Nikon D500 Technical Guide(Useful Features)

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Technical Guide

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Table of Contents

Custom Controls 5

Custom Control Assignments .................. 6

Quick Menu Access ........................................................... 10

Custom Folders ..................................................................12

Taking Pictures 15

White Balance Tips and Tricks ......................................... 16

• White Balance Options .................................................................16

• Auto White Balance for Incandescent Lighting

• Measuring Preset Manual White Balance ................................19

AE with Constant Shutter Speed and Aperture ..........20

Preserving Natural Contrast ...........................................21

Multiple Exposure: Overlay Mode .................................22

Burst Photography: Keeping Exposure Consistent .... 23

Flicker Reduction ...................................... 24

Muing the Shutter ......................................................... 27

• Quiet Shutter-Release Mode .......................................................27

• Movie Stills ......................................................................................28

Vibration Reduction: Sport Mode .................................. 29

• What Makes Sport Mode Special ...............................................30

• ”Sport” Versus “Normal” ................................................................31

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Playback 33

Finding Pictures Quickly .................................................. 34

• Starting Playback with Your Right Hand ..................................35

• Finding Pictures Quickly

• Quick Focus Check .........................................................................38

• Tagging Pictures ............................................................................40

Upload 43

Adding Text to Pictures .................................................... 44

• Editing Text in HTTP Server Mode .............................................44

• IPTC Presets .....................................................................................45

Checking Upload Status ..................................................46

Accessories 47

Synchronized Release ......................................................48

• Configuring Cameras for Synchronized Release ....................48

• Uploading Photos ..........................................................................51

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Custom Controls

As you will learn in this chapter, the
D500 is crammed with features to make
your life easier, including custom con­trol assignments, quick menu access,
and the ability to organize photos in
folders.

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Custom Control Assignments

Custom Setting f1 (Custom control
assignment) is used to customize

camera controls, starting with the
function (Fn) buttons. Assigning
frequently-used settings to camera
controls lets you access them with­out using the menus.

Press

You can choose the roles played by the following controls:

Pv button

0

Fn1 button

v

Fn2 button

x

AF‑ON button

V

Center of sub‑selector

8

Lens focus function buttons

S

(can be used for the assigned func­tion only if the lens has a focus func­tion selector and it is set to AF‑L)

In addition, Custom Setting f10 (As‑
sign MB‑D17 buttons) can be used

to choose the roles played by the
Fn and AF‑ ON buttons on optional
MB-D17 battery packs.

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The functions that can be assigned to these controls are:

A

Preset focus point

K

AF‑area mode

q

AF‑area mode + AF‑ON

q

Preview

r

FV lock

B

AE/AF lock

C

AE lock only

D

AE lock (Reset on release)

E

AE lock (Hold)

F

AF lock only

A

AF‑ON

h

I Disable/enable

1

Bracketing burst

4

+NEF (RAW)

L

Matrix metering

M

Center‑weighted metering

N

Spot metering

t

Highlight‑weighted metering

b

Viewnder grid display

!

Viewnder virtual horizon

c

Sync. release selection

%

MY MENU

3

Access top item in MY MENU

K

Playback

D500 MB‑D17

0 v x V 8 S

4 4

— —

4 4—4 4 4—4
4 4—4 4 4—4
4 4

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4 4

— —4 —4—

4 4—4 4 4—4
4 4—4 4 4—4
4 4—4 4 —4 4
4 4—4 4 —4 4
4 4—4 4 4—4
4 4—4 4 4—4
4 4

— —

4 4

— —4 — — —

4 4

— —4 —4—

4 4

— —4 —4—

4 4

— —4 —4—

4 4

— —4 —4—

4 4

— —4 —4—

4 4

— —4 —4—

4 4

— —4 — — —

4 4

— —

4 4 4 —4 —4
4 4 4 —4 —4
4 4

— —4 —4—

4 4 4

4 4

4 4

Fn

— —

— —

AF‑ON

—

—
—

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Custom Controls

D500 MB‑D17

0 v x V 8 S

c

Rating — —4 — — — — —

J

Select center focus point — — — —4 — — —

K

Highlight active focus point — — — —4 — — —
None

G

Same as camera AF‑ON button — — — — — — —

Press + y

The following controls can also be used with the com­mand dials:

Custom Setting f10 (Assign MB‑D17 buttons) > Fn but‑
ton+ y can be used to choose the role played by the com-
mand dials in combination with the Fn button on optional
MB-D17 battery packs.

4 4 4 4 4 —4 4

Pv button + y

1

Fn1 button + y

w

Center of sub‑selector + y

9

BKT button + y

n

Movie record button + y

Q

(applies when live view selector is
rotated to C)

8

Fn

AF‑ON

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Custom Control Assignments

The functions that can be assigned to these controls are:

D500 MB‑D17

1 w 9 n Q

J

Choose image area

$

Shutter spd & aperture lock

v

1 step spd/aperture

w

Choose non‑CPU lens number

y

Active D‑Lighting

z

Exposure delay mode

n

Photo shooting menu bank

v

Exposure mode — — — —

t

Auto bracketing — — —4 — —

$

Multiple exposure — — —4 — —

2

HDR (high dynamic range) — — —4 — —
None

9

ISO sensitivity — — — — —

E

Exposure compensation — — — — —

w

Metering — — — — —

“Press” and “Press + y”

Certain roles can not be assigned simultaneously to both the
“press” and “press + y” functions for some controls. Assigning
such a role to “press” when it is already assigned to “press + y”
sets the “press + y” option None, while assigning such a role
to “press + y” when it is already assigned to “press” sets the
“press” option None.

4 4 4—4 4
4 4 4—4 4
4 4

— — —

4 4 4
4 4

— — —

4 4

— — —

4 4 4 —4 4

4 4 4 4 4 4

— —

Fn + y

4
4
4
4

4 4

4
4
4

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Quick Menu Access

If Access top item in MY MENU is
selected for Custom Setting f1 (Cus‑

tom control assignment) > 0Pre‑
view button, pressing the Pv button

will display the top item in My Menu,
letting you access functions that
cannot otherwise be assigned to a camera control. Here is
an example of how this could be used to congure the Pv
button to display the Storage folder menu.

Add Storage folder to My Menu.

  1 

In My Menu, select Add items>
PHOTO SHOOTING MENU and

then highlight Storage folder
and press J.

Move Storage folder to the top of My Menu.

  2 

Select Rank items and move
Storage folder to the top (you

can reorder the items as desired
at any time).

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Choose a control.

  3 

Choose Custom Setting f1 (Cus‑
tom control assignment) and
select 0Preview button.

Select Access top item in MY MENU.

  4 

You also have the option of as­signing Access top item in MY
MENU to the Fn1 or Fn2 button or
to the center of the sub-selector
or of using Custom Setting f10
(Assign MB‑D17 buttons) to
assign it to the Fn button on op­tional MB-D17 battery packs.

You can now view the Storage folder menu at any time by
pressing the Pv button.

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Custom Folders

Create folders before going on a shoot and use them to
organize photos by scene. If you’re photographing soccer
or baseball, you can create folders for each half or inning,
making photos easier to nd and organize later on.

Use the Storage folder > Rename and Select folder by
number options in the photo shooting menu to create
folders. To create folders for the rst inning at a ball game:

Enter a name for the tops of the innings.

  1 

Select Rename, enter an appro­priate ve-character name (e.g.,
“_TOP_”), and press J.

Create a folder for the top of the rst inning.

  2 

Choose Select folder by num‑
ber and select folder number

100. Press J to create a folder
named “100_TOP_”.

Enter a name for the bottoms of the innings.

  3 

Select Rename, enter an appropriate name (e.g.,
“_BTM_”), and press J.

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Create a folder for the bottom of the rst inning.

  4 

Each folder number can be used only once. Choose
Select folder by number and select folder number

101. Press J to create a folder named “101_BTM_”.

You can now create folders for the remaining innings:

Create a folder for the top of the second inning.

  1 

Choose Select folder from list,
select a folder named “_TOP_”,
then choose Select folder by
number and select folder num­ber 200. Press J to create a
folder named “200_TOP_”.

Create a folder for the bottom of the second inning.

  2 

Choose Select folder from list,
select a folder named “_BTM_”,
then choose Select folder by
number and select folder num­ber 201. Press J to create a
folder named “201_BTM_”. Re­peat until you have created folders for all nine innings.

Before starting shooting at the top
and bottom of each inning, use Se‑
lect folder from list to choose the
appropriate folder.

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Taking Pictures

This chapter covers information that
you may nd useful when taking pho­tographs.

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White Balance Tips and Tricks

Auto white balance is recommended with most light
sources. If the desired results can not be achieved with
auto white balance, choose an option from the list below
or use preset white balance.

White Balance Options

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Choose from the following options:

Option K

v

Auto

Keep white (reduce
warm colors)
Normal
Keep warm lighting
colors

J

Incandescent 3000 Use under incandescent lighting.

I

Fluorescent

Sodium-vapor lamps 2700

Warm-white uorescent
White uorescent 3700
Cool-white uorescent 4200
Day white uorescent 5000
Daylight uorescent 6500
High temp. mercury­vapor

H

Direct sunlight 5200 Use with subjects lit by direct sunlight.

N

Flash 5400 Use with optional flash units.

*

White balance is adjusted automati­cally. Suitable for most light sources;

3500–

if an optional flash unit is used, white

8000

balance is adjusted to match. See

page 18 for more on v options.

Use with:

• Sodium vapor lighting (found in
sports venues)

• Warm white fluorescent lights

3000

• White fluorescent lights

• Cool-white fluorescent lights

• Daylight white fluorescent lights

• Daylight fluorescent lights

• High color temperature light sources

7200

(e.g., mercury-vapor lamps)

Description

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Option K

G

Cloudy 6000 Use in daylight under overcast skies.

M

Shade 8000

Choose color

K

temp.

L

Preset manual —

*

Description

Use in daylight with subjects in the
shade.

2500–

Choose a color temperature from a

10,000

list of values.
Use your subject or light source or an
existing photo as a reference (

page 19).

* Color temperature. All values are approximate and do not reflect

fine-tuning; colors can be fine-tuned if desired.

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Taking Pictures

Auto White Balance for Incandescent Lighting

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v oers a choice of AUTO0 Keep
white (reduce warm colors), AUTO1
Normal, and AUTO2 Keep warm
lighting colors. The warm cast of

incandescent lighting can be elimi­nated by selecting Keep white (re‑
duce warm colors) or preserved by
selecting Keep warm lighting colors.

AUTO0 Keep white

(reduce warm colors) AUTO1 Normal

AUTO2 Keep warm lighting
colors

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White Balance Tips and Tricks

Measuring Preset Manual White Balance

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In live view, you can measure white balance from any
white or grey object in the frame.

When Preset manual is selected for
white balance, you can press the U
button to enter direct measurement
mode. L will ash in the display;
tap a white or grey object to posi­tion the spot white balance target
(r) over the selected object and measure white balance.
To zoom in on the target for precise positioning, press the
X button. Press the U button again to exit direct mea­surement mode.

White balance presets d1–d6 can be
viewed by selecting Preset manual
for White balance in the photo or
movie shooting menu. The white
balance target is shown on the pre­set.

In preset manual white balance mode, you can select a pre­set by pressing the U button and rotating the sub-com­mand dial.

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AE with Constant Shutter Speed and Aperture

To vary ISO sensitivity automatically
when shooting in dappled sunlight
or in other situations in which the
subject or background vary in
brightness, select On for ISO sensi‑

tivity settings> Auto ISO sensitivi‑
ty control in the photo shooting menu. You’ll get optimal

exposure without having to adjust shutter speed or aper­ture, even in mode M.

To limit high sensitivity noise, select
a Maximum sensitivity between
ISO 200 and Hi 5 (the minimum is
the value currently selected for ISO
sensitivity unless this is higher than
the maximum, in which case Maxi‑
mum sensitivity will be set to the value currently selected
for ISO sensitivity).

To turn auto ISO sensitivity control
on or o, press the S button and
rotate the sub-command dial. The
current setting is shown in the view­nder and control panel.

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Preserving Natural Contrast

Use Active D-Lighting to preserve
details in highlights and shadows
when photographing high-contrast
scenes, for example when shooting
through a window or at the beach.

Active D‑Lighting: O Active D‑Lighting: Y Auto

Matrix metering is recommended. To let the camera adjust
Active D-Lighting automatically according to the scene,
choose Y Auto, but note that in exposure mode M,
YAuto is equivalent to QNormal.

Noise may be visible in photos taken at high ISO sensitivi­ties.

Custom Control Assignment: Active D‑Lighting

If Active D‑Lighting is assigned to a camera control using
Custom Setting f1 (Custom control assignment), you can
select an option during shooting just by pressing the control
and rotating a command dial.

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Multiple Exposure: Overlay Mode

When shooting multiple exposures, choose an overlay
mode according to the situation and your creative intent.

• Add: Overlay exposures without modication.

+

• Average: Overall brightness is optimized by adjusting gain
according to the number of exposures.

+

• Lighten: The camera compares the pixels in each exposure
and chooses only the brightest.

+

• Darken: The camera compares the pixels in each exposure
and chooses only the darkest. Choose this option if your
subject contrasts strongly with the background.

+ + +

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Burst Photography: Keeping Exposure Consistent

When using a continuous release mode to photograph
subjects that are in motion or that vary in brightness, you
may notice that exposure changes between frames. For
consistent exposure, select mode M or:

• Turn face detection o: When Face de‑
tection on is selected for Custom
Setting b5 (Matrix metering), ma­trix metering will assign priority to
the faces of portrait subjects. Ac­tive subjects may, however, not
face the camera at all times, or may wear goggles or other
equipment that obscures their faces, producing inconsis­tent exposure when face detection fails. For consistent
results with matrix metering, select Face detection o.

• Enable burst mode exposure lock: Chang­es in the brightness of the subject
or background may result expo­sure changing during a burst. For
consistent exposure, select On
(burst mode) for Custom Setting
c1 (Shutter‑release button AE‑L) to lock exposure when
the shutter is released at the start of a burst instead of
when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.

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Flicker Reduction

When powered by alternating cur­rent, uorescent lamps and certain
other types of articial lighting
icker at a rate determined by the
frequency of the power supply,
which depending on the timing of
the shutter release may produce areas of uneven color or
exposure. Flicker reduction helps prevent this by matching
the timing of the shutter release to the icker rate.

To enable icker reduction, select

Enable for Flicker reduction> Flick‑
er reduction setting in the photo

shooting menu.

Flicker reduction enabled

Flicker reduction disabled

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When On is selected for Flicker re‑
duction indicator, a FLICKER icon

will be displayed in the viewnder if
icker is detected when the shutter­release button is pressed halfway.

FLICKER icon

The eects of the dierent settings are summarized in the
following table.

Flicker reduction

Flicker reduction can be enabled for live view and movie
recording using the Flicker reduction option in the movie
shooting menu.

Setting Eect

setting

Disable

Enable

Flicker reduction

indicator

On
O Off
On
O Off

Flicker

reduction

Disabled

Enabled

Release

timing

Not

affected

May be

delayed

FLICKER

icon

Flashes

On

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Flicker Reduction

The Photo Shooting Menu Flicker Reduction Option

Flicker reduction can detect icker at 100 and 120Hz (associ­ated respectively with AC power supplies of 50 and 60Hz).
Flicker may not be detected or the desired results may not
be achieved with dark backgrounds, bright light sources, or
decorative lighting displays and other non-standard light­ing. Depending on the light source, there may be a slight
delay before the shutter is released. During burst shooting,
the frame rate may slow or become erratic; in addition, the
desired results may not be achieved if the frequency of the
power supply changes during shooting.

Flicker detection will not take eect at shutter speeds slower
than 1/

s (including Bulb and Time) or when MUP is selected

100

for release mode or exposure delay mode is on. Flicker de­tection is available during ash photography but can not be
used with remote wireless ash units.

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Muing the Shutter

You may nd it useful to mute the shutter at stage perfor­mances, during interviews, or for wildlife photography.

Quiet Shutter-Release Mode

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When quiet shutter-release mode is selected in viewnder
photography, the mirror stays up while the shutter-release
button is pressed all the way down. The mirror is lowered
(more quietly than in single-frame mode) only when the
shutter-release button returns to the halfway position, al­lowing you to control the timing of the click made by the
mirror. In live view, the sound of the mirror being raised is
eliminated altogether.

To choose quiet shutter-release
mode, press the release mode
dial lock release and rotate the
dial to Q.

Quiet Continuous Shutter Release

For quiet burst photography with
a frame rate of about 3 fps, rotate
the release mode dial to
continuous).

Qc (quiet

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Muing the Shutter

Movie Stills

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You can also achieve the eect of silent photography by
lming movies silently and then later playing the movie
back and using the Save selected frame option to create
JPEG stills from selected frames.

Pause playback on the desired frame.

  1 

Press 3 to pause playback.

Choose Save selected frame.

  2 

Press i or J, then highlight
Save selected frame and press

2.

Create a still copy.

  3 

Press 1 to create a ne★-quality
JPEG copy of the current frame.
A conrmation dialog will be dis­played; highlight Yes and press J.

Save Selected Frame

Movie stills lack some photo information and can not be re­touched.

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Vibration Reduction: Sport Mode

Compared with earlier models, the viewnder oers im­proved stability in burst mode. This combines with the
SPORT setting available on some VR lenses to make subjects
even easier to track during high-speed burst photography.

Lenses with SPORT VR

As of April 2016, the following lenses featured SPORT VR:

• AF-S NIKKOR 600 mm f/4E FL ED VR

• AF-S NIKKOR 500 mm f/4E FL ED VR

• AF-S NIKKOR 400 mm f/2.8E FL ED VR

• AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4E PF ED VR

• AF-S NIKKOR 200–500 mm f/5.6E ED VR

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What Makes Sport Mode Special

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Sport mode limits vibration reduction to the minimum
needed for subjects that are moving quickly and unpre­dictably. When the camera is hand-held, the image in the
viewnder remains as stable and smooth as when the
camera is mounted on a monopod, making subjects easier
to track during panning and high-speed burst photogra­phy. When the lens is mounted on a D500, all of this can be
accomplished without reducing frame rate or increasing
shutter lag.

Sport mode: Image in viewnder is stable and smooth.

Normal mode: More powerful vibration reduction makes motion
in viewnder seem jerky and unnatural when lens is moved.

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Vibration Reduction: Sport Mode

”Sport” Versus “Normal”

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Sport mode balances vibration reduction with smooth dis­play when you are photographing sports, aircraft, birds, or
other moving subjects. Choose NORMAL for more powerful
vibration reduction when photographing landscapes and
other static subjects. The dierences between sport and
normal modes are summarized below.

Suited to Moving subjects Stationary subjects
Motion in viewnder Smooth Jerky
Burst performance Better Worse

SPORT NORMAL

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Playback

As you will learn in this chapter, the
touch screen and custom controls let
you quickly nd images and check fo­cus one-handed. You can also use the
“protect” and “rate” features to tag pho­tos for quick playback and later sorting.

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Finding Pictures Quickly

In addition to the multi selector and other controls used
for playback on earlier cameras, the D500 features a touch
screen. You can page through pictures by icking left or
right and zoom in by double-tapping the monitor, making
it faster to nd pictures and check focus. You can also pro­tect or rate pictures to make them easier to nd.

Using the Touch Screen

The touch screen supports the following gestures:

Flick Slide Double‑Tap

Flick a nger a short
distance left or right
across the monitor.

Stretch/Pinch

Place two ngers on
the monitor and move
them apart or pinch
them together.

Slide a nger over
the monitor.

Tap the monitor
twice quickly.

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Starting Playback with Your Right Hand

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Assigning Playback to a control on
the right side of the camera lets you
start and stop playback with your
right hand while your left hand
continues to support the camera,
ready for the next shot. Use Cus­tom Setting f1 (Custom control assignment, page 6) to as-
sign Playback to the Fn1 or Pv button or the center of the
sub-selector, or use Custom Setting f10 (Assign MB‑D17
buttons) to assign Playback to the Fn button on optional
MB-D17 battery packs.

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Playback

Finding Pictures Quickly

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Flick left or right or press 4 or 2 to
view additional images in full-frame
playback. To scroll quickly, keep the
multi selector pressed or touch the
bottom of the display to bring up
the frame advance bar and then
drag the slider left or right.

Frame advance bar

Using the Command Dials

To use the command dials to scroll through pictures in full
frame playback, select On for Custom Setting f4 (Customize
command dials)> Menus and playback. You can then use
Custom Setting f4 (Customize command dials)> Sub‑dial
frame advance to choose whether the sub-command dial is
used to select folders, to skip forward or back 10 or 50 frames
at a time, or to skip to the next or previous protected image,
photo, or movie.

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Finding Pictures Quickly

“After Burst, Show”

The After burst, show option in the playback menu controls
whether the photo displayed at the end of a burst of shots is
the rst or last in the burst. It takes eect only when Image
review is o.

DSC_0001.jpg DSC_0002.jpg DSC_0003.jpg DSC_0004.jpg DSC_0014.jpg DSC_0015.jpg

Last shots taken (burst)

Displayed if First image in

burst is selected

Displayed if Last image

in burst is selected

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Playback

Quick Focus Check

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The following operations can be used to zoom in for a
quick focus check during playback.

• Press the center of the multi selector to zoom
in on the active focus point. Press again
to exit zoom.

• Double-tap the monitor to zoom in on the
selected location. Double-tap again to
exit zoom.

• Place t wo ngers on the monitor and stretch or
pinch to zoom in or out. To switch to a
thumbnail view, zoom out when the
image is displayed full frame.

• Press the X or W (M) button to zoom in or
out.

To view other images at the same zoom ratio, rotate the
main command dial or tap the e or f icon at the bottom
of the display.

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Finding Pictures Quickly

To choose the starting zoom ratio for double-tap zoom
or zoom using the center of the multi selector, go to Cus­tom Setting f2 (Multi selector center button)> Playback

mode, highlight Zoom on/o, and press 2. Choose from
Low magnication (50%), 1 : 1 (100%), and High magni‑
cation (200%).

Viewing Faces

During playback zoom, faces de­tected by the camera are indicated
by white borders in the navigation
window. Tap the on-screen guide or
rotate the sub-command dial to view
faces in the order detected.

Displaying the Focus Point

If Focus point is selected for
Playback display options, the active

point (or the focus point selected by
the photographer when the photo
was taken) will be shown on pictures
during playback.

On‑screen guide

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Playback

Tagging Pictures

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Protect or rate pictures to make them easier to nd.

Protecting Pictures

Pressing the L (Z/Q) button
during playback tags the current
image with a P icon. If you select

Protect for Custom Setting f4 (Cus‑
tomize command dials)> Sub‑dial
frame advance, you can rotate the

sub-command dial to view only pro­tected images.

Rating Pictures

Pictures that are not protected can
be given ratings of zero to ve stars
or marked as candidates for later
deletion by giving them a rating of
d. To rate pictures during playback,
press the i button and select Rat‑
ing.

Rating Pictures with the Fn2 Button

If Rating is selected for Custom Setting f1 (Custom control
assignment)> Fn2 button, pictures can be rated by press-

ing 4 or 2 while pressing the Fn2 button.

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Finding Pictures Quickly

Following transfer to a computer, pictures can be viewed
or sorted by rating in applications such as ViewNX-i or
Capture NX-D.

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Upload

This chapter describes how to quickly
connect to networks, check whether
pictures have been uploaded to the
computer, and add comments, copy­right information, and IPTC metadata
to images.

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Adding Text to Pictures

Text can be embedded in pictures using the IPTC, Image
comment, and Copyright information options in the cam-

era setup menu.

Text can be entered using the touch
screen.

Editing Text in HTTP Server Mode

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IPTC presets, image comments, and
copyright information can be cre­ated on a computer or Android or
iOS device using the “edit text” op­tion in http server mode. Speakers
of Asian languages should note that
IPTC presets support double-byte
characters in most elds; these will not display properly on
the camera, but can be input and read on the computer.

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IPTC Presets

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The IPTC presets stored on the camera can be viewed dur­ing playback by holding down the J button and pressing

3. To embed IPTC information in the current image, high­light a preset and press J.

Creating IPTC Presets on a Computer

IPTC Preset Manager software can
be used to create IPTC presets and
copy them to the camera memory
card. Speakers of Asian languages
should note that double-byte char­acters can be entered in most elds;
these will not display properly on
the camera, but can be read on the
computer.

IPTC Preset Manager is available
from the following website. For
more information, see the IPTC Pre­set Manager online help.

http://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/

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Checking Upload Status

While—at least in the case of im­ages uploaded to a computer or ftp
server via a WT-7 wireless transmit­ter—the camera indicates upload
status by the color of the transfer
icon, transfer status is not displayed
when pictures are viewed on a com­puter.

If On is selected for Network> Op‑
tions > Send marking in the cam­era setup menu, the date and time
of upload will be embedded in the
copies on the memory card.

If pictures taken at the above set­tings are later copied to a computer,
you can open them in the latest ver­sion of ViewNX-i or Capture NX-D
and check whether they have been
uploaded from the camera.

The date and time of upload are added to pictures after trans­fer and can not be viewed on the receiving device.

Transfer icon (blue)

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Accessories

This chapter describes how the syn­chronized release feature on optional
WR-1 and WR-R10 wireless remote con­trollers can be used to simultaneously
release the shutters on multiple remote
cameras.

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Synchronized Release

Cameras equipped with op­tional WR-1 or WR-R10 wire­less remote controllers can
be congured for synchro­nized release. One camera
acts as a master controlling
the shutters on one or more remote cameras.

A WR-A10 adapter is required when connecting the WR-R10
to the D500. For more information on using wireless remote
controllers, see the documentation provided with the device.

Conguring Cameras for Synchronized Release

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Custom Setting d4 (Sync. release
mode options) controls whether

the master release also releases the
remote shutters. To switch quickly
between master and remote cam­eras or between synchronized and
remote release, use Custom Setting f1 (Custom control
assignment,
the center of the sub-selector or to the Pv, Fn1, or lens focus
function buttons. The options available vary with the op­tion selected for Custom Setting d4.

page 6) to assign Sync. release selection to

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The following table shows how Custom Settings d4 and f1
combine for exible camera control using the shutter-re­lease button (“SRB”) and the button to which Sync. release
selection has been assigned (“custom control”):

Custom Setting Shutter released by

f1> Sync.

d4

release selection

Master release

Sync

No

sync

only

Remote release

only

Synchronized

release

Remote release

only

SRB alone SRB+ custom control

Master Remote Master Remote

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Accessories

Here’s an example of how you can use two cameras to cap­ture shots on goal in a soccer match. Custom Settings are
adjusted so that the shutter on the remote camera is re­leased only when both the shutter-release button and the
center of the sub-selector are pressed:

• d4 Sync. release mode options: No sync

• f1 Custom control assignment>

selection: Synchronized release

To take photos with only the master camera, press the shutter-re-

lease button normally.

Sub-selec tor center> Sync. release

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Master camera

No photo

Remote camera

To take pictures with both cameras, keep the center of the sub­selector pressed while pressing the shutter-release button.

Master camera

Remote camera

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Synchronized Release

Uploading Photos

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If you are using a WR-1 or WR-R10 wireless remote con­troller for synchronized release, you can upload photos
to computer or ftp server using a WT-7 wireless transmit­ter. The cameras must be in ftp upload or image transfer
mode.

If On is selected for Network> Options> Auto send in the
setup menu, photos will be uploaded as they are taken. Be
sure to enable this option when the camera is connected
to an Ethernet or wireless LAN. For more information on
using a WT-7 wireless transmitter, see the documentation
provided with the device.

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Synchronized Release

Synchronized Release Wireless Signal Range

Range varies with weather conditions and wireless signal
strength and may drop in crowds, in the presence of other
wireless signal sources, or if the remote camera is close to
the ground. Be sure the rmware for the WR-1 or WR-R10 has
been updated to the latest version; for more information, visit
the Nikon website for your area.

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