Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 & photo library work

Hi everyone;

There's quite a bit of info on here about the Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 lens. I

am considering buying this lens and was wondering if anyone is using it for

photo library or magazine work? It's just there's a great deal of difference

between adequate sharpness for a 8x12 print or web use compared with photo

library work.

I'd love the equivalent Nikon but can't afford to drop the money on it in case

Nikon do indeed bring out a FF camera in the not too distant future.

The price of the Nikon lens(in New Zealand) is NZ$2,200+ about the price of a

new D200, so probably a fairly substantial part of any new D200 upgrade!

I've posted because the question here because it won't stay on the boards for

long & I won't get flamed for asking a question that many think may have been

answered before!