Nikon D500 User Manual

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When two memory cards are inserted in the camera, you can 
choose one as the primary card using the Primary slot 
selection item in the photo shooting menu. Select XQD card 
slot to designate the card in the XQD card slot as the primary 
card, SD card slot to choose the SD card. The roles played by the 
primary and secondary cards can be chosen using the 
Secondary slot function option in the photo shooting menu. 
Choose from Overflow (the secondary card is used only when 
the primary card is full), Backup (each picture is recorded to 
both the primary and secondary card), and RAW primary - JPEG 
secondary (as for Backup, except that the NEF/RAW copies of 
photos shot at settings of NEF/RAW + JPEG are recorded only to 
the primary card and the JPEG copies only to the secondary 
card).

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The camera shows the number of exposures remaining on the card 
with the least amount of memory. Shutter release will be disabled 
when either card is full.

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When two memory cards are inserted in the camera, the slot used to 
record movies can be selected using the Destination option in the 
movie shooting menu (

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