The EX-S500 is a 5MP, 3x optical zoom camera that’s probably the smallest digital zoom camera in existence along with the EX-S100.
The new EX-S500 comes painted in dark gray silver painted metallic, white or orange. I prefer the gray metallic. I would really prefer black, but that’s not an option. The gray paint is an improvement over the slippery stainless steel of the earlier EX-S100.