Vibration Reduction lens and 'does it work?'

My lovely wife and I were at Sneakerz Bar and Grill one night and I saw a nice rose plant. It was kinda far from where I was sitting (and drinking a beer) and I had my 18-200mm lens opened all the way to 200. Settings used; Exposure 0.5sec, Aperture f/5.6, Zoom 200 and ISO 800 for both photo's (these mean little to me, but there are people who want to know this stuff.)



You can see there's a lot of blur in the photo. So I turned the VR (Vibration Reduction) on and snapped again.



I'd say from these two samples, VR works and works well in low light. Get one if you have the means.

P.S. clicking any of the photos in this blog will take you to my Flickr page.