Nikon will most likely end up having to remove internal RAW support for the Z9. That was a big selling point for me, I received one of the first in Z9 preorders

Nikon will most likely end up having to remove internal RAW support for the Z9. That was a big selling point for me, I received one of the first in Z9 preorders (I'm a professional photographer who does a lot of video production work as well). I work with RED cameras fairly regularly. RED, while protecting their first to market realm and making sure they get the check, have really stifled where the camera industry can go. Apple, Sony, Kinfinity, all lost out to RED on similar cases. Assuming Nikon isn't completely ignorant (they've been protecting patents for a long ass time), introducing internal RAW in the Z9 was a red flag on announcement day for this very topic. It gave them the splash they needed to launch their flagship camera, so it's very possible they figured they'd take the win while they can, even if it came with a hard slap for everyone after the fact. And it's a thin, but very legal argument to say they compete in the same space. No Z9 owner in a professional space is looking to buy a RED really. If there are, it's probably less than 10 in the world. A huge part of me wishes people just wouldn't buy RED cameras in protest to how big of a road block they've created and the business practices they've employed themselves. And Maybe the rest of the industry just collectively gangs up on them to apply pressure. One can dream. Right now, the only way this ends is if people talk with their money, or the patents expire.