Originally posted by monochrome Yes, which day. My day was 1969 with a school Spotmatic, so it was a ST28/3.5, ST55/1.8 and ST105/2.8. Later it was a KX and the K versions of the same lenses; then an M50/1.4. I didn’t have a zoom until the mid 80’s
I beat you to the zooms, then. I got a Toyo Optics 70-210 with my K1000 kit in 1982. It also came with a M50mm f2 and a tiny Sunpak flash.
First things I added were a 35-75mm zoom and a better flash -- high school photojournalism was demanding.
I think my next prime was either the Takumar-Bayonet 135 or the M28mm f2.8, though I got my Miranda 24mm somewhere in there.
I think the popularity of ultra-wide photography is primarily due to having lenses in those focal lengths that aren't terrible or ridiculously expensive.
Phones may have shifted us some, but I think the ultra-wide lenses on phones have come as a consequence of ultra-wide in other formats, not the other way around.
And I also find it strange we don't have a first-party 28mm (or 24mm, or 20mm... at least one of those) for full frame. I am glad we at least have that field of view covered in APS-C.
-Eric