Nikon D500 User Manual

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Movies have an aspect ratio of 16 : 9 and are recorded using a 
crop that varies with the frame size and the option selected for 
Choose image area in the movie shooting menu (

0 68, 288).

Movie crop sizes are given below:
• At a frame size of 3840 × 2160, the movie crop is approximately 

16.2 × 9.1 mm, regardless of the option selected for Choose 
image area. The apparent focal length is approximately 1.5× 
greater than that for DX format.

• With DX selected for Choose image area and a frame size of 

1920 × 1080 or 1280 × 720, the movie crop is approximately 
23.5 × 13.3 mm.

• With 1.3× selected for Choose image area and a frame size of 

1920 × 1080 or 1280 × 720, the movie crop is approximately 
18.0 × 10.1 mm. The apparent focal length is approximately 
1.3× greater than that for DX format.