistic. But I might just have an outside shot at one of these: http://www.promotesystems.com/products/Promote-Control.html

Seems like it would rock when bracketing for HDR.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Christmas isn't a big time for getting camera gear around here. Christmas is when the kids get their wishes fulfilled. The grownups wait until Spring bonus season.

That said, I do have a wish list. I keep it on B&H. I use it to just keep track of the things I might be interested in getting. Here's what's on it right now:

Sanho Hyperdrive Album - No more taking a laptop on trips just to copy pictures off of memory cards.

Canon 17mm Tilt/Shift lens - For those times when a 24mm isn't wide enough. Honestly, after using the 24mm for a while, I'm starting to think that I'd prefer the 45mm or 90mm TS lenses rather than the 17mm.

Canon 24mm f/1.4 - Doing some star shots over the summer got me interested in wide fast lenses. It not a combination that I'm usually interested in. I tend to like medium/long fast lenses or wide lenses with little concern for speed. Given how few use cases I have come across since then, I probably won't spend the money.

Canon 14mm f/2.8 - I've been working on my wider shots. For years, my widest lens was a 17mm-40mm (on FF) zoom. I'd like to go wider. I recently got a Sigma 12mm-24mm, but I was pretty disappointed with the IQ. Would it be worth it to lose 2mm, gain a stop, and gain much better IQ, all at the cost of about $1,600? Probably not, but I'll consider it. Another route that I'm consider is an adapter and a Nikon 14mm-24mm. That would mean manual focus, but for super wide stuff I'm usually on a tripod anyway.

As for camera bodies, I'm waiting for Canon to announce another FF camera. My foray back into the APS-C world with the 7D has convinced me that I'm better off sticking with FF.

I also want a couple more speedlights, but I'm in no big hurry. If Canon announces a successor to the 580, I may do something then.

 

[MassJester]

Canon 24mm f/1.4 - Doing some star shots over the summer got me interested in wide fast lenses. It not a combination that I'm usually interested in. I tend to like medium/long fast lenses or wide lenses with little concern for speed. Given how few use cases I have come across since then, I probably won't spend the money.

Very interesting, Mark.

I've done some reading on Astrophotography recently. Were you happy with your results?

 

[YEKCIM]

Santa brings Canons to good boys and girls. Only the bad ones get Nikons.

Then I'm going to try to be REALLY BAD this year!

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Very interesting, Mark.

I've done some reading on Astrophotography recently. Were you happy with your results?

No, but then I'm almost never happy with my results. I learned a lot for next time, though.

 

[Gianna'sPapa]

I have been good, but the budget hasn't, so if Santa is listening:

Pentax K5 (if it lives up to the rumored low light AF and high ISO ratings)
Sigma 30mm f1.4
Sigma 10-20mm f3.5

Fairly modest requests!

 

[ChiSoxKeith]

Must resist the pull to spend money as I head to my camera shop today to get my sensor cleaned.......

This could be dangerous......

 

[Todd_H]

Canon 14mm f/2.8 - I've been working on my wider shots.

I've used this lens (the mark II version) a couple of times and have been very happy with it (minimal distortion, nice color contrast, only slight CA wide open, and very sharp corner to corner at f/4 up). However, I think it is extremely overpriced. I'm hoping that Canon has an answer to the Nikkor 14-24 next week at Photokina. If so, that will be my Christmas list (assuming it rivals the IQ of the Nikkor).