Personally I think the fact that there is NO VR on your lens is no reason to change for a bigger lens with VR, some of us actually turn off VR for certain shots. I don't know why but meh..

The thing is, if your picture is blur, there is a few things you can do. The most basic one is

1. Move around? A lot of people just pacak there and take pix by zooming in and out. Have you tried changing position and angle?

2. Bump up the shutter speed, bump up the ISO, turn down the aperture.

3. Brace yourself against the wall, the table or anything. Take a deep breath, then snap the photo.

4. Stop looking at your lens coz it fails you by not having VR, look at the lens and ask yourself. How can I fully utilize you.

Bigger lens doesn't mean its better. I walk around with only 50mm, i lament the lost of the wide angle, but still, I make do with it lah.

Learn to utilize all the semi-auto function first, then you will realise. The lens you are looking for might be different from what you thought you want.

Personally I think the fact that there is NO VR on your lens is no reason to change for a bigger lens with VR, some of us actually turn off VR for certain shots. I don't know why but meh..

The thing is, if your picture is blur, there is a few things you can do. The most basic one is

1. Move around? A lot of people just pacak there and take pix by zooming in and out. Have you tried changing position and angle?

2. Bump up the shutter speed, bump up the ISO, turn down the aperture.

3. Brace yourself against the wall, the table or anything. Take a deep breath, then snap the photo.

4. Stop looking at your lens coz it fails you by not having VR, look at the lens and ask yourself. How can I fully utilize you.

Bigger lens doesn't mean its better. I walk around with only 50mm, i lament the lost of the wide angle, but still, I make do with it lah.

Learn to utilize all the semi-auto function first, then you will realise. The lens you are looking for might be different from what you thought you want.

''A lot of people just pacak there and zooming in and out,'' Love this quote la. XD

Yeah I'd agree that bothering with room range is kinda like a distraction esp when you are in a event where you need to constantly snapping. I'd always stick to 1 focal length and mind the aperture / shutter 1st. I'mma getting a prime soon =)

Oh yeah, keep an eye on your posture while taking pictures, thats kinda important too. Spread your legs a lil and keep your arm tight to your side. Don't grab your camera too tight, just hold it firmly.

Definitely, with a flash especially shooting vertical, BG helps a lot!

I personally think a battery grip improves ur stability taking portraits by a large margin!! Need not to say if u hav a big flash mounted on top, BG makes a difference....

agree with you..didnt think a BG will give such an impact but as soon as i try one, no coming back already..

If work on IR signal, I don't think will be reliable. Better go with cable.

celciuz using d90 right?

Battery grip ah? Heavy lar... Personally I dont think I want to add weight lor, but some feels it better...

Using a DSLR without grip, even on D700/D300 gives a sucky feeling LOL.

who say? if i wanna bg.. better i buy D3 terus.. haha.. 

These are based on my experience using them =), maybe for you don't need grip and rich enough for D3 (for the grip).