nikon 70-200 and vr

Hi,

would you sett VR on or off on the nikon 70-200 mm while shooting whales from a zodiac boat??

Rob

Hi,

 

would you sett VR on or off on the nikon 70-200 mm while shooting whales from a zodiac boat??

 

 

Rob

I bounded around on boats with an 80-400 and used VR on mostly. I general, VR is NOT going to improve the image with shutter speeds faster than 1/500. See Thom Hogan's essay.

Bob

To VR or not to VR, that is ...

Hi,

 

would you sett VR on or off on the nikon 70-200 mm while shooting whales from a zodiac boat??

 

 

Rob

I would leave the VR on and set it to active. "Normal" is meant for panning from a steady base and "active" for motion that is unpredictable (riding in a car or in a boat). As mentioned in the prior post, above a certain shutter speed it doesn't matter.

SD

I would leave the VR on and set it to active. "Normal" is meant for panning from a steady base and "active" for motion that is unpredictable (riding in a car or in a boat). As mentioned in the prior post, above a certain shutter speed it doesn't matter.

 

SD

I should have added increase the ISO to get "sharper" shots. You can reduce the noise with editing, but not improve a blurry image.

Bob