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I struggle to remember turning VR on and off, 1,000 sec should stop any movement, VR will just be fluttering trying to make sense of the event. VR definitely degrades my panning race car shots if I forget and leave it on.
A bit like panning with a video camera with IS turned on. The image jumps about because the IS is trying to stabilise it but can't.
My current strategy is to leave VR off and just turn it on for occasions when I may need it. It isn't smart enough, VR should be able to sense if you are panning and cut out on those occasions. The AF can tell what you are doing, it should message the VR and inform it there is a panning shot in progress.
That's because you have the image stabilisation set to ALL directions.
On Fuji and Panasonic cameras (can't remember Nikon) you have 3options:
Off, All directions , vertical only.....which allows smooth sideways movement.
I've been reading a lot of reports on the impact of VR when used with fast shutterspeeds. While there is universal agreement that it should be OFF on a tripod and ON when handheld at slow shutter speeds or on a monopod, there seems to be no such agreement with the notion that fast shutterspeeds and VR together downgrade the image quality. Arguments being that the fast shutter speeds will have operated before the VR kicks in. I suppose that may depend on how long you hold the half depress???
The use of VR at high shutter speeds would seem to be more about it being an unnecessary use of battery.
Last edited on Thu Aug 31st, 2017 05:19 by Eric
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