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Nikon D500 | Read Reviews, Tech Specs, Price & MoreNikon D500 is a DX-format DSLR with 20.9 MP, ISO 100-51,200, 10 FPS continuous shooting, 4K UHD video & much more.
Meet the new DX flagship, the Nikon D500. At first glance, it may seem unimposing—but contained within a streamlined camera body is a veritable powerhouse of processing power and technological advances. The D500 is ready to go wherever your passion leads you, capturing everything with stunning clarity, speed and resolution. From busy, low-light cityscapes to thrilling wildlife scenes and fast action shots, the D500 is the ideal companion to your wanderlust. Marvel at the clarity of its cinematic 4K UHD video. Be amazed at its ruggedness and versatility. And, once you’ve captured your gorgeous photos, admire them on the D500’s high resolution tilt touchscreen display and share them via the built-in SnapBridge (Wi-Fi® + Bluetooth) capabilities. No matter what you shoot, you can be sure that the D500 will be up to the task, time and time again.
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Display SKU | VBA480DG |
| Type | Single-lens reflex digital camera |
| Lens Mount | Nikon F Mount |
| Picture Angle | APS-C size/DX-format |
| Image Sensor | |
| Sensor Size | 23.5 x 15.7 mm |
| Image Sensor Type | CMOS |
| Total Pixels | 21.56 million |
| Dust-Reduction System | Image sensor cleaning Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX-D software required) |
| Image Area (pixels) | DX (24x16) image area (L) 5,568 x 3,712 (M) 4,176 x 2,784 (S) 2,784 x 1,856 1.3x (18x12) image area (L) 4,272 x 2,848 (M) 3,200 x 2,136 (S) 2,128 x 1,424 Photographs taken during movie recording at a frame size of 3,840 x 2,160: 3,840 x 2,160 Photographs with image area of DX taken during movie recording (L) 5,568 x 3,128 (M) 4,176 x 2,344 (S) 2,784 x 1,560 Photographs with image area of 1.3x taken during movie recording (L) 4,272 x 2,400 (M) 3,200 x 1,800 (S) 2,128 x 1,192 |
| File System | |
| File Format Still Images | JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx 1:4), normal (approx 1:8), or basic (approx 1:16) compression NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit (lossless compressed, compressed, or uncompressed); large, medium, and small available (medium and small images are recorded at a bit depth of 12 bits using lossless compression) TIFF (RGB) |
| Picture Control | Flat Landscape Monochrome Neutral Portrait Standard User-customizable Settings Vivid |
| File System | DCF 2.0, Exif 2.3, PictBridge |
| Storage Media | SD SDHC SDXC XQD New Type Memory |
| Card Slot | Dual Slots |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Eye-level pentaprism single-lens reflex viewfinder |
| Lens Compatibility at a Glance*** | AF-S or AF lenses fully compatible Metering with AI lenses (exposure modes A and M only) |
| Depth-of-Field Control | Pressing Pv button stops lens aperture down to value selected by user (A and M modes) or by camera (P and S modes) |
| Lens Aperture | Instant-return type Electronically Controlled |
| Reflex Mirror | Quick-return type |
| Focusing Screen | Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark II with AF Area Brackets (grid lines can be displayed) |
| Viewfinder Diopter Adjustment | -2.0 to +1.0m¯¹ |
| Viewfinder Eyepoint | 16mm (-1.0 m¯¹) |
| Viewfinder Magnification | 1.0x (50 mm f/1.4 lens at infinity, –1.0 m–1) |
| Viewfinder Frame Coverage | DX (24x16) image area: Approx. 100% horizontal and 100% vertical 1.3x (18x12) image area: Approx. 98% horizontal and 98% vertical |
| Compatible Lenses | AF NIKKOR lenses, including type G, E, and D lenses (some restrictions apply to PC lenses) and DX lenses, AI-P NIKKOR lenses, and non-CPU AI lenses (exposure modes A and M only). IX NIKKOR lenses, lenses for the F3AF, and non-AI lenses cannot be used. Electronic rangefinder can be used with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster (the electronic rangefinder supports 15 focus points with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/8 or faster, of which 9 points are available for selection). |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter Type | Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter Electronic front-curtain shutter available in mirror up release mode |
| Frame Advance Rate | Up to 10 fps (manual focus, mode M or S, shutter speed 1/250 sec or faster, and other settings at default values) |
| Shutter Release Modes | Continuous low-speed [CL] mode Continuous high-speed [CH] mode Mirror-up [Mup] mode Quiet Shutter Release Quiet Continuous Release Self-timer Mode Single-frame [S] mode |
| Flash Sync Speed | Up to 1/250 sec. Synchronizes with shutter at 1/250s or slower |
| Continuous Shooting Options | CH: Up to 10 frames per second CL: Up to 1-9 frames per second Quiet Continuous Mode: 3 frames per second |
| Self-timer | 2, 5, 10, 20 sec.; 1 to 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 sec. Timer duration electronically controlled |
| Slowest Shutter Speed | 30 sec |
| Top Continuous Shooting Speed at Full Resolution | 10 fps |
| Exposure | |
| Exposure Metering | TTL exposure metering using RGB sensor with approximately 180K (180,000) pixels |
| Exposure Modes | Aperture-Priority (A) Manual (M) Programmed auto with flexible program (P) Shutter-Priority (S) |
| Automatic Exposure Scene Modes | n/a |
| Scene Modes | n/a |
| Shooting Modes | n/a |
| Digital Vari-Program Modes | n/a |
| Exposure Meter Coupling | Combined CPU and AI |
| Metering Range | -3 ± 20 EV (Matrix or center-weighted metering) 0 to 20 EV (Highlight-weighted metering) |
| Metering Method | Matrix: 3D Color Matrix Metering III (type G, E, and D lenses); Color Matrix Metering III (other CPU lenses); Color Matrix Metering available with non-CPU lenses if user provides lens data Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 8 mm circle in center of frame. Diameter of circle can be changed to 6, 10, or 13 mm, or weighting can be based on average of entire frame (non-CPU lenses use 8-mm circle) Spot: Meters 3.5 mm circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point Highlight-weighted: Available with type G, E, and D lenses; equivalent to center-weighted when non-CPU lens is used |
| Exposure Compensation | ±5 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV |
| Sensitivity | |
| Exposure Bracketing | 2 to 9 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, or 1 EV |
| Exposure Lock | Luminosity locked at detected value |
| Active D-Lighting | Auto Extra High High Normal Low Off |
| Expanded ISO Sensitivity Options | Lo-1 (ISO 50 equivalent) Hi-1 (ISO 102,400 equivalent) Hi-2 (ISO 204,800 equivalent) Hi-3 (ISO 409,600 equivalent) Hi-4 (ISO 892,200 equivalent) Hi-5 (ISO 1,640,000 equivalent) |
| Highest Expanded ISO Sensitivity | Hi-5 (ISO 1,640,000 equivalent) |
| Lowest Expanded ISO Sensitivity | Lo-1 (ISO 50 equivalent) |
| ISO Sensitivity | ISO 100 – 51,200 in steps of 1/3, 1/2, or 1 EV. Can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, or 1 EV (ISO 50 equivalent) below ISO 100 or to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 EV (ISO 1,640,000 equivalent) above ISO 51,200; auto ISO sensitivity control available |
| Single-Point AF Mode | Yes |
| Highest Standard ISO Sensitivity | 51200 |
| Lowest Standard ISO Sensitivity | 100 |
| Focus / Autofocus | |
| Built-in Flash Distance | n/a |
| Autofocus Fine Tune | Yes |
| Focus Modes | Continuous-servo (AF-C) Face-Priority AF available in Live View only and D-Movie only Full-time Servo (AF-F) available in Live View only Manual (M) with electronic rangefinder Normal area Single-servo AF (AF-S) Wide area |
| AF-Area Mode | 25, 72, or 153 point Dynamic-area AF Auto-area AF Single-point AF 3D-tracking Group-area AF |
| Lens Servo | Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); Continuous-servo AF (AF-C); predictive focus tracking activated automatically according to subject status Manual focus (MF): Electronic rangefinder can be used |
| Image Sensor Format | APS-C size/DX-format |
| Detection Range | -4 to +20 EV (ISO 100, 20 °C/68 °F) |
| Autofocus System | Nikon Advanced Multi-CAM 20K autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection fine-tuning, and 153 focus points (including 99 cross-type sensors and 15 sensors that support f/8), of which 55 (35 cross-type sensors and 9 f/8 sensors) are available for selection |
| Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points | 153 |
| Flash | |
| Flash Compensation | -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV |
| Flash-ready Indicator | Lights when optional flash unit such as SB-5000, SB-910, SB-900, SB-700, SB-400, SB-300 or SB-R200 is fully charged |
| Accessory Shoe | Yes |
| X-Sync Speed | 1/250 sec. |
| Top FP High Speed Sync | Up to 1/8000 |
| Flash Control | TTL: i-TTL flash control using RGB sensor with approximately 180K (180,000) pixels; i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR is used with matrix, center- weighted, and highlight-weighted metering, standard i-TTL fill-flash for digital SLR with spot metering |
| Flash Sync Modes | Auto FP High-Speed Sync supported Front-curtain sync (normal) Rear-curtain sync Red-Eye reduction Red-Eye reduction with slow sync Slow rear-curtain sync Slow sync |
| White Balance | |
| White Balance | "Auto (3 types) Choose color temperature (2,500K–10,000K) Cloudy Direct Sunlight Flash Fluorescent (7 types) Incandescent Preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored, spot white balance measurement available during live view) Shade" |
| Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS) | CLS Supported |
| Flash Sync Terminal | Yes |
| White Balance Bracketing | 2 to 9 exposures in increments of 1, 2 or 3 EV |
| Movie | |
| Monitor Type | TFT touch-sensitive LCD with 170° viewing angle |
| Monitor Resolution | approx. 2359k-dot |
| Monitor Size | 8.1cm (3.2.) |
| Movie | 4K UHD 3,840x2,160 / 30 fps 4K UHD 3,840x2,160 / 25 fps 4K UHD 3,840x2,160 / 24 fps Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 60 fps Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 50 fps Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 30 fps Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 25 fps Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 24 fps HD 1,280x720 / 60 fps HD 1,280x720 / 50 fps Actual frame rates for 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively High quality available at all frame sizes, normal quality available at all sizes except 3,840 x 2,160 |
| Live View Scene Auto Selector | n/a |
| Live View Shooting | Photography Live View Mode Movie Live View Mode |
| Movie Audio | Built-in microphone, stereo External stereo microphone (optional) Microphone sensitivity can be adjusted |
| Movie Audio Recording Format | Linear PCM |
| Movie Video Compression | H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding |
| Movie File Format | MOV |
| Movie Maximum Recording Time | 4K UHD up to 29:59 min; 1,080 60/50/30/25/24p up to 29:59 min; 720 60/50p up to 29:59 minutes |
| Movie Frame size (pixels) and frame rate | n/a |
| Movie Metering | TTL exposure metering using main image sensor |
| Live View Autofocus | Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected) |
| Live View AF-Area Mode | Face-priority AF Wide-area AF Normal-area AF Subject-tracking AF |
| Live View Lens Servo | Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); full-time-servo AF (AF-F) Manual focus (MF) |
| Monitor Angle of View | 170 |
| Monitor Adjustments | Brightness, 5 levels |
| Monitor | |
| Voice Memo Function | n/a |
| In-Camera Image Editing | Color Balance D-Lighting Distortion Control Edit Movie Filter Effects Image Overlay Monochrome NEF (RAW) Processing Perspective Control Red-Eye Correction Resize Side-by-Side Comparison Straighten Trim |
| Interface | 10-pin RemoteTerminal HDMI output: Type C mini-pin HDMI connector Headphone Connector NTSC Stereo Microphone Input 3.5mm SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0 Micro-B connector); connection to built-in USB port is recommended |
| Playback Functions | Auto Image Rotation Full-Frame and Thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar) GPS data display Highlights Image Rating Image Rotation Image Slideshow IPTC information embedding and display Movie Playback Movie Slideshow Photo Information Playback with Zoom |
| Playback | |
| Wi-Fi Functionality | Built-in Wi-Fi with NFC and Bluetooth |
| GPS | GP-1A GPS unit |
| Interface | |
| Maximum Log Recording Time | 0 |
| Total Custom Settings | 52 |
| Menus | |
| Supported Languages | Arabic Bengali Bulgarian Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Marathi Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil) Romanian Russian Serbian Spanish Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese |
| Power | |
| Battery / Batteries | EN-EL15c Lithium-ion Battery Optional MB-D17 multi-power battery pack with one rechargeable Nikon EN-EL18a or EN-EL18 Li-ion battery (available separately), one rechargeable Nikon EN-EL15 Li-ion battery, or eight AA alkaline, Ni-MH, or lithium batteries. A BL-5 battery-chamber cover is required when using EN-EL18a or EN-EL18 batteries. |
| Battery Life (shots per charge) | 1,240 shots (CIPA) |
| Date, Time and Daylight Savings Time Settings | Yes |
| World Time Setting | Yes |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Weight (g) (body only)*1 | Approx. 760 g (26.9 oz.) camera body only |
| Environment | 0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F) Less than 85% (no condensation) |
| Length x height x width (mm) (body only)* | Approx. 147 x 115 x 81 mm (5.8 x 4.6 x 3.2 in.) |
| Tripod Socket | 0.64cm (1/4.) (ISO 1222) |
| Battery Charger | MH-25a Quick Charger |
| AC Adapter | EH-5b AC adapter; requires EP-5B power connector (available separately) |
| Animal Eye AF | 0 |
| 4K UHD | 0 |
| WiFi | 0 |
| Bluetooth | 0 |
| NIKKOR F Lens Specs | |
| Built-in Flash | n/a |