Best lens for soccer

[widgetrich]

I am looking to buy some good glass lens. I am going to photography soccer maybe played at night...I have the 75-300 f4.5-5.0..which I can use. I have used this lens but I feel that I need a tripod for it....I have been looking at the 70-200 IS f2.8 lens...Would that get me close enough to take some good photographs. It is my understanding that this lens I can even use for portrait taking....hope to hear....widget

[LMP]

The 70-200 is a great lens, ideally you could use some longer glass such as a 300 or 400 2.8 .

With the 70-200 you will need to pick your moment to shoot, wait for the action to come to you.

[DarrenL]

What is your budget?

Another lens to consider is the 300mm f4 IS by Canon but if you do any night work I'd prefer the 70-200 2.8 as Marc suggested

Then there is the Sigma 120-300 but this may be over your budget.

The 70-200 2.8 is so versatile so you could apply it to many other sports as well as footie.

Darren

[vetkrazy]

For soccer I would not go any shorter than 300mm. The 300mm f/4 is fine for daylight, but won't cut it at night. I would go with either the Canon 300 f/2.8 or the Sigma 120-300. If you don't have good lighting even the f/2.8 lenses are going to struggle.

I have heard tell some use the 70-200 for portraits, it is a fine lens. But it would not be my first choice. I used to use that lens for soccer, but found it to be to short. Adding a TC for day time shooting helped, but at night you need fast glass and high ISO.