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A more positive experience this morning. I phoned MPB and the call was answered almost immediately. The young lady listened attentively as I went through the problem. She said it sounds like a full test of the lens by their staff missed VR not working. The lens will be collected tomorrow and...

As we Brits say “keep buggering on” 👍 Useful info, many thanks. 👏

I was lucky to acquire a Coolscan V 9 years ago. Invaluable for digitising lots of precious shots from the 70s onwards. The detail from a 5x4 negative must be a sight to behold. 😳

@Silversnapper , thank you for posting your experience. Much appreciated and it gives me hope my situation will be resolved to my satisfaction. Whilst I was at my mates we has a play with some film SLRs from the 70s. A Practika and early Canon. Today’s cameras are so much more advanced. But...

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 of City by the Premier League Champions. 😁 We tried my existing 18-200 plus the newly acquired one from MPB. VR doesn’t work on his D7500 body. So both lenses...

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 purchased. That way I can determine if my D7100 body is the problem or the lenses. I still feel it’s the lenses and the one I bought second hand hasn’t been...

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 20 years of use. No AF, no VR. Just simple reliable cameras. All this technology just makes things less reliable even from top companies. 😟

@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 , having determined the shutter speed was 1/25th that would explain the shaky image. I turned quickly and just shot with minimal composure. VR failing on two lenses...

@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 that aside, partially depressing the shutter release should initiate VR shouldn’t it? Extensive tests today in cloudy conditions with slow (1/30th) shutter speed...

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 exhibit shake. I gave a Nikon 200-500 and VR on that is fine...

@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 kicking in. Cleaning the connections is interesting. I’ve never done that all the time I’ve had both body and lens. I have some lens cleaning spray for...

I’ve registered here to get some expert advice from fellow Nikon users. I’ve had my Mk 1 18-200 DX VR lens since 2007. I’m not a frequent photographer but have been doing it for over 50 years. The lens started on a D70 then D90 and finally a D7100. In all that time things have been fine until...