Nikon AF-S: Vibration reduction mode (Fig. B)
Vibration reduction mode (Fig. B): Nikon AF-S
Table of contents
- Notes on Safety Operations
- Nomenclature
- Major features Usable cameras and available functions
- Focusing (Fig. A)
- Vibration reduction mode (Fig. B)
- Focusing, zooming, and depth of The built-in flash and vignetting field Setting the aperture
- Using the lens hood Recommended focusing screens
- Lens care Standard accessories Optional accessory
- Specifications
- Notes on using wide- or super wide-angle AF NIKKOR lenses

Vibration reduction mode (Fig. B)
• Do not turn the camera off or remove the lens
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from the camera while vibration reduction is
Setting the vibration reduction ON/OFF
operating. Failure to observe this note could
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switch
result in the lens sounding and feeling as if an
ON: The effects of camera shake are reduced
internal component is loose or broken when it is
while the shutter-release button is pressed
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halfway and also at the instant the shutter is
shaken. This is not a malfunction. Turn the
released. Because vibration is reduced in the
camera on again to correct this.
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viewfinder, auto/manual focusing and exact
• With cameras featuring a built-in flash, vibration
framing of the subject are easier.
reduction does not function while the built-in
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OFF: The effects of camera shake are not reduced.
flash is charging.
Notes on using vibration reduction
• With autofocus cameras featuring an AF-ON
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• After pressing the shutter-release button halfway,
button, vibration reduction does not function
wait until the image in the viewfinder stabilizes
when the AF-ON button is pressed.
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before pressing the shutter-release button the
• When the camera is mounted on a tripod, set the
rest of the way down.
vibration reduction ON/OFF switch to OFF.
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• Due to the characteristics of the vibration
However, it is recommended that the switch be
reduction mechanism, the image in the
set to ON when using the camera on an
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viewfinder may be blurred after the shutter is
unsecured tripod head or with monopod.
released. This is not a malfunction.
• If this lens is used with cameras that do not have
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• If the camera is panned in a wide arc,
the vibration reduction function (P.16), set the
compensation for camera shake in the panning
vibration reduction ON/OFF switch to OFF. With
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direction is not performed. For example, only the
the Pronea 600i/6i camera, in particular, battery
effects of vertical camera shake is reduced with
power may become quickly depleted if this switch
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horizontal panning.
is left ON.
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