Awesome work there Raymond and information of your excellent setup for the Nikon Z9 system for Video .........

Thanks for the overview. Recently got the Z6iii and must say I’m a bit overwhelmed to the point I was thinking of selling it. But after practicing with it for a few days and watching this video I am feeling some hope. I still find the menus daunting but hopefully I can figure it out. 😅

Hello Mr. Parker. I found your channel through research for using my Z9 for video work, some three years; yeah, I am late bloomer. I have been hooked by your channel ever since and slowly making my way through the episodes. Looking forward to many more of your takes on life, living on the island and photography. I love the west coast...

Hello Raymond, thanks for another great video. I was wondering... have you been able to rig your Z6 III with any external battery solutions? The NPF plates with USB-C PD by SmallRig that I use in combination with a dummy battery to power my Z6 II without any issues is instantly rejected by the Z6 III. The camera turns on, displays a message about "insufficient data from battery", then turns off. I also tried feeding power to the Z6 III via its single USB-C port from an Anker PD power bank that also works fine with the Z6 II, but the Z6 III doesn't even turn on with that. In any case that's not a viable solution for me, since I need that same USB-C camera port to connect my Nikon MC-N10 control grip. I'd be willing to upgrade from NPF plates to a V-mount type battery solution, but only if I can confirm compatibility. Neither B&H customer service nor Nikon's own support line could offer a solution to this. I never imagined that my "upgrade" to a Z6 III would decrease my ability to configure a cinema-type rig, so I may have to just return this camera while I still can. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. keep up the great work.

can it blow the model's hair as well as the dress with light material, with just using one fan?

You have described almost the exact backup process I've been using for the last 10 years. Carbon Copy Cloner is a dead simple way to clone hard drives. On older Macs (pre-M1) CCC will create bootable copies, which is a great way of preparing an internal drive upgrade (clone old boot to new drive, install new drive internally). With the M1, Apple has made bootable clones difficult if not impossible due to the security technology they embed with their internal SSDs (besides, Apple claims that SSDs "rarely" fail... we'll see). But even with these limitations CCC allows copying entire drives to folders or even remote.shared disks - great for backing up user data and apps. In addition to CCC, Time Machine is the definitive, if slower-paced, way of making incremental backups of your system drives and data. Both CCC and Time Machine backups can both be used to migrate users and applications to a new system via Migration Assistant. I've been investigating NAS solutions for much of this year - Synology, QNap, DIY hardware builds, and others, but they all have steep entry costs and are not always plug-and-play (some complex configuration management is involved), plus these are often difficult to expand without large additional costs, and recovering from drive failure can be more painful than expected. Alternatively, there's free NAS software like TrueNAS or OpenMediaVault which are powerful, but require an almost IT-pro understanding of storage planning, security and server management, and are really designed for department-level file sharing. Besides, as pointed out, NAS is NOT backup. You still have to plan and PAY for additional resources to backup anything stored on a hardware or software-based NAS, and manage the IT aspects of those plans as well. So in the end, individual drives, CCC, Time Machine and a rough idea of the "3-2-1" backup strategy is probably the best way for home users or individual creators to go.

I habe the same camera and lense. Use it for both video and photos. Nice to see you are keeping up. Good luck on your journey👍🙂

Cheers Ray, great to see your selects of 2025. Upwards and onwards :)

All the best to you, Raymond :-) I'll continue to follow you here on YT. I bought my Z6ii together with the 24-120 - loving the combo .

All the best in 2025….I fell at the end of November and badly busted my femur. Long story short, I required an emergency hip replacement. I also broke a rib and a toe in the last few months. I am really missing outdoor photography this month, but have captured lovely family photos around Xmas. I am using photography mobility and cycling as motivation to get through rehabilitation as soon as reasonably possible. I hope to focus on fun, creative, outings once I recover…likely using Z cameras and adapted manual focus glass. My physical woes of late have hammered home how important photography is to my mental health and creative compulsions! Bring on 2025!

Brilliant Raymond. Thank you 🙏 Informative and captivating. Thorough. You got a subscriber

Best wished for the 2025 and have a speedy recovery

Dear Raymond, I wish you an excellent year 2025 and a speedy recovery. Already the progress is significant. Thank you for your best photos of 2024. If I like your photos in general (you will say that I insist...) your blacks and whites really have something that attracts me. So, in summary, my wishes for 2025: good health for you and for me, try to get as close as possible to what you do in black and white. I think you will achieve the goals long before me :) Health and happiness Raymond. Thank you for accompanying us. And best wishes also to Mrs Parker and all your family.

Wise words and wisdom, Mr. Parker.

Beautiful Messaging Truly Inspiring Music as well!!! Sounds Like “In The Sweet By & By”. Thank You for Demonstrating Your Courageous Commitment & beautiful Images sir!

Hello very good video, I would like to ask a question I bought the z6 lll and I have the telephoto lens 200-500 Nikon and the 28-300 Nikon and I want to buy a TC but I don't know if from the z series or the other F series and if they would be compatible with these two lenses Thank you!

Happy to see you home and active again, Ray! I wish you and your family the best. ❤

Happy New Year Raymond! 🫡

Hello Ray and a Happy New Year to you, glad to see you out and about and whats most important is to feel good about what you do, don't get into the numbers/analytics game with You Tube, I do it for my satisfaction and if someone else learns or enjoys from what I share it's a bonus. Take care and move forward as always- Jeff

Wonderful collection of images from the past year. The 400mm in a cradle...boy, I thought I babied my lenses.

I love the forest videos and stills. I hope to get to the woods north of me (in Southern WI) because that is where I feel at peace.

Happy New Year to you!

Another fantastic video Dad! Time feels like a thief many days for sure... but without the passage of time, the wonderful memories (and photographs) wouldn't exist. Love you! ❤

By the way, i still enjoy some of my early photos))

Happy New Year, Ray!

Happy New Year 🎊 🎉thank you Raymond for all your amazing videos i have been inspired by your knowledge and wisdom. Be well enjoy taking more photo journeys. 🍻

Great message here 🙏🏻 Someone once said “The years, they fly by - but the days, they last forever.” It’s a good way to describe the passing of time throughout life, at least how it feels. Thanks for your continued high quality content here, especially this past year. For what it’s worth, you’ve motivated me to do, and be, better. Peace, love, good health and more photography as we head into 2025! 👊🏻😎📷

Happy New Year Raymond it is great to see you back Home sweet Home recover A.S.A.P. Greetings from a Dutch guy living in South America for over 17 years .Yeh life comes and goes with the flow and Ups and Downs healthy and mentally .Many superb photo moments for this 2025 Amén .

Happy New Year🎉 Raymond .. look forward to your 2025 classes in photography - you’ll make 2025 a better year for all of us viewers with your insight and gift of knowledge. Thanks for sharing.

Happy New Year Ray! I hope 2025 brings you health, happiness and prosperity and...all your viewers more of your wonderful content. ☺

Happy New Year Ray Best of luck going forward, hope the recovery goes smoothly for you. This is a photography channel so my daily resolution is to do good with my image making and my writing.

Hi Ray, Happy New Year and cheers to 2025! Thank you for your thoughtful and inspiring reflections in this video. Your words about photography being a way to slow down and truly "be here now" resonated deeply with me. Your openness about the challenges you faced in 2024, both in health and creative pursuits, was inspiring. As you step into 2025 with your pledge to "just keep trying," I hope you find joy in every frame and every moment of the journey. Your work has an incredible impact, and your audience, including myself, is here cheering you on. Wishing you health, creativity, and plenty of opportunities to be in your "happy place."

Happy New Year, Ray!

Happy New Year, Ray. Health and happiness to you.. May we spent more time savouring the moments.

Thanks for this great review!

Thanks Raymond for your video, I wish you the best for the future, happy new year from France, Christian

I dropped on your video because I'm looking for a simple non professional but secure solution too. I'm pleased to see that CCC gets good reviews by various people in the comment section adding to your opinion. This is definitely a good software and I ordered it. When it comes to hardware I'm still not sure about the solution that fits my needs as a hobby photographer and family COO. More research is needed but data wise I'm already on the safe side.