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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 535839" data-attributes="member: 9240">The point of the first statement is the every manufacturer fine tunes the VR on that particular lens as a part of the design and release of the lens.&nbsp; VR is designed to be as effective as possible for the lens design.&nbsp; In-body stabilization is a one-size fits all proposition unless the body manufacturer is willing to build in stabilization profiles for individual lenses (likely their own).&nbsp; No matter if you're shooting at 16mm with a lightweight kit lens or at 500mm with an adapter super zoom, the IS system is the same.As for the other one, take a look at most images shot with a 150-500/600 zoom.&nbsp; These are almost exclusively shot with VR on and I cannot think of a time in my life where someone has said, &quot;Look at that gorgeous bokeh&quot;, in one of my shots using that lens.&nbsp; I've never bothered to compare images taken with and without VR at the long lens of my 150-500mm, but I do know that I've often lamented the harshness of some of the OOF regions.&nbsp; How much of that is the glass and how much is VR is hard to say because, in general, I'm not going to be shooting at 500mm without VR handheld, and I'm not going to shoot with it on a tripod.&nbsp; Suffice it to say I don't doubt it.&nbsp; In general I find sharpness is better achieved without VR when you can achieve a shutter speed that eliminates movement, so if that's the case why wouldn't bokeh be negatively impacted as well?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 535839, member: 9240"] The point of the first statement is the [I]every manufacturer[/I] fine tunes the VR on [I]that particular[/I] lens as a part of the design and release of the lens. VR is designed to be as effective as possible for the lens design. In-body stabilization is a one-size fits all proposition unless the body manufacturer is willing to build in stabilization profiles for individual lenses (likely their own). No matter if you're shooting at 16mm with a lightweight kit lens or at 500mm with an adapter super zoom, the IS system is the same. As for the other one, take a look at most images shot with a 150-500/600 zoom. These are almost exclusively shot with VR on and I cannot think of a time in my life where someone has said, "Look at that gorgeous bokeh", in one of my shots using that lens. I've never bothered to compare images taken with and without VR at the long lens of my 150-500mm, but I do know that I've often lamented the harshness of some of the OOF regions. How much of that is the glass and how much is VR is hard to say because, in general, I'm not going to be shooting at 500mm without VR handheld, and I'm not going to shoot with it on a tripod. Suffice it to say I don't doubt it. In general I find sharpness is better achieved without VR when you can achieve a shutter speed that eliminates movement, so if that's the case why wouldn't bokeh be negatively impacted as well? [/QUOTE]

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