I currently own four Nikon bodies and on all of them VR is immediately activated by either BBF or shutter release button. This may have been an issue on older models.
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A quick search online yielded numerous posts saying that BB AF didn’t activate VR on older Nikons but does on newer models. I found a list of models on each side of the divide, but not being a Nikon shooter, I didn’t recognize most of them.
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