VR II or VR I
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Fred Kingston
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Any differences between Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VRI and VRII? - FM Forums
There's a thread here that discusses this...
There's a thread here that discusses this...
Don Kuykendall_RIP
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For 80% of the time I have VR turned off on all my lenses. I guess I am to old school and just use the reciprocal rule which is based on the fact that at slower shutter speeds any slight camera movement will cause some motion blur in your photo.Fortunately the opposite is also true, in that the faster the shutter speed is the sharper your images are likely to be.
the effective focal length of your lens is 100mm then your shutter speed should not be any lower than 1/100 of a second. So the basic formula looks like this: Shutter Speed = 1/focal length.
Read the full article at http://www.practicalphotographytips.com/avoiding-camera-shake.html
Remember to take into account the additional focal length if you shoot with a DX camera. That same 100mm lens with DX you need to shoot at 1/150sec or the next faster speed your camera has.
the effective focal length of your lens is 100mm then your shutter speed should not be any lower than 1/100 of a second. So the basic formula looks like this: Shutter Speed = 1/focal length.
Read the full article at http://www.practicalphotographytips.com/avoiding-camera-shake.html
Remember to take into account the additional focal length if you shoot with a DX camera. That same 100mm lens with DX you need to shoot at 1/150sec or the next faster speed your camera has.
Whiskeyman
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I've used both the 70-200 VR 1 and VR 2. The VR 2 is somewhat better optically, but the more important aspect of the lens is that it focuses faster and doesn't seem to "hunt" once it is focused.
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Fred Kingston
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300mm hand held VR... No way without VR
Of the two lenses in question the II version is better in all aspects but one. The newer lens suffers from excessive focus breathing, meaning the focal length shortens a lot when focusing closer. When the subject is at about 10 feet distance, the lens is 140 mm at maximum zoom, not 200 mm.
The older lens is better in this aspect, but inferior in all others. I contemplated with this and decided to keep the old lens for portraits and bought a 200mm f/2 VR instead of a new zoom.
The old oft-repeated "rule" of using shutter speed equal to 1/focal length should be taken with a huge grain of salt. Ansel Adams himself did tests 50 years ago and determined that for critically sharp hand held images with a 35mm film camera he needs 5x that speed. And that with the old blurry lenses and grainy blurry films of that era. That means 1/1000s with a 200mm lens on a full frame body. With super high resolution digital, maybe even faster!
The "rule" is just a myth with no apparent original source (I can't find any, can you?) and should be forgotten ASAP instead of being parroted over and over again. It is too easy to remember and that's the reason it keeps on living. It may very well be good enough for a few soccer moms with a 18-500 coke bottle superzoom, but not nearly high enough for quality work.
Source:
Ansel Adams
The Camera
Little, Brown & Co., New York
pp. 115-116
The older lens is better in this aspect, but inferior in all others. I contemplated with this and decided to keep the old lens for portraits and bought a 200mm f/2 VR instead of a new zoom.
The old oft-repeated "rule" of using shutter speed equal to 1/focal length should be taken with a huge grain of salt. Ansel Adams himself did tests 50 years ago and determined that for critically sharp hand held images with a 35mm film camera he needs 5x that speed. And that with the old blurry lenses and grainy blurry films of that era. That means 1/1000s with a 200mm lens on a full frame body. With super high resolution digital, maybe even faster!
The "rule" is just a myth with no apparent original source (I can't find any, can you?) and should be forgotten ASAP instead of being parroted over and over again. It is too easy to remember and that's the reason it keeps on living. It may very well be good enough for a few soccer moms with a 18-500 coke bottle superzoom, but not nearly high enough for quality work.
Source:
Ansel Adams
The Camera
Little, Brown & Co., New York
pp. 115-116
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