[HUG ] Re: Erwin Puts on VR vs Handheld vs Tripod

Thanks for the VR data. I'll keep my tripods and monopods a bit longer.
At 11:25 AM 4/6/2008, you wrote:
One day Jim Brick and I were out shooting Pt. Lobos. I think Jim had his 4x5 going, or maybe his Rollei, and some fellow walks up with his new Nikon D3 and some zoom lens mounted. This guy was occasionally bending over and taking photos of the tide pools or rocks. Jim was close enough to overhear our conversation; the fellow was telling me how he didn't need his tripod anymore because his lenses had vibration reduction. Jim and I have chuckled over this many times, but perhaps we were a bit premature? 

<http://www.imx.nl/photo/technique/vibration_reduction_compare.html>http://www.imx.nl/photo/technique/vibration_reduction_compare.html
or
<http://tinyurl.com/6clky4>http://tinyurl.com/6clky4
(bottom line, I think: SLR with VR better than hand held rangefinder but not better than tripod) 

Interesting read, nonetheless.

Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
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