Nikon D500 User Manual

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The camera is equipped with a memory buffer for temporary storage, 
allowing shooting to continue while photographs are being saved to 
the memory card.

 

Note, however, that frame rate will drop when the 

buffer is full (

tAA).

The approximate number of images that 
can be stored in the memory buffer at 
current settings is shown in the exposure-
count displays in the viewfinder and 
control panel while the shutter-release 
button is pressed halfway.

 

The illustration 

at right shows the display when space 
remains in the buffer for about 99 pictures.

While photographs are being recorded to the memory card, the 
memory card access lamp will light.

 

Depending on shooting 

conditions and memory card performance, recording may take from a 
few seconds to a few minutes.

 

remove or disconnect the power source until the access lamp has gone 
out.

 

If the camera is switched off while data remain in the buffer, the 

power will not turn off until all images in the buffer have been 
recorded.

 

If the battery is exhausted while images remain in the 

buffer, the shutter release will be disabled and the images transferred 
to the memory card.

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For information on choosing the order in which the photos in each 
burst are displayed after shooting, see After burst, show (

0 282). For 

information on choosing the maximum number of photographs that 
can be taken in a single burst, see Custom Setting d2 (Max.

continuous release, 

 

For information on the number of 

pictures that can be taken in a single burst, see page 389.