Best compact cameras under $500
Premium compacts and enthusiast point-and-shoots under $500: the Sony RX100 series, Canon G7X line, Fujifilm X100 predecessors, and Ricoh GR family.
25 models match the filter. Default rank: current price as a percentage of MSRP, so the camera at the steepest discount sits at #1. How we compute this.
- 2Lowest now$142$600 MSRP-76%
- 3Lowest now$120$500 MSRP-76%
- 4Lowest now$140$450 MSRP-69%
- 5Lowest now$145$429 MSRP-66%
- 6Lowest now$170$500 MSRP-66%
- 7Lowest now$130$380 MSRP-66%
- 8Lowest now$450$1,299 MSRP-65%
- 9Lowest now$429$1,199 MSRP-64%
- 10Lowest now$185$499 MSRP-63%
- 11Lowest now$389$999 MSRP-61%
- 12Lowest now$249$600 MSRP-58%
- 13Lowest now$369$849 MSRP-57%
- 14Lowest now$349$800 MSRP-56%
- 15Lowest now$375$849 MSRP-56%
- 16Lowest now$230$499 MSRP-54%
- 18Lowest now$215$450 MSRP-52%
- 20Lowest now$389$799 MSRP-51%
- 21Lowest now$222$450 MSRP-51%
- 22Lowest now$347$699 MSRP-50%
- 23Lowest now$398$799 MSRP-50%
- 25Lowest now$283$500 MSRP-43%
How we built this list
Should You Buy This Camera tracks used prices across the major used-gear sites. This list filters the catalog to cameras that match the criteria above, then ranks by deal score, so the camera at the steepest discount from its launch MSRP comes first. Prices and rankings refresh daily.
See the methodology page for how prices are sourced, how seller conditions are normalized, and what the deal score does and doesn't measure.
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