Bet your ass they are...!! (At least that's what I've found so far!)

Got one today and did a little testing (both 100% crops):

VR-Off:
http://www.hankscorpio.net/forumpics/vroff.jpg


VR-On:
http://www.hankscorpio.net/forumpics/vron.jpg

:D

Wow! Very impressive.

I've found similar with my Canon IS lenses, but are you sure you didn't sneeze during the first exposure ;) :D

Got any technical details? Lens, focal length, shutter speed? Would be interesting.

Richard.

Nikkor AF-S VR 24-120 f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED

Those were at 120mm, 1/40, subject about 2m away.

Given the old thing of faster shutter than 1/fl (or 1/(flx1.6) for aps sensors), I'm quite pleased with those results so far...

Cheers Hank :) So you were shooting at 1/40th when rule of thumb suggests 1/190th. That fits with the 2-3 stops slower claims that I never dared to believe :eek: Well impressive. (But zero out of ten for pictorial interest mate ;) )

Things have moved on a bit in recent years. I learned my craft some time ago when zooms were a novelty and the first consideration when taking any photograph was the shutter speed. When buying lenses, wide apertures were a priority for the same reason (also hard to manual focus slow lenses). Kodachrome was the film of the time at ISO 25 - a truly revolutionary emulsion that ruled the roost for several decades, but I digress...

Now that (almost) doesn't apply. Flick on the IS or VR switch to gain two or three stops, and if that isn't enough, just crank up the ISO as there's bu99er-all loss of quality there! Glad I returned a Canon non-IS zoom for an IS model recently :D

And speaking of ISO and the fact that you can't really tell the difference between images shot at ISO 50 or 400 on my 350D, isn't it time cameras came with an ISO dial atop the camera so you can change it as easily as aperture and shutter speed, instead of fiddling with multi-function buttons and a screen you can't see?

Thanks again for the info.

Richard.

And speaking of ISO and the fact that you can't really tell the difference between images shot at ISO 50 or 400 on my 350D, isn't it time cameras came with an ISO dial atop the camera so you can change it as easily as aperture and shutter speed, instead of fiddling with multi-function buttons and a screen you can't see?

Thanks again for the info.

Richard.

Get a Nikon and you can ;)

Geezer

Geez, that can only be because the Nikon (D70?) has more noise than Canon 350D/20D at ISO 400, or is considerably superior at ISO 50. I suspect the former... ;) One reason I went for Canon :D

Seriously, what are you saying?

Cheers,

Richard.

I think he's talking about changing the ISO. Of course, the 20D has the ISO button mounted on top of the camera, so Nikon doesn't have a monopoly on that one!

He certainly wasn't talking about ISO 50, the D70 only does ISO 200 ;)

Sorry about the poor subject :o but perched on the sofa, dying to try it, it was the easiest thing I could see that had fine detail!

I'll have more at the weekend, I just have to remember to take comparison shots as well...

A few snaps from FoS today...
http://www.hankscorpio.net/gw_FoS_2005/

Wasn't there for the photos but quite pleased with the new glass so far....