Can't quite figure how you used the Mac power adapter to charge a battery....
Not the Mac power adapter, but a recent iPad Pro power adapter, which is USB-C. With the iMac I connected the camera to one of its USB-C ports in the back.
Here's one of my first photos with the Nikon Z6iii.
NikonZ6iii, 500PF with adapter, 1/2500, f/5.6, ISO 6400
Nikon Z6III, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 800, VR On (Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, July 2024)
Nikon Z6III, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/500 sec, f/11, ISO 800, VR On (Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, July 2024)
Nikon Z6III, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/500 sec, f/8, ISO 800, VR On (Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, July 2024)
To my eyes, the colors look slightly different from my (former) Z6 orig. Same lenses, and using NX Studio in the same way for converting NEFs. I like these colors better.
Could be a different CFA, the changes brought by Expeed 7 (in which case the colors should be close to the Zf's), or perhaps this is not an Exmor sensor?
Nikon Z6III, Nikkor Z 7-200mm f/2.8 VR S @ 200mm, 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 100 (Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, Virginia, July 2024)
Nikon Z6III, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S @ 200mm, 1/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 (Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, Virginia, July 2024)
Nikon Z6III, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S @ 200mm, 1/1000 sec, f/8, ISO 800 (Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, August 2024)
Nikon Z6III, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S @ 200mm, 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 (Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, Virginia, July 2024)
Nikon Z6III, Nikkor Z 85mm f/1.8 S, 1/500 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100, -1.0 EC (Prince Street, Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, August 2024)
Nikon Z6III, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S @ 45mm, 1/2000 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100, +0.33 EC (25th annual Labor Day Car Show, Fairfax City, Virginia, September 2024)
I finally managed to get a few pixel shift photos that were merged with no problems by NX Studio. No tripod, but placed the camera on a flat(ish) stable support available on location. ES + 2s exposure delay. Pre-focused using back button/AF-C. Shutter speed varied between 1/125s and 1/1000s. Only used the 4-shot pixel shift.
Based on my calculations, this pixel shift mode adds about 1/3s to the total exposure time, regardless of the actual shutter speed. The merged file is a little larger that the size of the 4 shots combined. No scientific testing, but to my eyes the result is a bit more crisp (just like the AA filter was completely eliminated) but not by much. The AA filter in the Z6II must be pretty weak. I will experiment more with this, but for now it seems like it will help my photos in only a very few situations.
Nikon Z6III, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S @ 37mm, 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, -0.67 EC (Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, Virginia, September 2024)
It is a pleasure to manually focus with the Z6III...
Nikon Z6III, Voigtländer Nokton 50mm F1 Aspherical Z, 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 (Alexandria, Virginia, September 2024)