Originally posted by Docrwm What sort of park are you talking about - Little League, High School, Minor League A, AA, AAA, or the MLB parks? Because distances, angles, and access are completely different across them and that will inform about what lens setup would work best.
Exactly. Ditto.
Your physical position in relation to the people you want to take photos off matters. Ideally you will be between home plate the dugout (either side depending on various factors) and have a 300mm capability. You will be able to cover the infeild pretty good if you go from 50-250 or something like that, noting that (to me) sometimes the most interesting shots were not full zoom.
I took one really good standout shot (in my opinion if I do say so myself) of the pitcher picking off the guy on first and I caught the guy diving in, ball in air etc... I was up in the stands above 3rd base....
Different angles, different shots. And MLB generally won't let you take in huge lenses. I got by with my 55-300 because its small...but its slow under the stadium lights.
In college and below games you can get a variety of angles because they arent nearly as particular about where you stand and so forth.
As for lenses, my f2.8 constand 70-200 would be perfect provided you get the right point access. The cheaper the seats the bigger the lens.
Also if you are shooting daytime outdoors in good light you can get much better shots.