Nikon B500 for Carrying Everywhere

Is the Nikon B500 good for Carrying Everywhere?

$256.95

Nikon B500 Carrying Everywhere Score

AVERAGE

Nikon B500 has a score of 53 for Daily Photography which makes it an AVERAGE candidate for this type of photography. If Daily Photography is important for you, we recommend you to check the Alternative cameras at the bottom of this page.
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Nikon B500 Carrying Everywhere Detailed Analysis

39.1X Optical Zoom

39.1X Optical Zoom of Nikon B500 will give you a lot of flexibility considering this will be your only camera during the day.

Medium size Body

With relatively smaller body compared to DSLRs and better ergonomics compared to Compacts,Nikon B500is a good compromise between size and functionality.

541g

Carrying this weight all day may not be very comfortable for you.

Body Thickness 95mm

With a thickness of 95mm,Nikon B500 is not a pocketable camera for sure.

Small 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm) sensor

Nikon B500'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.

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Nikon B500 Alternatives in SLR-like (bridge) cameras for Carrying Everywhere

Panasonic FZ2500 Compare B500 vs FZ2500	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-480 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #92 Rank in Bridge Cameras: #1
	Imaging Features 93 Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G3 X Compare B500 vs G3 X	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-600 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #150 Rank in Bridge Cameras: #8
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Olympus 1 Compare B500 vs 1	12 MP \| 1/1.7" BSI-CMOS Sensor 28-300 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #274 Rank in Bridge Cameras: #13
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic FZ300 Compare B500 vs FZ300	12 MP \| 1/2.3" CMOS Sensor 25-600 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #133 Rank in Bridge Cameras: #6
	Imaging Features 93 Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic FZ1000 II Compare B500 vs FZ1000 II	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 25-400 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #121 Rank in Bridge Cameras: #3
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic FZ2500

Canon G3 X

Olympus 1

Panasonic FZ300

Panasonic FZ1000 II