Nikon 1581 D7500 Black Digital SLR Camera Body

Follow your passion wherever it leads.

Born from a desire for flagship performance and innovation in a more compact and streamlined connected camera, the D7500 delivers the game-changing resolution, ISO range, image processing and energy efficiency of the award-winning D500 in an enthusiast-level DSLR. Simply put, the D7500 is built to outperform any camera in its class with top-tier image quality, blazing speed, flawless autofocus, 4K Ultra HD video and pro-grade creative tools??all in a comfortable, rugged design. This is a camera for the new generation of creators.

Key Features

DX Format
20.9 Megapixels
8 FPS Continuous Shooting
100-51,200 ISO Expandable to 1,640,000
4K UHD 3840 x 2160 at 30/25/24p

Features

Flagship Image Quality
The D7500 uses the same 20.9 MP DX-format image sensor and Expeed 5 image processing engine as the D500, taking your photos and videos to the next level.
20.9 Megapixel CMOS Sensor
The D7500 employs the same CMOS image sensor used in the Nikon DX flagship model D500, offering 20.9 megapixels. Designed without a low-pass filter, it strikes an optimal balance between image resolution and low-noise performance. Paired with NIKKOR lenses, the D7500 produces amazingly sharp, crisp images.
Expeed 5 Image Processing
Nikon??s powerful Expeed 5 image-processing engine handles fast continuous shooting and 4K UHD video recording at 30p with ease.
ISO Range up to 51,200
With a wide standard ISO range from 100 to 51,200 (expandable to ISO 1,640,000), you can achieve sharper low-light images with minimal noise.
51 Point AF System
Quickly focus on erratically moving and low-contrast subjects with a versatile 51-point AF system and the same group-area AF mode found in Nikon’s flagship D5 and D500.
180k-pixel RGB Sensor
Just like the D500, the D7500 employs a 180K-pixel RGB sensor for more powerful face detection to improve the accuracy of capture-enhancing features like matrix metering, i-TTL, 3D-tracking, AWB and more.
4K UHD Video Recording
The D7500 lets you record up to 29:59 in 4K UHD/30p as well as Full HD. Record uncompressed, 8 bit 4:2:2 4K UHD files to an external recorder via HDMI, while simultaneously recording to your in-camera SD memory card. You also have the option of recording in MP4 format for smooth playback on smart devices. Combined with the excellent optical performance of NIKKOR lenses, the D7500 depicts scenes in breathtaking detail.
In-camera Time-lapse Movies
The D7500 lets you generate 4K UHD or Full HD time-lapse movies, entirely in the camera.
Power Aperture Control
Change the aperture smoothly and quietly during movie recording??especially useful for significant brightness shifts in a single shot.
Versatile Sound Controls
Microphone sensitivity levels can be adjusted in 20 increments while visually monitoring the sound level indicator during movie recording.
Active D-Lighting
Preserve details in highlights and shadows when shooting high-contrast scenes, giving your footage richer tonal gradation and a more natural brightness.
Electronic VR
Capture smooth footage when working without a tripod, or using a single-focal-length (prime) lens without optical VR.
Take creative control over your images
With Nikon??s Picture Control System, you can select one of eight Picture Controls according to your creative intentions including Picture Control Auto to automatically optimize images to each scene.
Designed for Performance
- Touch-operation, Tilting 3.2-in. LCD Monitor
  The D7500’s tilting LCD monitor lets you shoot from a wider range of angles with ease, as well as focus and release the shutter by touch when using live view. It makes macro shooting from low-angle positions more convenient, enabling you to operate the camera right next to flowers growing close to the ground.
- Precision Optical Viewfinder
  With Nikon’s precision optical viewfinders, you see what the lens sees-without any delay and in real time. This is ideal for sports, action, low light and general shooting scenarios. Perfected over many decades, the optical viewfinder gives you the purest shooting experience possible, with the clearest, brightest and most seamless rendition of the scene playing out in front of you.
- Comfortable Grip Design
  D7500 employs a deeper, more ergonomic grip designed to help improve stability, eliminate hand and arm fatigue and ensure comfort for all day, handheld shooting with telephoto, tele-zoom or all-in-one NIKKOR lenses. Whether you are an enthusiast or a professional, the D7500’s ergonomics are uncompromising in comfort and operability, giving you that seamless Nikon shooting experience regardless of what you are shooting.
Built-in Bluetooth? and Wi-Fi? Connectivity
Share your most impressive images easily. The D7500 can be constantly connected to a smart device via Bluetooth?, with the SnapBridge application installed. Automatically transfer images taken with the D7500 to your smart device or upload them automatically to Nikon Image Space.
Built-in Pop-up Flash
When shooting in low-lit interiors or capturing a portrait at night, the D7500??s versatile, built-in pop-up flash comes in handy.
Multiple Exposure
Combine up to 10 images using the multiple exposure function. Save every frame or just the composite image.
Raw Batch Processing
Quickly select and process large quantities of RAW images in-camera to adjust settings, correct exposure and save post-production time.
Special Effects Modes
Make your stills or videos more eye-catching with Special Effects like night vision, photo illustration, miniature, selective color and more.
Built to Last
- Built Light, Rugged & Weather Sealed
  D7500’s body employs a lightweight monocoque structure made of carbon fiber composite material, offering durability against shocks. Its design incorporates a deeper grip for more secure and comfortable holding- a big advantage during longer shoots. Comprehensive weather sealing is applied to the camera body to prevent dust and water droplets from damaging the electronics, for added peace of mind.
- Long battery life lets you shoot uninterrupted
  With the D7500’s optimized power management, you can shoot approximately 950 shots with the included EN-EL15a battery before you have to worry about swapping it. With competing platforms, you’ll find yourself carrying up to 3 batteries to shoot as many frames as the D7500. If performance and reliability matter, then battery life matters. The D7500 can help you get a full day’s worth of shooting down to one battery charge.
- Durable shutter unit tested for 150,000 cycles
  D7500’s shutter unit has been rigorously tested for 150,000 cycles while actually loaded into the camera. It’s also fitted with a shutter monitor function that calculates the duration between front- and rear-curtain movements every time the shutter is released, and automatically corrects any variance.
NIKKOR lenses for every subject
Unlock your creative vision and your camera??s full potential with over 90 NIKKOR lenses??each optimized to deliver stunning results across a variety of applications.
Wi-Fi Compatibility
This camera??s built-in Wi-Fi? capability can only be used with a compatible iPhone?, iPad?, and/or iPod touch? or smart devices running on the Android? operating system. The Nikon SnapBridge application must be installed on the device before it can be used with this camera.

Specifications

Image Sensor

Dust-Reduction System:
- Image sensor cleaning
- Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX-D software required)
Dust-Off Reference Photo: Yes

File System

Card Slot: 1 Secure Digital (SD)
File System:
- Compliant with DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0
- EXIF 2.31 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras)
- PictBridge

Viewfinder

Viewfinder Magnification: 0.94x (50 mm f/1.4 lens at infinity, ?C1.0 m?C1) (Approx.)
Viewfinder Eyepoint: 18.5mm (-1.0 m??1)
Viewfinder Diopter Adjustment: -2.0 to + 1.0m??1
Focusing Screen: Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark II with AF Area Brackets (grid lines can be displayed)
Reflex Mirror: Quick-return type
Mirror Lock Up: Yes

Lens

Lens Aperture:
- Instant-return type
- Electronically Controlled
Compatible Lenses:
- AF NIKKOR lenses, including type G, E, and D lenses (some restrictions apply to PC lenses) and AI-P NIKKOR lenses and non- CPU AI lenses (M mode only)
- Electronic rangefinder can be used with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster (the electronic rangefinder supports the center 1 focus point with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/8 or faster)
- IX NIKKOR lenses, lenses for the F3AF, and non-AI lenses cannot be used

Shutter

Flash Sync Speed:
- Up to 1/250 sec.
- Synchronizes with shutter at 1/320s or slower (flash range drops at speeds between 1/250 and 1/320s)
Bulb Shutter Setting: Yes
Shutter Release Modes:
- Continuous low-speed [CL] mode
- Continuous high-speed [CH] mode
- Mirror-up [Mup] mode
- Quiet Shutter Release
- Quiet Continuous Release
- Self-timer Mode
- Single-frame [S] mode
Frame Advance Rate:
- High: Up to 8 fps
- Frame rates assume continuous-servo AF, manual or shutter-priority auto exposure, a shutter speed of 1/250 sec or faster, Release selected for Custom Setting a1 (AF-C priority selection), and other settings at default values
Top Continuous Shooting Speed at Full Resolution: 8 Frames per second

Exposure

Exposure Metering System: TTL exposure metering using approximately 180K (180,000) pixels RGB sensor
Metering Method:
- Center-Weighted: Weight of approximately 75% given to 8 mm circle in center of frame. Diameter of circle can be changed to 6, 10, or 13 mm, or weighting can be based on average of entire frame
- Matrix: 3D Color Matrix Metering III (type G, E and D lenses); Color Matrix Metering III (other CPU lenses)
- Spot: Meters circle with diameter of about 3.5 mm (about 2.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point
- Highlight-Weighted: Available with type G, E, and D lenses
Metering Range:
- -3 EV to 20 EV (3D color matrix or center-weighted metering)
- 2 to 20 EV (Spot metering at ISO 100 equivalent, f/1.4 lens at 20??C/68??F)
Exposure Meter Coupling: CPU
Exposure Modes:
- Aperture-Priority Auto (A)
- Auto modes (auto, auto [flash off])
- Manual (M)
- Programmed auto with flexible program (P)
- Scene Modes (portrait; landscape; child; sports; close up; night portrait; night landscape; party/indoor; beach/snow; sunset; dusk/dawn; pet portrait; candlelight; blossom; autumn colors; food)
- Shutter-Priority (S)
- Special Effects Modes (night vision; super vivid; pop; photo illustration; toy camera effect; miniature effect; selective color; silhouette; high key; low key)
- U1 (user setting 1)
- U2 (user setting 2)
Exposure Compensation: ??5 EV in increments of 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV in P, S, A, M, SCENE, and EFFECTS modes
Exposure Bracketing: 9 Frames in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
Exposure Lock: Yes

Sensitivity

Lowest Expanded ISO Sensitivity: Lo-1 (ISO 50 equivalent)
Highest Expanded ISO Sensitivity: Hi-5 (ISO 1,640,000 equivalent)
Expanded ISO Sensitivity:
- Options: 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 1,640,000 equivalent) above ISO 51,200; auto ISO sensitivity control available
Long Exposure Noise Reduction: Yes
High ISO Noise Reduction:
- Low
- Normal
- High
- Off
Active D-Lighting:
- Auto
- Extra High
- High
- Normal
- Low
- Off
D-Lighting Bracketing:
- 2-3 Frames
- 2 Frames using selected value for one frame or 3 frames using preset values for all frames

Focus/Autofocus

Single-Point AF Mode: Yes
Dynamic AF Mode: Single-point AF; 9, 21, or 51-point dynamic area AF, 3D-tracking, group-area AF, auto-area AF
Auto-Area AF Mode: Yes
Detection Range: -3 to +19 EV (ISO 100, 68??F/20??C)
Lens Servo:
- Autofocus (AF):
  - Single-servo AF (AF-S)
  - Continuous-servo AF (AF-C)
  - Auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A)
  - Predictive focus tracking activated automatically according to subject status
- Manual Focus (MF): Electronic rangefinder can be used
AF-Area Mode:
- 9, 21 or 51 Point Dynamic-area AF
- Single-point AF
- 3D-tracking
- Group-area AF
Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points: 51
Autofocus Sensitivity: -3 to +19 EV (ISO 100, 20??C/68??F)
Autofocus Fine Tune: Yes

Flash

Built-In Flash Distance: Approx. 12/39, 12/39 with manual flash (m/ft, ISO 100, 20 ??C/68 ??F)
Flash Sync Speed:
- Up to 1/250 sec.
- Synchronizes with shutter at 1/320s or slower (flash range drops at speeds between 1/250 and 1/320s)
X-Sync Speed: 1/250
Top FP High Speed Sync: Up to 1/8000
Flash Control: TTL: i-TTL flash control using RGB sensor with approximately 180K (180,000) pixels; i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR is used with matrix, center- weighted, and highlight-weighted metering, standard i-TTL fill-flash for digital SLR with spot metering
Flash Sync Modes:
- Auto
- Auto FP High-Speed Sync supported
- Auto with red-eye reduction
- Auto slow sync
- Auto slow sync with red-eye reduction
- Fill-flash
- Rear-curtain sync
- Rear-curtain with slow sync
- Red-Eye reduction
- Red-Eye reduction with slow sync
- Slow sync
- Off
Flash Compensation: -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
Flash-Ready Indicator: Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes after flash is fired at full output
Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS): i-TTL flash control, radio-controlled Advanced Wireless Lighting, optical Advanced Wireless Lighting, modeling illumination, FV lock, Color Information Communication, Auto FP High-Speed Sync, AF-assist for multi-area AF
Flash Sync Terminal: Sync Terminal Adapter AS-15 (available separately)

White Balance

White Balance Bracketing: 3 Shots in steps of 1

Live View

Live View Shooting:
- Photography Live View Mode
- Movie Live View Mode
Live View Lens Servo:
- Autofocus (AF):
  - Single-servo AF (AF-S)
  - Full-time-servo AF (AF-F)
- Manual focus (MF)
Live View AF-Area Mode:
- Face-priority AF
- Wide-area AF
- Normal-area AF
- Subject-tracking AF
Live View Autofocus: Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected)

Movie

Movie Metering:
- TTL exposure metering using main image sensor
- Matrix, center-weighted, or highlight-weighted
Movie Video Compression: H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
Movie:
- 4K UHD 3,840×2,160 / 30 fps
- 4K UHD 3,840×2,160 / 25 fps
- 4K UHD 3,840×2,160 / 24 fps
- Full HD 1,920×1,080 / 60 fps
- Full HD 1,920×1,080 / 50 fps
- Full HD 1,920×1,080 / 30 fps
- Full HD 1,920×1,080 / 25 fps
- Full HD 1,920×1,080 / 24 fps
- HD 1,280×720 / 60 fps
- HD 1,280×720 / 50 fps
- 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 sizes except 3,840 x 2,160
Movie Audio:
- Built-in microphone, stereo
- External stereo microphone (optional)
- Microphone sensitivity can be adjusted
- Audio Output: Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter)

Monitor

Monitor Adjustments: Brightness adjustment and eye-sensor controlled on/off
Virtual Horizon Camera Indicator: Yes

Playback

Playback Functions:
- Auto Image Rotation
- Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 12, or 80 images or calendar)
- Highlights
- Histogram Display
- Image Comment
- Location Display
- Movie Playback
- Movie Slideshow
- Photo Information
- Picture Rating
- Playback with Zoom
- Playback Zoom Cropping
In-Camera Image Editing:
- Color Balance
- Color Outline
- Color Sketch
- D-Lighting
- Distortion Control
- Edit Movie
- Filter Effects
- Fisheye
- Image Overlay
- Miniature Effect
- Monochrome
- NEF (RAW) Processing
- Painting
- Perspective Control
- Photo Illustration
- Quick Retouch
- Red-Eye Correction
- Resize
- Selective Color
- Side-by-Side Comparison
- Straighten
- Trim
Image Comment: Yes

Interface

Save/Load Camera Settings: Yes

Menus

Total Custom Settings: 41
My Menu: Yes
Recent Settings: Yes
Supported Languages:
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Bulgarian
- Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Marathi
- Norwegian
- Persian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Serbian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
Date, Time and Daylight Savings Time Settings: Yes
World Time Setting: Yes