Best cameras under $500
All categories, all formats, under $500 on the used market. The widest band of options for a first interchangeable-lens camera or a backup body.
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.
- 3Lowest now$169$2,699 MSRP6% MSRP
- 7Lowest now$284$3,499 MSRP8% MSRP
- 15Lowest now$424$1,999 MSRP21% MSRP
- 16Lowest now$474$1,999 MSRP24% MSRP
- 19Lowest now$449$1,599 MSRP28% MSRP
- 21Lowest now$249$799 MSRP31% MSRP
- 25Lowest now$339$899 MSRP38% MSRP
How we built this list
Camera Shelf tracks used prices across the major used-gear sites every night. 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 whenever the crawler completes (typically once per day).
See the methodology page for how prices are collected, how seller conditions are normalized, and what the deal score does and doesn't measure.
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