Night-time shooting with smaller aperture lenses

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I'm getting well ahead of myself but I've been reading up on some lenses I may like to get in the future. Some were bemoaning the performance of the Canon 70-200 f/4 at night in comparison to the f/2.8. Granted IQ probably differs between the lenses but, provided you stabilise properly and have an adequate shutter speed, why is the smaller aperture such a pain?

Obviously there will be greater motion blur if there is movement in the shot but beyond that I'm not quite sure why it would be such a big deal.

Is there something else I'm missing?
 
The shutter speed may not be adequate for the subject in the lighting conditions you are shooting. Keep in mind image stabilisation does not freeze subject motion.
At the end of the day it may mean the differnce between a usable image and an unusable image.
 
I just realised the point actually. I only imagined taking landscape shots at night which is why I couldn't fathom why shutter speed mattered but if it's a moving object, obviously it does.
 
If you mean really at night, i.e. pretty dark then it won't matter much as shutter speeds will be slow or a bit slower and well past the point of dealing with anything that is moving.
 
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