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
Start with the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. It's the lens that normally came with that camera body and covers a very useful range. It should work well for landscape photography. If you need to go wider, you can probably stitch multiple shots together. There are certainly better lenses available in this zoom range, but they'd be hard to justify at this point.
Next, learn about portrait photography and depth of field with the 50mm f/1.8 lens. Place yourself about 2 meters (6 feet) from your subject. Across a table works well. Switch the camera to Av (aperture priority) and dial in f/1.8. Focus on your subject's eyes, reframe, and shoot a great portrait. Notice how the small aperture number makes the background go way out of focus.
Finally, take some wildlife shots with the 75-300mm lens. This lens was originally sold as a low cost telephoto for film SLRs, so it may not be the sharpest. Many wildlife photographers want a longer focal length and wider aperture, both of which add to the size, weight, and cost of a lens.
You may want to buy some spare batteries. If the batteries you have are original to the camera, they may not hold a charge very well and it's always nice to have spares.
It makes it all clearer!
Good idea for the spare batteries! Cheers :)