On a shoot with a model(s) what are your main lens(es) that you use ??

My go to model lens is my Canon 24-105 L series F4.

Been using it for well over 10 years now. Never lets me down. Rich colours. Quality images. Its proved to be an excellent lens.

For People!  the Sony 85mm 1.8 used to be my favourite. Since I bought the Sony 50mm 1.4GM thats almost permantly attached to the camera, 
I find myself using that the most now, for Indoor and outdoor shots.

When shooting at a buddies home studio which is a Kitchen the room is about 6x3m when you setup a backdrop and need the model to be standing a few feet in front of it and you've got the worktop and cooker units also taking up some available length you quickly run out of space, I've found you need a 45-50mm focal length in order to get Full length shots in.   
I used to use a 45mm Sigma lens but I found it missed focus a good bit and did not really like the image feel to it.  The 50mm GM though is incredible.
I use a Sony A7RV and Shoot at f5.6 or f6.3 as if the apature is any smaller I find the autofocus is less reliable when its only over head kitchen lights and the softboxes model light to aid with autofocus.

I've got a 70-200 F4  I've used once for a single set on a model shoot.  I dunno why I've never used it more, it produced lovely images.
I've a 24-105 F4 which I activly dont like! It always seems to miss focus in a lot of shots for some reason. I only keep it for wider focal length.

~B

24-70 f2.8, 85 f1.4 and 70-200 f2.8 never leave the bag, then depending on mood of the day might add a 10-17 f3.5, Lensbaby Composer + various f2.5 optics or a SuperTakumar 50mm f1.4

Nifty 50 1.8

24-70mm 2.8

70-300 5.6 (was shopping for a 70-200 and then found a 70-300 brand new in a charity shop for £150 which was better for the reenactment work I shoot)

RF 28-70 f/2 Canon mirrorless lens although I believe Sony have one now.  It's over kill for a studio as I spend most of my time shooting F5.6 or above, but I take it because I have it.  What you have is all you need. 

Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art, Sigma 85mm F1.4 Art on Sony A7iv

I have a nifty fifty Nikon Z 50mm 1.8 and never use it :))))

If I shoot eyes, 105mm Macro, anything that needs razor sharp detail and does not move much is covered with this lens. Want to exchange it with 85mm 1.2

If I shoot upper body, emotion and motion, 70-200 2.8 

If I shoot closer beach shots with lower angles, 24-70 2.8

If I experiment and give a deeper/longer engagement, 20mm 1.8

85mm 1.2 is next. Have special plans for that too. If Nikon brings a proper 35mm 1.2, I would be easily travelling with 70-200, 85 1.2, 35 1.2 and 20 1.8. 

Gothic Image exactly.

I use the best lens I have with me for the job in hand.

Need blurry background for atmosphere and subject isolation? f1.something.

Need flexibility and minimal lens swapping? Something zoomy.

Want to work maintain good connection with subject? 50mm.

Need to flatter someone’s face shape? The right focal length for them.

Etc blah etc.

Fwiw .. ie not a lot .. I work much faster with primes than zooms and that usually trumps guff about sharpness and microcontrast.

Orson Carter said

Nifty fifty wherever possible. 

Or if I'm in a smaller space, I'll use the kit zoom. The drawback with that lens is that if it's used wide it only goes to f3.5, and that's not enough to throw an intrusive background out of focus.  

They're the only two lenses that I've got. 

Exactly the same for me.  I have each on a different Nikon camera….both old and bought secondhand…..and I swap them around depending on my mood.  I don’t focus much on kit but I think one is an 850 and the other a 5500.

Orson Carter

The 50mm is the most powerful portrait lens in my humble opinion. I have so many others that I forget to use it.

Nikon 85mm, 50mm, or the 28-70mm.

RB67 180mm or 90mm.

5X4 MPP 90mm or 180mm.

Don’t generally pick lenses just to shoot wide open (much harder with old MF film).

My Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 does most of the work.  Prior to moving to the mirrorless Canon RP, an older  EF 50mm f/1.4 did most of the work.  It still gets used occasionally with an adapter if I want that extra little bit of aperture (but probably not in a studio).  All of my FPIs (just 5) were taken with one of these lenses.  

A Sigma 105mm f/2.8 macro is my next most used lenses.  Its primary job is close-up photography of flowers and random items but I sometimes use it for portraits as I don't have a magical 85mm.  It gives the best image quality of my lenses.  

Very occasionally, the kit RF 24-105mm zoom is used if I need something wider but this is generally in desperation when what I really want is more space.   

I have several old M42 mount lenses which I often hope will give some amazing arty effect; so far, they haven't.  (Well, I have got a few quite nice flower shots with them but no amazing model shots.)

Nikon 24-70 2.8 for portrait shoots. It's very heavy, but for a one hour photoshoot it's totally OK. Before I bought this lense, I used to shoot with 35, 50 and 105 mm and had to switch during the shoot depending on what I wanted to capture. So the zoom is very cool and I can concentrate on the photoshoot and not on switching lenses.

By the way. This is for my Nikon D750. I have several other cameras, analogue as well as digital, but my main camera is the D750.

Edited by An der Kamera

An der Kamera I have one and people slag off zooms over prime lenses but for work I have this and the 70-200. They are fantastic workhorses, I’ve got literally thousands of images using them I would have missed trying to switch between primes.

Let’s not always be easy to bang on about prime lenses.

ThePictureCompany I prefer primes in the studio but for the reason that I only have cheap zooms. I have an RF 24-105mm f/4-f/7.1 kit lens and an ancient EF 28-135mm f/3.5-f/5.6. The latter was my main lens once long ago.