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
Another thing I'm looking forward to is Panasonic's S series of cameras, which was just announced during the start of my semester. I'm very interested in the promises of better image stability and low-light settings, but I feel like it would release too late into the 2nd semester for me to start using one. This goes the same for Olympus which has been rumored to have similar benefits in hardware compared to Panasonic's 2019 line up.
So my real question is this: Should I go ahead and purchase a mirrorless camera now so that I won't have to rent another one for next semester, or should I wait for the 2019 line-up for their improved performance? Also, which brand should I go with based off of their features and overall quality, and which brand overs "semi-universal" lenses? From what I've learned, all I know is that Sigma offers lenses than can be used on Canon, Sony, and their own cameras.