Hello Collin, Having only shot youth soccer from the sidelines, I can tell you that 400 wouldn't feel too long. The tricky thing is, that the action really moves around the field - likely much quicker than you can. So as the action moves towards you, something as short as 50mm to 85mm might be needed/wanted. As the action moves away across the field or towards the goals (opposite of where you are) really long lenses help. A zoom can help in these situations, unless you have two bodies and two different lenses on them. Of course, then you run into the issue of holding/handling both of them because for stability and comfort you really want to put the long lens on a monopod.
If you practice focus following, you would probably be able to do reasonably well with manual focus, but it wouldn't hurt to have the option of autofocus available as well. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, June 5, 2005, 5:00:03 AM, you wrote: CRB> No idea if it will come to fruition, but .... CRB> there's a major league soccer all-star type of game here in July. CRB> I'm going to try to get a sideline press pass CRB> Would 300mm be enough for soccer? 400mm? CRB> Would a zoom be more suitable? What range? CRB> Collin
