Should I turn off VR when using a tripod?

In such cases, use of a tripod is recommended. Please be sure to switch VR off when a tripod is used. However, with VR lenses that detect tripod vibration and automatically reduce the effect, set VR on, and with lenses that employ "Tripod mode", set VR on and select Tripod mode.
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Should VR be on or off?

When you are shooting with a tripod and remote release (landscapes for example), you should turn off the lens VR and IS settings to achieve sharper images. Otherwise, when your camera goes looking for a vibration and doesn't find one, it will continue to look for one, which can cause a slightly shaky result.
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Does VR affect image quality?

VR doesn't reduce the image sharpness, it just reduces the effect of very high shutter speeds. An image with VR at 1/500s will have the same sharpness as an image at 1/4000s with VR, but an image at 1/4000s without VR will be sharper (slightly, and the shutter speeds are just exampes).
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When should you not use VR on Nikon lens?

How many lenses has Nikon made? » VR should always be off unless you explicitly require it. VR should usually be off for shutter speeds over 1/500. It should be off if you're on a stable tripod even if the VR system says it is tripod aware.
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Do you need image stabilization when using a tripod?

If you always shoot at fast shutter speeds, then you probably don't need image stabilizing technology. The shutter is not open long enough for the picture to blur. If you always use a tripod, then you also don't need extra stabilization.
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Should you turn off image stabilization when using a gimbal?

This is totally false. Image stabilization only allows you the ability to capture sharp images of static subjects at slower speeds. Moving objects will be equally blurry or streaky—and in some cases blurrier or shakier with the IS turned on.
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Is Image Stabilizer really necessary?

So really, image stabilization is the most important in situations where you don't have enough light to get a fast shutter speed. It tends to come in handy at sunset, sunrise, and indoors. In most cases, image stabilization will give you the same image quality at 3 to 4 shutter speed stops slower than usual.
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Is VR necessary on lens?

It works and it works great when it is needed. Typically you will only find VR or image stabilization as an available option on zoom or macro models. The reason why is simply most fixed focal length prime lenses has a wide enough aperture (1.8, 1.4, 1.2), that VR or image stabilization wouldn't be needed.
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Does Nikon VR make a difference?

The VR helps minimize but not eliminate camera shake for the handheld shots at slow shutter speeds -- my success factor is 50% better shots in these situations. for the Joe average hobby photographer, who just loves to shoot, Everything. How much of a difference do the VR lens really make.
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What is DX and FX?

In digital SLR cameras, the camera's format refers to the size of its image sensor. Nikon makes a DX-format sensor and an FX-format sensor. The DX-format is the smaller sensor at 24x16mm; the larger full frame FX-format sensor measures 36x24mm which is approximately the same size as 35mm film.
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What is the difference between VR and ED lens?

In theory they are the same. The only difference is the VR lenses are for better clarity in pictures. Kind of like an HD tv and a 4K tv.
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What's the meaning of VR?

Virtual reality is an artificial environment that is created with software and presented to the user in such a way that the user suspends belief and accepts it as a real environment. On a computer, virtual reality is primarily experienced through two of the five senses: sight and sound.
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How does Canon image stabilization work?

Canon's Image Stabilisation (IS) is controlled by a group of elements inside the lens which moves at right-angles to the lens axis. The movement of this special lens group is controlled by an on-board microcomputer and it works by counteracting the shaking of the camera.
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What IS Nikon image stabilization?

VR image stabilization technology detects vertical and horizontal movement and offsets it by initiating compensating motion. VR image stabilization technology detects vertical and horizontal movement and offsets it by initiating compensating motion.
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What VR means on Nikon?

Vibration Reduction (VR) is an image stabilization technology that minimizes blur caused by camera shake. Using a VR NIKKOR lens can result in sharp images in low light, under windy conditions or when using a physically large NIKKOR lens.
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What is VR on in Nikon d3500?

This item is displayed only with lenses that support it. Selecting On enables vibration reduction, which takes effect whenever the shutter-release button is pressed halfway (0 Vibration Reduction (VR)). Select Off to disable vibration reduction.
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How does Nikon VR work?

Vibration Reduction (VR) systems compensate for image blur caused by small, involuntary movements (from unsteady hands, shooting from a moving vehicle, etcs) Known as camera shake. VR can be found in many Nikon products, such as interchangeable lenses for SLR cameras, digital cameras and binoculars.
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Which is better AF S or AF P?

AF-P lenses use a “Pulse” motor or “Stepping” autofocus motor and are even quieter and smoother to autofocus than an AF-S lens, making these lenses ideal when shooting video with a DSLR. The DSLR camera bodies that do feature a focus motor can utilize AF and AF-S lenses.
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Is vibration reduction the same as image stabilization?

VR (Nikon) and IS (Canon) are the same thing. I'll use both terms interchangeably. Each maker uses their own acronyms. Each stabilizes images from the jiggly effects of hand-holding.
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WHAT is lens shift VR?

Lens-shift Vibration Reduction (VR) helps reduce blur and camera shake while rendering clear and sharp images in a variety of everyday shooting scenarios.
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Does image stabilization affect video quality?

Having a stable image is even more important in video because people can see any shakiness. With a still photo, stabilization is only needed for the fraction of a second that image is exposed, but with video it needs to stay stable for the entire length of the clip.
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What difference does image stabilization make?

Image stabilizers are important because they make your image sharper, even at slower shutter speeds. As you may know, an image shot at 1/125 of a second will be more sharp than an image shot at 1/8 of a second. The downside being an image shot at 1/125 of a second it will be 4 stops darker than an image shot at 1/8.
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Is Digital image stabilization good?

With digital image stabilization for video, the camera is not trying to sharpen blurry detail – it's checking each frame in the sequence and shifting them minutely (or bigly, with really shaky footage) so that they line up. All those frame-by-frame jitters even out surprisingly well.
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