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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 203310" data-attributes="member: 12257">Difference is definitely shutter speed.  Common rule of thumb is your shutter speed should at least match your max focal length for handheld shots (i.e. 18-55mm lens = No lower than 1/60 shutter speed handheld).  VR can easily compensate for a 1 stop difference (same example as above with VR = no lower than 1/30 shutter speed handheld), and up to 2 stop differences, although that's pushing it a bit.Curious, what lens were you using in the above pictures?  1/15th and 1/8th of a second shutter speed seems quite slow for handheld sharpness.</blockquote>