Rab-Eye wrote:
I was practicing hand holding my Nikon 200-500 with poor results. I’ll be doing a more careful experiment and posting a few examples with some questions. For now, I’m just looking for confirmation that because the VR is in the lens, the body is totally irrelevant vis a vis the VR. My D300s was close at hand so I was using that body instead of my D500. Doesn’t matter, right?
Essentially correct. However I have noticed VR works slightly better when using a heavier pro type body than with an entry level plastic body. No scientific proof, just my observation from using hundreds of different lenses on hundreds of different bodies while buying/selling them in my store.
My guess is the heavier all magnesium pro bodies balance the longer lenses better, but its just my guess. But my onservations have been very consistent over the years.