I have read that in several places, though I am not sure I have read it in reviews by people who have tried the lens, but stores that sell it, at least two that I have read carefully, definitely say that the Sony version does have VC. Maybe they have cut and pasted from some generic (Canon/Nikon!) description, but I would have thought they were legally on dodgy ground claiming this if it were not true and would have been more careful. It would surely give anyone a reason to return a lens if they did not like it on grounds of misleading advertising (at least it would in the UK). Perhaps I had better keep a copy of the website so that if I don't like the lens when it comes, I have grounds for returning it!