VRII vs VR on the 70-200mm lens
To determine the effectiveness of VR you need to first determine the shutter speed you need to remove the effects of any hand moments/vibrations. Normally you'd need a shutter speed of 1 over focal length (this is on a FF/FX body and is a general rule-of-thumb. You need to adjust shutter speed according to any any crop factor your camera might have).
So a 100mm lens (on a Full Frame/35mm/FX camera) needs 1/100 to reduce vibrations from your hands (as a rule-of-thumb).
Now take that 1/100 shutter speed and divide it by 2 for each stop the IS/VR can achieve. That will give you the shutter speed you can (in theory) shoot at and still not have your hand vibrations affecting the image.
So using the 100mm lens on a FF cam as an example:
So for VR (I) which is 3 stops. It's 100÷2÷2÷2= 1/12.5 SS
For VR II it's another stop so it's 100÷2÷2÷2÷2= 1/6.25 SS
Of course shooting this slow doesn't mean the subjects you're shooting will stand still.
But the VRII version is also sharper and IIRC has some other stuff like Nano coating that the older version does' t have.
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