That's a 100% crop from the D70s with the 70-200mm 2.8 AF-S G IF VR (etc) that we picked up last week: the bird is a little dot taking up a few percent of the original exposure - it was far, far, too far away.
The VR is great: it gives you two or three stops worth and the newer lenses with VR II are meant to give you three or four. I was shooting with the thing last week at the stables - just playing with it, there was nothing much happening- and was getting sharp shots at 1/30s at 200mm, which is silly.
you are the media you consume.
