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<blockquote data-quote="wornish" data-source="post: 380080" data-attributes="member: 15434">Thanks for sharing this.&nbsp; I just did an experiment shooting through the back window at a plant pot and bush about 30 ft away in the garden in poor light.D810 with my 80-400mm AF-F VR lens set at 400mm.&nbsp; Focus set to af-c,&nbsp; iso 800, f/5.6,&nbsp; Aperture priority and because of the poor light all the shots ended up being taken at 1/30th sec which is way below my handheld speed.I do have shaky hands but tried four shots hand held.First.&nbsp; Set VR - OFF on the lens. Looking through the viewfinder the image was jumping around all over due to my shakiness.&nbsp; Only managed a very blurry shot using the normal shutter button.Second.&nbsp; Switched VR ON on with the switch on the lens and the viewfinder became really clear and very stable took a shot again just using the shutter button - came out very good.Third . VR-ON but this time used the AF-ON button to hold focus and then took the shot.&nbsp; No visible difference shot just as good as the second oneFourth.&nbsp; Again VR -ON this time using the AE-L/AF-L button set as AF-ON took the shot no difference to 2 or 3..It seems to me just looking through the viewfinder that if the switch on the Lens is set to VR ON then it makes no difference what method of focus you use.&nbsp; But wow the VR does make an amazing difference when you are these low shutter speeds I never realised how much.Can share crops of the images if anyone is interested.I will read the article to try and check my test is valid.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wornish, post: 380080, member: 15434"] Thanks for sharing this. I just did an experiment shooting through the back window at a plant pot and bush about 30 ft away in the garden in poor light. D810 with my 80-400mm AF-F VR lens set at 400mm. Focus set to af-c, iso 800, f/5.6, Aperture priority and because of the poor light all the shots ended up being taken at 1/30th sec which is way below my handheld speed. I do have shaky hands but tried four shots hand held. First. Set[B] VR - OFF[/B] on the lens. Looking through the viewfinder the image was jumping around all over due to my shakiness. Only managed a very blurry shot using the normal shutter button. Second. Switched [B]VR ON [/B]on with the switch on the lens and the viewfinder became really clear and very stable took a shot again just using the shutter button - came out very good. Third . [B]VR-ON[/B] but this time used the AF-ON button to hold focus and then took the shot. No visible difference shot just as good as the second one Fourth. Again [B]VR -ON[/B] this time using the AE-L/AF-L button set as AF-ON took the shot no difference to 2 or 3.. It seems to me just looking through the viewfinder that if the switch on the Lens is set to VR ON then it makes no difference what method of focus you use. But wow the VR does make an amazing difference when you are these low shutter speeds I never realised how much. Can share crops of the images if anyone is interested. I will read the article to try and check my test is valid. [/QUOTE]

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