The second game yesterday, I switched to the 85-250. It was an improvement
over the 100-200 in action closer to me on the sideline and an improvement
on the far side too. It was a much better choice than the 100-200 from that
perspective. The downside, of course, was the two-touch. Much harder to
deal with quick moving 7 year olds than the one-touch of the 100-200. I
think the 85 part was more important than the 250 part, as they play on a
smaller field, so I still have the 65-200 quest going on (anyone? Trade
perhaps?).
Overall, a lot of fun. Now, if the pictures are just ok.....
Tom
> Hi Tom,
>
> The one time I shot high school soccer this year, I used a Tokina 85-200.
> If I stayed in midfield it wasn't close enough for all the far side action
> and the 85 was too long when the action came to the near side. By moving
to
> one end of the sideline or the other the 200 was ok. The 85-250 might
allow
> you to move back a little more from the sideline than I was. It was
> important to keep both eyes open when shooting the guys. The ball came my
> way more than once, but because I saw it with the eye not to the
viewfinder,
> I could track it and move my tripod if necessary. Your girls shouldn't be
> kicking quite so high up!
>
> Gregg
>
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