I believe so. lol

Forget about all in one. It will never beat even third party lens.

spam b4 go to slp.. 

A pic from my trip during the weekend..

Body and flash capable of flash sync can do it. D90 + SB900 can go up to 1/4000

DX lens ah... If nikon brand, I would say 16-85mm F3.5-5.6. Sharp but expensive, RM2.x K if not mistaken...
If FX, maybe 24-120 F4 VR?

As far as I know Malaysia doesn't sell D300s in any kit, overseas might have. Here mostly D300s body only. Personally I have no experience to this lens, just heard from reviews.

not reli heat spreaders, haha
they call it "heat radiating member"
rumor source
if dun mind 3rd party, can consider Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 OS, rm2.9k

16-85 my vote. VC and non VC basically not much different ! Optic wise, VC better but very minor.

the price for 16-85 looks good and personally feel it's better.

Non-VC ? around 1k or less.

Personally feel, 1st photo if you want the dolls to stand out, use a bigger aperture to blur the background.

Flash is the main thing I will get before anything else.

sell your 55-200 better. 50mm comes in handy if you needed something with big aperture.

Get something better like 70-300 VR. You need to have longer end if for football or racing.

The 16-85mm is also very expensive: about $650. For $650 you're buying great optical performance, but mostly paying for convenience. Honestly, Nikon's 18-55mm kit lens ($120) has the same quality optics, but without most of the convenience features of the 16-85mm. I'm not kidding: I've compared them directly against each other.

I want the range? Then get 18-55 with 55300 loh.. With additional 50mm for the once-in-a-while bokeh shots
Because that's the cheapest portrait lens that's also very2 powerful lens, if u know what to shoot with it

But if u want super sharpness then get the 1685 and 70200 loh (: the later VR II is such an adored lens!

my 50 mm are all soft.. never once can be sharper.. maybe my skill problem..

if you take misfocused/blurry pictures, no amount of unsharp mask can fix it.

D300/s and D700 is 150k if not mistaken. D3 and D3s is 300k.

Not much different la. Why bother spending 900 on that ?