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Meet the D500: it’s a compact powerhouse fusing the highest performance of Nikon’s professional D5 with the unique agility of the DX format. Portable and powerful, the D500 will galvanize the way you shoot stills and video.
Body Type | Single-lens reflex digital camera |
Effective Pixels | 20.9 million,Total Pixels : 21.51 million |
Sensor | 23.5 x 15.7 mm CMOS sensor |
ISO | ISO 100 to 51200 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 1640000 equivalent) above ISO 51200; auto ISO sensitivity control available |
White Balance | Auto (3 types), incandescent, fluorescent (7 types), direct sunlight, flash,cloudy, shade, preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored, spot white balance measurement available during live view), choose color temperature (2500 K to 10000 K), all with fine-tuning |
Format | NEF (RAW): 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) JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8) or basic (approx. 1:16) compression; Optimal quality compression available NEF (RAW)+JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats,Nikon DX format; focal length in 35 mm [135] format equivalent to approx. 1.5x that of lenses with FX format angle of view |
Autofocus | Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected) |
Focus | Focus point : 153 focus points, of which 55 or 15 are available for selection, Focus lock : Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (singleservo AF) or by pressing the center of the sub-selector |
Lens Mount | Nikon F mount (with AF coupling and AF contacts) |
Display | 8-cm/3.2-in., approx. 2359k-dot (XGA) TFT ve LCD with 170° viewing angle, approx. 100% frame coverage, and manual monitor brightness control |
Live View | Live view mode Photo live view, movie live view Lens servo Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); full-time-servo AF (AFF) Manual focus (M) |
Viewfinder | Eye-level pentaprism single-lens reflex viewfinder |
Shutter | Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter available in mirror up release mode, Fastest Shutter Speed : 1/8000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV, bulb, time, X250, Flash sync speed :X=1/250 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/250 s or slower |
Flash | Built-in Flash |
Self-timer | 2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 to 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2 or 3 s |
Metering Modes | Metering method Matrix, center-weighted or highlight-weighted 3840 x 2160 (4K UHD); 30p (progressive), 25p, 24p • 1920 x 1080; 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, 24p 1280 x 720; 60p, 50p ,TTL exposure metering using main image sensor, |
Video Features | Video compression H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding |
Storage | XQD-Type (Models for use with XQD cards): XQD cards CF-Type (Models for use with CompactFlash cards): Type I CompactFlash memory cards (UDMA7 compliant) |
Connectivity | SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0 Micro-B connector); connection to built-in USB port is recommended |
Battery | One EN-EL15 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery, Tripod Socket : 1/4 in. (ISO 1222) |
Weight | Approx. 860 g/1 lb 14.4 oz with battery and XQD memory card but without body cap; approx. 760 g/1 lb 10.9 oz (camera body only) |
Dimension | (WxHxD) : Approx. 147 x 115 x 81 mm/5.8 x 4.6 x 3.2 in. |
Meet the D500: it’s a compact powerhouse fusing the highest performance of Nikon’s professional D5 with the unique agility of the DX format. Portable and powerful, the D500 will galvanize the way you shoot stills and video.