Best Micro Four Thirds cameras under $500
MFT bodies at entry-budget pricing. The smaller sensor format means smaller cameras and smaller lenses, so a complete kit can land for the price of a single full-frame body.
15 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.
- 1#1Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark IIOlympus · Olympus OM-D · MFT · MFTlikely discontinued 1 source · 21 listingsLowest now$424$1,999 MSRP21% MSRP
- 2Lowest now$474$1,999 MSRP24% MSRP
- 4Lowest now$249$799 MSRP31% MSRP
- 7Lowest now$339$899 MSRP38% MSRP
- 8Lowest now$379$999 MSRP38% MSRP
- 11Lowest now$329$649 MSRP51% MSRP
- 12Lowest now$349$649 MSRP54% MSRP
- 14Lowest now$474$699 MSRP68% 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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