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
My first DSLR was a D80 (the successor of the D70) with a 12MP sensor. I still have it around and use it as a 2nd body as a backup to my D7000. I took some very nice landscapes with my D80 back in the day. But night and astrophotography will not be so impressive. My D80 showed noise at ISO 800 to the point of being a bit ugly. I always tried to keep ISO under 400. Figure the older generation D70 to be not quite as good. A long exposure at a lower ISO for night photography works good, but that is not always an option if you might be trying to take a clear photo of the moon or something with a long telephoto.
So $50 for a starter camera can be good, but you are going to have limitations and you may outgrow the camera in a matter of months to a year. If you intend to upgrade to the full-frame option later, make certain to invest in FX lenses early. Money spent on inexpensive DX lenses will just feel like a waste later.