Compact Body Compact body of Canon SX500 IS makes it much easier to carry it with you all day.
30.0X Optical Zoom 30.0X Optical Zoom of Canon SX500 IS will give you a lot of flexibility considering this will be your only camera during the day.
341g Carrying this weight all day may not be very comfortable for you.
Body Thickness 80mm With a thickness of 80mm,Canon SX500 IS is not a pocketable camera for sure.
Small 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm) sensor Canon SX500 IS's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensor.
No RAW shooting capability RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.