There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
I am partial to the micro four thirds (MFT) system for several reasons. First of all, you have two major manufacturers, Olympus and Panasonic, that have committed to the system. Second, as one of the early mirrorless systems, there is a huge variety of lenses available. Third, the lens prices are much more reasonable compared to Sony, Zeiss, etc.
I think one of the most exciting developments in digital cameras has been in-body image stabilization (IBIS), which Olympus invented and started manufacturing in the EM5 many years ago. IBIS allows you to take legacy glass (e.g., older glass lenses designed for film), mount them with an adapter on your camera, and have the camera compensate for camera shake. Most other camera system use in-lens stabilization, where the IS is built-in to the lens, so only newer lenses have it. IBIS has so revolutionized the industry that Sony, Panasonic, and others have now adopted it in some of their cameras. When Sony starts copying something last year in their high-end cameras that Olympus had in a camera over 5 years ago, you can draw your own conclusions ...
For your budget, I would suggest the Olympus EM10 II, with 5 axis IBIS, at a lower price than you can get IBIS in a Sony camera. If you can increase your budget slightly, check out the Panasonic GX85.
I have heard many good things about Fuji and certainly Sony, Nikon, and Canon all have excellent mirrorless offerings, so its hard to go wrong. But check out the MFT system and the prices of lenses in MFT vs comparable lenses in other systems. Here is the full MFT catalog: http://www.four-thirds.org/en/common/pdf/catalog2017_en.pdf