Nikon's betting their entire future on the Z9. When folks started to question Nikon's ability to deliver on the promised internal RAW video, because of how Kinefinity and DJI where forced to remove it, Nikon directly answered a resounding "yes". And sure enough they delivered. Now, I don't believe Nikon is stupid, they must have reviewed all the possibilities with their lawyers, and firmly believe that they can beat this.
I hope Nikon beats them and finally frees the industry. I hate RED and I hate their stupid cult, and believe me, it's a cult. Like an idiot I bought into the hype and got a Komodo shortly after they came out and my god, what a piece of crap, sold it 8 months later, the Pocket 6K image is superior and the handling is great.
RED cameras feel like they are in perpetual Beta firmware, they may release a build final, but it's always glitchy and unfinished. For example, in their official documents they have diagrams mentioning that Komodo can send timecode out, but the feature has not been implemented still after 2 years. On my Alexa I can send timecode out to trigger record on my MixPre6 simultaneously, the Komodo can't do it yet in the firmware. When I post on REDUSER about any problem I was having with the Komodo I was immediately attacked by their cult.
I hated the way Red Epics would spew hot hair in your face in between takes and everyone waiting on set for that stupid black shade calibration to complete. Meanwhile, operating a Blackmagic or an Alexa is a rock solid experience, the Alexa may take a little to boot up, but man is she stable as heck, and NEVER have to black shade.
RED's own videos on their products tend to target a certain demographic, they always feature some grungy dude in a t-shirt with a cap, with dirty fingernails in a dark room. Compare their videos to Arri's or Blackmagic's that are always clean and well presented. They go after a certain user they want to appeal to, and call me old-fashioned, but I don't relate to that RED guy. Ok, enough of my rant. Hahaha.