Gobuster wrote:
I've heard that old F4 is very good, I've never had a chance to try one. Mine is surprisingly nice so long as I shoot in good light and can keep the shutter speed high to minimize the effect of camera shake. I tried a few shots at 1/40 and 1/60 and they were not crisp at all, whereas, with my 70-300 VR, I can use those speeds and get good results. Being mostly a hand held shooter, I'm a fan of VR, even on wide angle lenses!
No VR doesn't matter to me, all my lenses are without VR, I still have steady hand even I will be 71 soon. i always shoot with higher shutter speed when hand holding the camera, especially when using my Df which has an advantage of high ISO low noise. I use M mode with auto ISO most of the time with this Df.