Samsung NX500 Firmware Updates in 2025

It's been nearly 10 years since Samsung released their last APS-C sensor camera, the NX500. It was the "little brother" of the Samsung NX1, Samsung's flagship camera released in 2014. It was a very capable camera that was ahead of it's time, and still captures amazing images and video quality that competes with modern day cameras still to this day! The caveat is that Samsung stopped supporting their software, and a few of the conveniences/apps are no longer available on some Android phones.

Thankfully it's still easy to update the firmware manually by downloading the len's .bin file onto a SD card and then inserting it into the camera. Then you can go to your menu settings, find device information, and then firmware update. The same applies for the firmware update for your camera body (latest is v1.12). I think these firmware updates ended in 2017. Use the article on dpreview to download the firmware updates you need for your lenses, combined with Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

Also, a few fans of this system developed modifications to improve a few of the features and limitations this camera had originally! Find the latest version here, and take a look at the mod menus below!