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Yes, kit lenses are less sharp, focus slower, more difficult to achieve a shallow DoF, but it doesn’t mean you can’t get a good photo at all. Sometimes when I travel I use my 18-200mm, because it is light and gives we a wide range of focal lens.
For professional work I usually use: 24-70 f2.8, 70-200 f2.8, 50mm F1.4 and 85 F1.8.
24-70 f2.8 and 70-200 f2.8 are pretty pricy and heavy as hell. But 50mm is very affordable and light. I would’t even recommend 50mm f1.4, because 50mm f1.8 is cheaper and does a good job. For crop sensor body I also used 35mm f1.8, which is cheep too.
It also all depends what type of photography do you use your camera for.