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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paganman2" data-source="post: 429838" data-attributes="member: 37668">Right folks - i tried an experiment out on this theory today, i was out with the wife enjoying some sun in a near by wildlife park, but i was also shooting planes going over on airways at the same time, with one of the planes that came directly over me i quickly turned vr off  and was at f8 and 1/1000th, i stood in the middle of one of the paths and tried to brace myself to follow the plane a small distance to take the shot, i had a solid focus dot but i just couldnt follow the plane with my eye through the viewfinder with accuracy to know i had nailed it, so i quickly turned vr on and was able to follow the plane clearly and fired away.When i got home and viewed both pics the first one without vr was O.O.F, and the second shot with vr on was lovely and sharp.This confirmed for me anyway that VR is good and can save shots, but only from the visual through the viewfinder to allow me a stable view, even if it wasn't needed at the lens end,  this in my eyes would be a Fantastic tool if the guys at nikon could do it - create a VR device in the camera body viewfinder that corrected in the same visual way but just for our eyesight, and not affect the image through the lens and on to the sensor if we didn't need to.At lower shutter speeds as this is built into most of out lenses we could have the option to just use it on from the lens in the normal way.P.</blockquote>