Veteran users of compact camera will tell you that taking sharp close up shots of subjects without using tripods is as hard as it gets. Due to subtle vibrations from handshakes, photos would often end up being blurry and unusable even after extensive image editing. There are many cameras in the market today that offer "anti-handshake" via optical lens shifting and one of them is the Nikon VR (Vibration Reduction) technology.



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