The Minolta X-500 is a 35mm single-lens reflex film camera from the manual-focus era, sold in some markets as the X-570. It sat in Minolta's enthusiast SLR line, positioned below the top-tier X-700 while retaining aperture-priority and metered manual exposure modes.

Sales data for the X-500 is thin: a single UK auction hammer result recorded in December 2024 went through at £50, so today's wholesale value at saleroom level sits around that figure for a working body. With only one data point, this is indicative rather than a firm market price, and clean, fully-functional examples with a working meter typically sell for more than tired or untested bodies.