Nikon D500

Nikon D500

Type	Digital single-lens reflex
Sensor	Nikon DX format, about 23.6 mm × 15.8 mm CMOS
Maximum resolution	5,568 × 3,712 (20.9 M pixels sensor)
Recording medium	SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-II) and XQD
Lens	Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount
Flash	No
Shutter	Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal plane shutter
Shutter speed range	30 s – 1/8000 s, bulb
ASA/ISO range	100–51,200 in 1, 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps (down to 50 and up to 1,640,000 as expansion)
Exposure metering	Three-mode through-the-lens (TTL) exposure metering
Exposure modes	Programmed Auto [P] with flexible program; Shutter-Priority Auto [S]; Aperture Priority Auto [A]; Manual [M]
Focus areas	153 points, 99 cross-type sensors User-selectable: 55 points, 35 cross-type
Focus modes	Instant single-servo AF (S), continuous-servo AF (C), manual (M)
Continuous shooting	10 frame/s, up to 200 frames (RAW)
Viewfinder	Optical, 100% frame coverage
Rear LCD monitor	3.2-inch tilting TFT LCD with 2,359,000 dots with touchscreen
Battery	EN-EL15
Optional battery packs	MB-D17 battery pack
Weight	860 g (1.90 lb) with battery and memory card 760 grams (1.68 lb) body only

The Nikon D500 is a 20.9-megapixel professional digital single-lens reflex camera using a crop-format sensor. It was announced by Nikon Corporation on 6 January 2016 along with the Nikon D5 FX format camera.^[1][2] It replaced the D300S as Nikon's DX format flagship DSLR.

Features

• Nikon DX format 20.9 megapixel CMOS sensor
• 1.5x field of view crop
• Large, bright viewfinder with 100% frame coverage and 1x magnification
• Nikon EXPEED5 image processor
• Magnesium alloy weather-sealed body
• Nikon F-mount lenses
• Active D-Lighting (three levels)
• 180K pixel RGB metering system.
• Retouch menu includes filter type, hue, crop, D-lighting, Mono (Black and White, Cyanotype or Sepia)
• Multi-CAM 20K autofocus module with 153 sensors in normal mode with 99 cross-type sensors. Of these points, 15 will work with any lens/teleconverter combination with a maximum aperture of f/8 or larger.
  • Of the 153 points, 55 are user-selectable; 35 of those points are cross-type, and 9 will work down to f/8.^[3]
• Focus points' low-light performance: -4EV (central focus point) and -3EV (other 152 focus points)
• Auto AF fine-tune Achieves focus tuning in liveview through automatic setting of adjustment value with a few button operations.

• Live-View Mode
• Built-in sensor cleaning (using ultrasound) helps to remove the dust from sensor
• 10 frame-per-second continuous shooting for up to 200 RAW images (14-bit lossless compressed RAW) and 79 RAW images (14-bit uncompressed RAW)
• 3.2 inch 2,359,000 dots tilting LCD touchscreen
• 10-pin remote and flash sync terminals on camera
• ISO 100–51,200, selectable in 1/3-, 1/2- or 1-stop increments. Additionally, ISO 50 to ISO 1,640,000 are available with ISO Boost.
• Selectable in-camera ISO noise reduction, applied in post-processing.
• No Built-in flash.
• File formats include JPEG, TIFF, NEF (Nikon's raw image format compressed and uncompressed), and JPEG+NEF (JPEG size/quality selectable)
• The D500 can be set to automatically delay its shutter release to compensate for flickering electric lighting. It is the first Nikon camera to include this feature, which is notably absent from the professional D5 announced on the same date.^[3]

Notes

1. "Nikon - News - Digital SLR Camera D500". Nikon. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
2. Hogan, Thom. "D500". DSLR Bodies. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
3. Rockwell, Ken (January 2016). "Nikon D500". KenRockwell.com. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

External links

• Technical Solutions | D500 TIPS Nikon
• Nikon D500 User Manuals and Software Nikon Download-center