As well as being compared against other compacts, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T500 is also often compared to ultra compacts, travel zooms and entry-level DSLRs. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T500's top rivals come from Sony (such as the Cyber-shot DSC-T900 and the Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V) and Fujifilm (such as the FinePix T400)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Sony DSC-T500 compared to other compact competitors include: it has a slightly wider wide angle lens (33 mm vs 38 mm), has a significantly larger screen (3.5" vs 3") and is newer (august 2008 vs september 2006).
However, on average it doesn't have a touch screen.
Generally, some of the advantages of the Sony DSC-T500 compared to ultra compact competitors include: it has a much larger screen (3.5" vs 2.7") and is thinner (0.9" vs 2.1").
However, on average it has a slightly narrower wide angle lens (33 mm vs 26 mm), has a slightly lower resolution screen (230k dots vs 921k dots), is much larger (compact (97×59×22 mm) vs ultra compact (50×22×54 mm)), is older (august 2008 vs february 2014) and is slightly heavier (185 g vs 125 g).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Sony DSC-T500 compared to travel zoom competitors include: it has a much larger screen (3.5" vs 2.7"), is much smaller (compact (97×59×22 mm) vs compact (104×59×29 mm)) and is thinner (0.9" vs 1.4").
However, on average it has slightly less zoom (5x vs 30x), has a much narrower wide angle lens (33 mm vs 25 mm), doesn't have a built-in GPS, has a slightly lower resolution screen (230k dots vs 921k dots) and slightly lower maximum light sensitivity (3,200 ISO vs 12,800 ISO).
