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C2PA – Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity<\/a><\/strong> – came to the Z 6III with the 2.0 Firmware update. This is cutting edge, brand new stuff (Beta) and with it being new, questions pop up. The first is, “I installed the firmware update but can’t find C2PA in the menus!” That’s is correct, it’s not there until you finish up installing it via the Nikon Imaging Cloud<\/a><\/strong> website. In short, your Z 6III (only Nikon currently capable of C2PA) talks to the Nikon Cloud where the certificate is created that then resides in the Z 6III. Before going further and giving you the impression I fully understand this new technology, I do not. But I have done a deep dive in the past 24hrs and want to share what I’ve learned. The most important things are, this is Beta and, this will be important in the years to come.<\/p>\n What does this all do for you? 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