I was lucky enough to stumble on a couple of school groups visiting the Farm, yesterday. It was my birthday, so I was away from the usual rat race and wanted to explore what was going on at my favorite photo venue.
The Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 is a wonderful little lens - it's fast and sharp, I have no idea why the camera maker's 17-55mm f/2.8's are so darn huge - plus the Tamron is half the cost of the Nikon equivalent. The built-in AF motor is a bit chattery but that's no big deal most of the time.
The beauty of using the humble SB-600 with the 17-50 is that I can use wider apertures for better flash range, as opposed to f/8 or so with the 16-85mm VR. It's a great mid-priced flash for the money, fill-flash exposures are perfect.
I can't say enough about how useful 1/500th second flash sync is, too bad there wasn't an ISO 100 option on the D40.
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