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I hope you get satisfaction. I'm still shooting and processing film after 60 years, 35mm up to 5x4inch, and I still love it although it...

@Silversnapper , thank you for posting your experience. Much appreciated and it gives me hope my situation will be resolved to my...

I recently bought a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro OS HSM from MPB and I noticed that there was a definite 'clunk' as the stabilisation...

I’m just back home from visiting my mate in Chorley, Lancashire. M6 motorway mad busy near M58 with people heading to Liverpool for tour...

I’ve remembered a friend who has the D7500 so I’m going to his on Monday and we can check VR on my original 18-200 and the one just...

You might find this an interesting read https://www.dslrbodies.com/lenses/lens-articles/lens-technique/all-about-nikon-vr.html

Before I bought my first Nikon around 20 years ago I had an Olympus OM-2 with various Zuiko lenses. It never failed on me in more than...

@Needa , ah, it was 1/25th, not 1/125th. That would explain the camera shake. But isn’t that where VR would kick in? @BF Hammer ...

What I downloaded to my PC to view had a .jpeg extension, so Dropbox must be converting and adding the compression. VR is an...

@BF Hammer , thanks for your post. It is the original NEF image with no compression. I’ll see if I can attach the metadata file. But...

First of all, your post-processing is stripping off the EXIF information. I do not see any of your camera settings, and also important I...

It’s 125th @f8, not 1/25th. At f8 even in low light I would expect the detail on the path to be sharp.

Another body would be difficult. But my rarely used 200-500 is absolutely fine. VR kicks in immediately. That suggests the body is okay.

Ah, EXIF is the metadata. I’ve provi a link below which hopefully includes all relevant data. 125th @ f8 with a small zoom should not...

@Needa , thank for your reply. I’m not sure what EXIF is. I have tried with very slow shutter speeds of 1/30th so I’m sure VR should be...