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Ken Miracle

Ken Miracle

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The Z6III is no slouch on birds with the Z600 f/4 TC no not as good as the Z9. My Z9's are off for NPS maintenance and cleaning so used my Z6III on my new Z600 f/4 TC for the first time.

The Z6III does not have all of the custom controls settings for the lens control ring that the Z9 does so after setting the counter clockwise to single point AF rather than the cycle through AF modes that I have on the Z9's I made the 5 minute walk over to our local pond to test the combo out.

Usually if I am using the Z6III for birds I use the Z600 f/6.3. I have the Nikon MB-N14 Power Battery Pack on the Z6III and I appreciate the extra battery on board and it just feels better in my hands especially with the Z600 f/4 TC.

Here are some of the birds that were around on a breezy early afternoon to try this combo out on for my bird ID photography.
Mallard Hen, American Coot, Mallard Drake, Canada Geese, House Finch, Song Sparrow.

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Ken Miracle said:
I do not know ... even with my hi tech hearing aids many bird songs are all or partially above the frequency I can hear.
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I lost some hearing a number of years ago from chemotherapy ("the gift that keeps on giving"), but still have enough in the high end to hear our song birds. Now put me in a noisy place like many large and loud restaurants that seem to be popular these days and I cannot even hear myself think. Btu glad you were able to capture the finches on camera. The males do sport nice bright feathers.

--Ken
 
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I lost some hearing a number of years ago from chemotherapy ("the gift that keeps on giving"), but still have enough in the high end to hear our song birds. Now put me in a noisy place like many large and loud restaurants that seem to be popular these days and I cannot even hear myself think. Btu glad you were able to capture the finches on camera. The males do sport nice bright feathers.

--Ken
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Sorry to hear the chemo keeps on giving to you.

I did it to myself I shot my hearing out over 3 days in high school. I was a competitive target rifle shooter and always wore hearing protection but not when I was hunting, something we never thought about back then because we wanted to hear what we were hunting. We had a Jack Rabbit population explosion one winter and my older cousin's haystacks were being girdled then falling over and the hay not consumed was being spoiled. My grandfather and uncle loaded up 5,000 rounds of .270 90 grain hollow points and sent me to my cousins to control the rabbits. I shot up all 5,000 rounds in 3 day out of a model 70 winchester with a cutts compensator (recoil reducer) that vented gas and noise angled back past my ears. My ears started ringing and have never stopped.
 
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Ken Miracle said:
Sorry to hear the chemo keeps on giving to you.

I did it to myself I shot my hearing out over 3 days in high school. I was a competitive target rifle shooter and always wore hearing protection but not when I was hunting, something we never thought about back then because we wanted to hear what we were hunting. We had a Jack Rabbit population explosion one winter and my older cousin's haystacks were being girdled then falling over and the hay not consumed was being spoiled. My grandfather and uncle loaded up 5,000 rounds of .270 90 grain hollow points and sent me to my cousins to control the rabbits. I shot up all 5,000 rounds in 3 day out of a model 70 winchester with a cutts compensator (recoil reducer) that vented gas and noise angled back past my ears. My ears started ringing and have never stopped.
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Quite a story! I suspect a lot of folks would reconsider hearing protection they passed up on in their younger days as they get older and look back. I never was exposed to loud environments, but I do regret not wearing a mask and gloves when I handled landscaping chemicals when I was a teen. We never thought of it at the time. I knew to wash my hands afterwards, and not to get it in my mouth, but I am sure I breathed in dust and fumes that were not good for me. But we are both still here and photographing, so I'll take that as a good sign.

--Ken
 
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