Michael - dB makes some good points. You know you need the body and flash. For the lens, think about what it is you shoot the most and then get a high-end lens that fits the bill. With the amount of money you have to spend, you're not going to be getting more than 1 of their "pro" lenses. After you have that, try to get a medium cost one that has great performance. Every manufacturer seems to have at least one lens that is hugely affordable but kicks butt all around. For Canon, one such lens is the 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS. This is the lens that's on my camera 75% of the time. An outstanding all around lens that only cost me $300. So, lets see. I see the D100 at $1300 (after $200 mail in rebate) and SB800 for $325. That's $1625 leaving you $1075-1675 to go. I don't know Nikkor glass, but from some of the posts I've seen, the Nikkor 24-85 F/3.5-4.5 AF-S zoom may be you're "28-135mm IS". Sells for about $300. Again, don't know about Nikkor glass, but I know they sell an 80-200mm F/2.8 zoom for around $800 (after $100 rebate). Getting good glass in 300mm zoom is going to be a bit pricey (best I saw was a 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 for $1300). At that price difference, I'd think about getting the 80-200mm f/2.8 and a 1.4x Extender for $200. Would get you 2 lenses that overlap nicely (24-85mm & 80-200mm) with the option to take the 80-200mm f/2.8 to a 112-280mm f/4.0 for around $1300 total; with camera and flash about $3000 before shipping. So, it can be done, you just need to research the glass and decide if you want to put the bulk of your money on the standard zoom or the telephoto zoom. Body and flash are pretty much set. -=>Donal