Wishlist

So I’m a nerd, in count­less num­ber of ways, and I’m cur­rently an espe­cially rare kind of nerd, the unem­ployed kind, so this is my page where I beg other peo­ple to buy me “stuff” that I think will com­plete me (but in real­ity will prob­a­bly only pacify me for a few months at a time), that I can’t afford on my own.

Click­ing on the image for any item should take you straight to a web­site where you can pur­chase it at the price I’ve listed, unless its out of stock, or pric­ing has changed since I added it to my wishlist.

So if you can’t tell, I’m totally on a photo-nerd binge at the moment, just dying to get a nice cam­era (hint, hint, Canon T2i & the 17–55 lens) again and get back into pho­tog­ra­phy, I’ve just really begun to real­ize how much I’ve missed it. Any­way, I have how­ever recently stum­bled across the joy of writ­ing with foun­tain pens, and I’m lust­ing over a few gor­geous pens at the moment, so I’m list­ing them first on the list, espe­cially since 2 are lim­ited editions.

	So (for now at least) this pen is the num­ber 1 item on my wish­list, the Pelikan M405, in a gor­geous dark blue fin­ish with rhodium trim. Pelikan foun­tain pens are unique because they still use a tra­di­tional plunger fill­ing sys­tem today instead of ink car­tridges or con­vert­ers. This pen also hap­pens to come with an amaz­ing 14K gold nib for smooth, flex­i­ble writ­ing. Please be sure to select “Extra-Fine” nib when order­ing. $221
	And another one of the fancy foun­tain pens I want, the Sailor Sap­poro, in an amaz­ing, pur­ple lamé (almost pearles­cent) fin­ish. Sailor pens are renowned to be some of the smoothest writ­ing foun­tain pens ever made. Please be sure to select “Fine” nib when order­ing. $135
	And another fancy foun­tain pen, the Lamy Stu­dio, in lim­ited edi­tion Vio­let fin­ish. Please be sure to select Extra-Fine nib when order­ing. $108
	So this is the ulti­mate exclu­sive, chic/hip/etc. lit­tle black note­book to have, the Can­teo note­book. I’d love many, many, many of these, in A5 size, ruled pages. The store web­site is pretty generic, you have to scroll to the bot­tom to select Can­teo range, then make sure to select the A5 Ruled on next page that loads. approx­i­mately $40 (price changes with exchange rate)
	So I’m try­ing to be real­is­tic with my wish­list, so I’ve taken off the Canon 7D in favor of this con­sid­er­ably cheaper option (which really, is pretty darn close to the 7D any­way, at half the price) the Canon Dig­i­tal Rebel T2i. Its kind of like a baby 7d, basi­cally the same amaz­ing 18mp image qual­ity with HD video capa­bil­ity, but stripped of a few higher-end pro­fes­sional con­trols, which is fine with me. body only, $800.
	And this is pretty much the per­fect, multi-functional, every­day zoom lens, the Canon EF-S 17–55 f/2.8 IS. The fast, con­stant f/2.8 aper­ture makes it awe­some for use even in low light, regard­less of focal length. $1075.
	And sadly, all my old dig­i­tal cam­eras used com­pact flash, so I’ll need new mem­ory cards for the T2i. Every­one knows San­disk is basi­cally the best in the busi­ness, and 8gb cards give me plenty of stor­age space for tons of raw files, and even some HD videos too. I’d take tons of these cards, 3–5 eas­ily, maybe more. $50–70 each depend­ing on rebates.
	And to com­pli­ment my quirky, non-conventional atti­tudes, hob­bies, and behav­ior, I think I’ve found the per­fect cam­era bag, the SLR Sloop! Plenty large enough to hold the Canon 7D or T2i i’ve listed above, with the 17–55 lens, and acces­sories. I’d pre­fer it in color ‘Navy Sails’ but will set­tle for the ‘Berke­ley Beige’ if its all that’s avail­able. $149
	And this is so totally overkill, but I still love it, the canon 70–200 f/2.8 L II, basi­cally the per­fect tele­photo lens for every­thing but extreme bird­watch­ing nerds. $2400.
	And a spec­tac­u­lar lens to go with the EOS series cam­era bod­ies, the Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L USM II lens, super fast, and pretty much just one of the most amaz­ing lenses ever made. Price, $1700 (shop around, don’t pay more than $1700!)
	And the be-all, end-all 50mm “nor­mal” lens, and one of the only aspher­i­cal 50mm lenses ever made, along with the now dis­con­tin­ued 58mm NOCT nikkor. the Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM lens, basi­cally the fastest, newest, sharpest 50mm lens ever made. Price, $1500.
	Another lust lens, really only use­ful once I upgrade to a full-frame cam­era, which is prob­a­bly still a few years off. Any­way, Canon sadly hasn’t come out with any­thing yet to com­pete with the Nikon 14-24mm f/1.8, this is their best wide-angle zoon, the EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM lens. Price, $1500 (cheaper if you shop around.)