LOL Stu no video does not really do much for me either if i wanted a video camera i would get one,

I dont rate the battery grip as you will find the D300 is a brick i bought four batteries and just keep them charged they hold a charge for ages so keep 1 in camera 2 in bag one on charge

I can shoot a whole wedding and the battery goes down by 2 notches thats all

when you get more used to it a really great lens is either the prime 50mm 1.8 or the prime 35mm

I have a fair mixture of lenses but my most used it my sigma 10-20mm its really great for all types of photography and the distortion can be put to good use

I take it now your moving up to a big boy toy you have PS or PSE?