Tom - #1 Shutter speed 1/1000 at f5.6 200mm #2 1/4000, f2.8 at 200mm #3 1/1000, f2.8 at 200mm #4 1/2000, f2.8 at 200mm I was sitting about 8 rows from the field, so I was pretty close to the action. All of these were cropped to provide tighter framing. Sheila - Thanks! I actually do Sports photography part-time. zahnfee - Thanks. azy - I was testing out my new Sigma 70-200 2.8 EX