Monthly Archives: August 2007

VR Effectiveness

Is VR (vibration reduction) effective?  You be the judge:
1/4 sec, 200mm, VR off: 
1/4 sec, 200mm, VR on:
I can handhold photos at 200mm and 1/4 sec, I’d consider that pretty effective.  The common rule of thumb is to use 1 / focal length to decide your minimum shutter speed, so this would have required [...]

New Digital SLR

Today’s my birthday and my present to myself is a Nikon D40 with 18 - 55 mm kit lens and a 55 - 200 mm VR lens.  My father and grandfather were photographers and my uncle still is.  I grew up with a Canon EOS Rebel and was constantly surrounded by photography.  For most of [...]