Parents, what's your favourite and 3-5 most used lenses, and why?

Pietro Marchesi wrote:

Interesting, a lot of love for fast primes here

For family and kids photography with my current zooms I almost only use the longer 35-50-70 part of my 24-70 zoom and use the 70-100mm part of my 70-200. The long 200mm part is used a lot for outdoor sports or wildlife and is often if not always way too short

For family and kids it is better to add 2 or 3 fast primes?

New lens kit: Keep my 16-35f/4L IS and 24-70f/2.8L II. Add a fast 35mm and/or a fast 50mm and add a 100f/2.8L IS macro. Sell my 70-200f/4L IS and buy the new 100-400f/4.5-5.6L IS II.

What full frame lenses do you prefer using to help you get the best real life kids and family photos on holidays and at home, i.e. not for any arranged portraits.

pietro,

keep your 70-200 it is a great lens and very useful with kids, the 100-400 is awesome to have for kids sports as well but tough for indoor sports just not fast enough...

personally i would add the 35 f2 or one of the fast 50s either 50 1.4 or 1.8  for fast indoor family time and i would never consider my lens kit complete without the 135 f2, it can be used for so many things from candids of the family from across the room to some indoor sports if close enough as its fast, two or three of those fast primes coupled with the versatility of your two zooms and you are pretty set....at some point if you feel you need something wider you could add one of the ultra wide zooms, and there will be little you won't be prepared for....