Originally posted by jayman_1975 if it's faster than my 55-300 WR?
The in-depth review of the HD WR 55-300 did pretty thorough testing of AF between the DA* 60-250 and it, and basically the 60-250 should only be used for slow sports, like lawn bowling. I've photographed football with my manual focus SMC A 70-210 f4, and I believe Ron Hendriks has used his 60-250 for lots of sporting events, so if you already have that lens you could try it, but don't go out and buy one just to do freelance work for SI.