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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskeyman" data-source="post: 176895" data-attributes="member: 13556">Jim,I shoot our local high school band at football games, and my opinion is that a fast lens is required.&nbsp; I rarely turn my attention and 80-200 f/2.8 to the field when the team is playing , and even at f/2.8, I have to crank the ISO level very high to get a good action shot without significant blur.&nbsp; A local reporter uses an 400 f/4&nbsp; and does well, though.As far as the lighting at the field, you will likely be surprised by how uneven and inconsistently your stadium lighting may be, especially at the high school level.&nbsp; In addition, if your game begins before and ends after sundown, your white balance is going to rapidly change as the game progresses.Remember that an image in focus with high noise is typically more usable than one that is blurred and noise-free: so experiment to find and set a high shutter speed that will freeze the motion and change your ISO setting to get, or get close to, proper exposure.For your camera, both the camera body and the lens switches must be set to auto to have auto-focus.&nbsp; If either the lens or the camera body are set to manual, you're oing to have to focus manually.Good fortune to you.WM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whiskeyman, post: 176895, member: 13556"] Jim, I shoot our local high school band at football games, and my opinion is that a fast lens is required. I rarely turn my attention and 80-200 f/2.8 to the field when the team is playing , and even at f/2.8, I have to crank the ISO level very high to get a good action shot without significant blur. A local reporter uses an 400 f/4 and does well, though. As far as the lighting at the field, you will likely be surprised by how uneven and inconsistently your stadium lighting may be, especially at the high school level. In addition, if your game begins before and ends after sundown, your white balance is going to rapidly change as the game progresses. Remember that an image in focus with high noise is typically more usable than one that is blurred and noise-free: so experiment to find and set a high shutter speed that will freeze the motion and change your ISO setting to get, or get close to, proper exposure. For your camera, both the camera body and the lens switches must be set to auto to have auto-focus. If either the lens or the camera body are set to manual, you're oing to have to focus manually. Good fortune to you. WM [/QUOTE]

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