The VR 3 also has four circular programmable buttons on the side of the lens and while this is a nice feature I don't know if it would be very useful for me given the type of pictures I

Image stabilization now has 4 settings, this is absolutely a great feature and one feature that I wish the VR 2 had

When hand holding the lens, I rest the lens foot in my palm and my fingers can easily reach the focus and zoom rings, as well as, the focus buttons