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VR on or off with flash? Anonymous
i'm going to be renting a 70-200 2.8 VR for portraits and there is flash lighting involved

should i leave the VR off to avoid unnecessary blur induced by the mechanism compensating too much or do i put it on anyway?
>> Anonymous
it's going to be handheld, never liked using a tripod for this kind of thing

first time using a VR lens so i have no idea how it works
>> Anonymous
What vr has to do with flash? Nothing.

Just keep the vr on, it's a lot nicer when viewfinder image doesn't wiggle around all the time.
>> Anonymous
>>205560
>>205561
QFT
>> Anonymous
>>205575What vr has to do with flash? Nothing.

dunno, never used VR

but people say it adds unnecessary compensation when you don't need it
>> Anonymous
>>205581
It does. I use the 1/35mm equivalent focal length rule to decide when to turn it off, but like that rule it's entirely arbritrary.

I don't think flash would affect this, except being able to get higher speeds up to whatever your sync speed is. The flash will freeze the subject pretty well, yeah, but what about the background if you're burning it in or it's still kinda visible?
>> Anonymous
Leave VR on. The only time you turn it off is on tripods. I shoot my 18-200 VR with flashes all the time and its comes out f'n clear as hell.

BTW, why didnt you rent a 18-200?
>> Anonymous
The flash strobe lasts like 1/20000 of a second. Even if VR overcompensates, it can't move fast enough to cause blur at 1/20000s.
>> Anonymous
>Leave it on if it's handheld. The stabilizer only gets in the way if youre using a tripod.

this. but nikon VR is smart enough to know its on a tripod, so it automatically switches to panning mode and doesn't fuck up your picture.

Flash really has nothing to do with VR, anyways.
>> Jeremo !iKGMr61IHM
>>205859

I don't think the VR is 'smart enough' that's why the manual for the lens recommends you to turn it off when you use it on a tripod.

Great lens to have. I sometimes miss it.
>> Anonymous
Leave it off, it'll only drain the battery and the effect of the vr will be unnecessery
>> Photon
I say leave VR on since you're not going to use a tripod. and I am assuming that you wont be shooting at 2.8 since that would be too soft wide open.

VR wont KILL your battery. I have VR on all the time, and the battery last me ~300 shots (i have 3 batteries..). Of course external flash used.
>> Anonymous
>>206079
but without VR it could last like 500-700 shots!
>> TheGeneral !m7n7x2Yyfo
>>206079
I think it's stated in the lens manual that VR/OS/IS drain battery. doesn't state how much. but it does.
>> Jeremo !iKGMr61IHM
>>206081

I've had both the 18-200 and 70-200

The VR did not drain enough to warrant turning it off. I always had a spare battery with me for the D70s. Lasted me much more than 400 shots.

The VR does not need to be turned off unless you're using a tripod.
>> Anonymous
tripod sensing VR/IS is as useless as sensor dust removal

it tries to compensate even if your tripod is fixed in a cement block
>> Anonymous
>>206242
the difference is, sensor dust removal is actually useful (if it works and not just a marketing gimmick)
>> Anonymous
>>206247

uh, the only one that REMOTELY works "okay" is the SSWF in Olympus cameras

all the others don't do shit
>> Anonymous
>>206248
well, that's basically what I meant