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
Of course that was a joke. But if you read the photography review blogs and magazines it may be what any reasonable person might conclude. But lets start off with what you are budgeting, your expectations for the new camera, and consider the lens situation. Things are getting a bit cloudy on Nikon's end because they are announcing a new full-frame mirrorless body. And that new body is supposed to have a new lens mount. It may mean that the F-mount is reaching it's twilight. Very hard to predict and the sales of the new system will be a deciding factor. The Nikon One mirrorless system fell on it's face years ago, that may get buyers nervous.
So are you looking at an actual DSLR? Full frame or APS-C sensor? Starter lenses, maybe an eye to pro-level lenses later? What style of photography? Portraits, street photography, landscapes, wildlife, or macro? All of the above?