Bridge / CAMERA REFERENCE
Coolpix P500
Nikon
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 12 megapixels
- Sensor size
- 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- Sensor type
- BSI-CMOS
- Max resolution
- 4000 x 3000
- ISO
- Auto, 160, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, 3200
- Uncompressed format
- No
Lens and focus
- Focal length (equiv.)
- 22.5–810 mm
- Maximum aperture
- F3.4–5.7
- Optical zoom
- 36×
- Number of focus points
- 9
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Macro focus range
- 1 cm (0.39″)
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 8 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/1500 sec
- Continuous drive
- 0.8 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpotSpot AF-area
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- Yes (Pop-up)
- External flash
- No
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (30fps), 1280 x 720p (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30fps)
- Format
- MPEG-4, H.264
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Speaker
- None
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 921,000
- Articulated LCD
- Tilting
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- Nikon EN-EL5 Lithium-Ion battery
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 220
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 494 g (1.09 lb / 17.43 oz)
- Dimensions
- 116 x 103 x 84 mm (4.57 x 4.06 x 3.31″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (Mini Connector)
- Remote control
- No
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
An independent review has not yet been added to this record.
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →