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Originally Posted by Cadence

IS and VR are definitely great and I really think all lenses should have them, but the one draw back to having that instead of a large aperture is that while you might be able to be still your subject can still move - which is why a large aperture is good - it gives you a faster shutter speed whereas IS/VR only allows you to shoot at slower shutters - leaving subject motion blur at times.

It's give and take sometimes.

That's true. I didn't think about that.

One thing that might be considered a benefit though is that with a larger depth of field, it may be easier to get a subject fully in focus rather than just a portion. But like Brandon said, it can't be a moving subject or there will be motion blur. There's a lot of give and take.