You mean you take tamron 17-50 VC as your PRIME for your D7000, or u mean you take 17-50 as zoom, then u asking for our advice for another prime?

17-50mm is not a prime yo..

I think he means primary lens.

Fast pace shooting need AF (eg: fashion show, sports, etc) AF-D lenses do communicate with Matrix Metering.. Unless u have static subject, MF is ok..

Very true. It really depend on that you want to shoot.
I'll bring manual lens out if I plan to go out walk around the park see got anything nice to shoot.
If I go out shoot fashion show or event, bring 70-200 and aluminum stair. <-- I was like this, now no more...

That's why, think twice before make ur final decision. Dont because of want get the camera asap then make the wrong move, then regret. If u dont mind, can consider get 2nd hand D90 1st.

U all are so good .. I do studio shoot and didn't use manual focus , setting manually yes. Only if I shoot on film camera that require manual focus then I used it . Very powerful

yea im thinking of getting used to the AF-S 18-55mm kit lens first...

about the sharp focus noise which i previously reported , the shop will bring it back to nikon centre for evaluation...

Yo brada if u got extra money buy 17-50 Tammy , or else get 18-70 nikkor .. Much more better then crap 18-55 . Seriously

Sorry...yushin was right...primary lens..which is the best choice (budget) for my new mmachine D7k. tamron17-50..is this the good choice?

17-50 tammy why?

Lol yesterday I said 18-55 not good many people disagree now suddenly got one say 18-55 crap

Sorry bro, 18-55 VR is NOT crap, it's sharp and light and cheap. I don't see any reason why it should be called crap.
17-50 might be better than 18-55 in terms of low light but it doesn't make 18-55 a crap. 18-70 is sharper than 18-55, still 18-55 is not a crap.
please don't mislead the others.

Hmm you want best choice budget, but you actually used the camera before? I suggest 18-55 or 18-105. 17-50 is not bad but I personally don't have good feelings towards this particular tamron...

18-55 is not crap.
Seriously its quite decent. Its a kit lens for god sake. What you expect from it lol? It performs fine, for its price lol.

How much is the 18-70mm?

And how about the APO siggy 70-300mm? what do u guys think of it?

Im not planning to buy that.. I just wanna hear from the pros..

thanks

It's a crap . If u feel that VR 18-55 is good enough then up 2 u bro .. Waste money to buy that kit lens .. But 18 70 is a bargain .. Or better 16 85 ..

Explain crap

Too bad the shop can't give you 1 to 1 exchange...
Good luck to you and please do keep us updated and how Nikon going to explain this...

thanks for the concern, the shop doesnt has any stock in the moment...so yea just wait for their reply...

cik_tak, for a kit lens with that price I would rate it very good. I've used canon's 18-55mm and I feel nikon's 18-55 is better. And please don't go compare a 1.9k tamron 1750 with nikon 1855VR, it's not fair.

You pay what you get, I didn't say 18-55 is better than 18-70 or the expensive 16-85, but 18-55 is not something so bad that we would call it CRAP. Crap = USELESS, no value at all.

I've captured lots of photos using the 18-55 NON VR before, and it's not crap either.