Advice needed - mainly photography based

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Advice needed.

I presume that you are all like me, gadget lovers, and people who love new things (when you can afford them).

Well, I have a dilemma. I have been given $1000 for when i go to New York in February. What do I get?
In order to answer that, you might need to know what i have:

MacBook Pro with retina display
Canon 5D MKIII + 24-105 f/4 EF IS L lens
Sigma 50mm f/1.4 lens
Canon Speedlite 580EX
Carbon Fiber tripod- something off of ebay but a great thing. Robbie had the same one for a while.
iPad Air 64GB

So what do I get? It doesnt have to be camera related but I'm hoping you are my kind of people and would have ideas?

I have seen the Sigma 35mm f/1.4, within budget but would blow the lot. Then there is the 17-40mm f4, another great lens.

I then thought of getting more little things, like Gorillapod, the 600RT-EX SPeedlite, maybe the grip etc...

I shoot mostly, well, anything really. I dont have the lenses for sport, and rarely go to watch anything like that, so wider and faster lenses are better for me.

I thought of putting $300 more and getting an Macbook Air 13", but I dont need 2 laptops.

PLEASE, can you give me some suggestions?
 
In Lightroom sort your photos by focal length and see if your range most used covers the 35mm area, f it does then the Sigma 35mm 1.4 is a good move with the USB dock at an extra £35. You will be playing with that lens for a long time.

Are you going to benefit from the grip? It will give longer run times from 2 batts of course but the 5D3 to me feels better without the grip (as opposed to other Canon bodies feeling better with).
 
Surely the best person to answer this is yourself, based on either choosing kit that will improve what you already shoot, or open up more shooting possibilities for areas of photography that you are interested but haven't fully explored yet.
 
If you don't know what you want then don't spend it.

Save it and use it when you need it, honestly. Besides, the prices in the US is not that much of a saving, that's even if you don't declare on the way back and get past customs unscathed. If and when the time comes that you feel like you need a lens, as opposed to you see some pictures and feel like you want to take something like that, then it's time to buy a lens.
 
I always shop at B&H, they are great there.

I can save it, but it is in $, and I cant change it back without loosing a lot in the curreny exchange.

I have a while to go yet, but I like to think ahead. I really would like something really wide, and the 17-40 would do this BUT the 35mm F1.4 would get a LOT of use, i live my 50mm but some times it just isnt wide enough.
 
Is there anything else people would recommend?

Is there anything accessory wise I am missing that people can think of?
 
How about the 100mm macro. Little longer than the 85 so still very good for portrait and the added bonus of macro. Just a suggestion
 
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