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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 544663" data-attributes="member: 9240">On anything 200mm or less my rule is VR off unless light will not permit me to set a shutter speed of 1/(2 x focal length).&nbsp; I used to use VR all the time but found that shooting with it off and using this shutter speed rule my shots are consistently sharper.&nbsp; In suppressing movement VR also causes it, and in situations where you do not allow it to fully stabilize you are actually introducing movement into a frame that doesn't otherwise need it and this will show in cases where the shutter speed is not as stated previously.&nbsp; Your D7200 is very good with ISO noise, so I would suggest you try shooting with Auto ISO and allow it to set your minimum shutter speed while setting the Slower --- Faster indicator to the fastest speed (which is usually 1/(2 x focal length)). My shots have been as sharp or sharper since I started doing that.&nbsp; For focal lengths of over 200mm I find that VR definitely helps regardless, if only in the framing as much as movement - particularly at 500-600mm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 544663, member: 9240"] On anything 200mm or less my rule is VR off unless light will not permit me to set a shutter speed of [B]1/(2 x focal length)[/B]. I used to use VR all the time but found that shooting with it off and using this shutter speed rule my shots are consistently sharper. In suppressing movement VR also causes it, and in situations where you do not allow it to fully stabilize you are actually introducing movement into a frame that doesn't otherwise need it and this [I]will[/I] show in cases where the shutter speed is not as stated previously. Your D7200 is very good with ISO noise, so I would suggest you try shooting with Auto ISO and allow it to set your minimum shutter speed while setting the [B]Slower --- Faster[/B] indicator to the fastest speed (which is usually [B]1/(2 x focal length)[/B]). My shots have been as sharp or sharper since I started doing that. For focal lengths of over 200mm I find that VR definitely helps regardless, if only in the framing as much as movement - particularly at 500-600mm. [/QUOTE]

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