Originally Posted by stelzerbrien
Depends on what you are doing. 'High Fashion' can be SO MANY different things. Different ideas will require different lenses.
Mind you that most high fashion is shot medium format -> Mamiya/Leaf/Hasselblad. To this day. It captures more detail, which can be important for larger prints, which are not uncommon in the fashion industry.
Also: good knowledge of lighting and proper pre- and postproduction is also very important, as is a proper concept (aesthetics alone won't cut it for those magazines you mention). So the 'image quality' you need depends on a lot of things. Can you narrow it down for me?
To come back to your question: are you shooting crop or full frame? 35mm or medium? Are you shooting the entire stage or are you closer to the models? Are you shooting low light or really working those soft boxes? Do you have proper access to pro models and stylists (the more you do in pre, the less you do in post). All this will determin what lens you may or may not need for the job, depending on your artistic vision.
I tend to use a few primes (sharpness is unsurpassed) when I shoot fashion on a 35mm to capture as much detail as possible but I havent done it much (yet) so other than this I cannot somment on this. I will study fashion photography starting 8 weeks from now though.
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