NateS
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If you're a casual shooter and plan on staying out of the rain, the D300 isn't worth the extra money IMO. Realistically, given the same lens, the d90 will do pretty much everything the D300 can do. The D300 has more bells and whistles, has a bit stronger build (though the D90 is tough as hell), and has weather sealing (which means nothing if the lenses don't).
If you're comfortable with Canon, go that route. Also, as previously mentioned, jump on your friends' bandwagon so you can share lenses. That's a HUGE advantage.
That's just so not true. I would call the massive amount of focus points, the incredible AF system, the increased fps, custom settings, etc to be bells and whistles. Depending on the type of shooting, the D300 could either be not worth it or 100 times better. For portrait or macro shooting, maybe not worth it, for sports or any type of action shots, D300 would be worlds better.