Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
D500
Nikon
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 20.9 million Manufacturer ↗
- Sensor size
- 23.5 x 15.7 mm CMOS sensor Manufacturer ↗
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 5568 x 3712
- ISO
- ISO 100 - 51200 (expandable to 50 - 1640000)
- Boosted ISO (minimum)
- 50
- Boosted ISO (maximum)
- 1640000
- Uncompressed format
- RAW + TIFF
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Nikon F mount (with AF coupling and AF contacts) Manufacturer ↗
- Number of focus points
- 153 focus points, of which 55 or 15 are available for selection Manufacturer ↗
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- No
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 30 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 10.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedHighlight-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- No
- External flash
- Yes (Hot-shoe, Wireless plus sync connector)
- Timelapse recording
- Yes
Video and audio
- Frame size and frame rate
- 3840 x 2160 (4K UHD); 30p (progressive), 25p, 24p • 1920 x 1080; 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, 24p 1280 x 720; 60p, 50p 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 frame sizes except 3840 x 2160 Manufacturer ↗
- Resolutions
- 4K (UHD) 30p/25p/24p, 1080/60p/50p/30p/25p/24p, 720/60p/50p
- Format
- MPEG-4, H.264
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Microphone port
- Yes
- Headphone port
- Yes
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (pentaprism)
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 1× (0.67× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3.2″
- Screen dots
- 2,359,000
- Articulated LCD
- Tilting
- Touch screen
- Yes
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-II compliant) + XQD
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion EN-EL15 rechargeable battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 1240
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 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) Manufacturer ↗
- Dimensions
- 147 x 115 x 81 mm (5.79 x 4.53 x 3.19″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes
- USB
- USB 3.0 (5 GBit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (mini-HDMI)
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (Optional, wired or wireless )
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
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 →