WHAT YEAR DID TRIPOD VIBRATION DETECTION BECOME AVAILABLE TO NIKON USERS.
The first lens with VR was the 80-400 (D), which was just updated last year to a G model. It dates back to at least 2002.
Not sure if it could tell if it was on a tripod.
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