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    PC recommendations.

    Hi all, I've got an Acer, bought in April '17: Windows 10; AMD A10 7800 quad-core plus AMD R7 graphics; 2TB; 8GB DDR. Trouble is, it's always been quite slow, even with my old bridge cameras. Now, for example, with a Canon that produces 32MP files, on download from the camera's memory card...
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    Another Eudonia pallida?

    Also trapped this one on 12.9.'19; Norfolk, near Fakenham, to MV light; wing-length 8 mm. Must be pallida surely? Thank you, Thomas
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    Eudonia pallida?

    Hoping this can be confirmed. Wing-length 8mm, trapped: MV on 12th Sept. '19, near Fakenham. Norfolk, UK. Thank you for looking, Thomas
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    Two Crambids and a mystery Tortrix.

    Hoping someone can confirm that the first is Crambus uliginosellus, found during the day at Buxton Heath, Norfolk, on 19.7.'19. The second came to an MV on 11.8.'19, near Fakenham; not the best of photos I know, but is this Agriphila latistria? The third came to the MV on the above date but I...
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    Tiny micros; best kit to take good photos?

    I've posted on this forum because taking photos of some, tiny micro species is really pushing the boundaries. I've been using a Panasonic bridge camera (an FZ1000 + a Raynox 250) for a couple of years and it's very challenging trying to get good images of a beast with a forewing length of, say...
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    Two micros to ID please, Norfolk.

    The first (one photo) is either Acleris emargana or A. effractana but that's maybe as far as one can go with this. It was trapped on 22nd September '17. The other 3 photos are of a tiny micro, forewing 3.5 mm, trapped on 26th September 2017. One of the (many) Coleophoridae? Thanks for...
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    Dark Chestnut? and a macro sp., Norfolk

    I'd be grateful if the first could be confirmed; trapped on 25.10.'17; 3 photos. The fourth photo was taken on 31.10.'17. Is this a Northern Winter Moth? Thanks, Thomas
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    ID for micro please, Strumpshaw, Norfolk

    Seen on Wayfarer, 9.7.'17. I can't seem to find this anywhere despite it being quite distinctive so any ideas welcome. TIA, Thomas
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    Moth IDs / confirmations, Norfolk, UK.

    Any help with these would be great: Photos 1 & 2 (1000679 & ...680): Epinotia immundana? Forewing c.5 mm; 15th August 2017. Photo 3 (...684) Can anyone confirm that this a Lychnis please? 15th Aug. '17. Photos 4 & 5 (...743 & ...744): Epinotia nisella? 4th Sept. '17. TIA, Thomas PS From...
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    New FZ 1000, images not sharp and AF not great.

    Hi all, Just wondering if I'd got a bad 'un as images seem OK on the camera's screen but disappointing on a monitor. My old FZ 38 did a better job I reckon. Also, AF doesn't seem to be able to focus on what I want, say a tall, thin stem at a distance of 30 feet or so in front of a tree at 50...
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    Photoshop Elements 9 and Windows 10.

    Does anybody know if PSE 9 can work properly on a Windows 10 PC please? I can download photos in the usual way and see them in the organiser but when I try to edit then save, all I can see in the organiser is a grey box with an image of a torn photo in it. I tried up-dating PSE 9 on several...
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    Password page not displaying, Windows 10

    Usually when the PC is switched on, a screen comes up showing the date and time. One click then brings up a space in the middle where the password is entered. Recently though, the password screen won't show, locking me out. Any ideas as to get round this? TIA, Thomas
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    Virginia USA, RFI

    I'm due to land in Washington Dulles this Sunday, 24th July. I'm heading for Richmond but will probably try to stay the first night not too far from Washington as it'll have been a long day. Any advice regarding somewhere productive en route where I could go birding that day would be much...
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    Android device N. America bird ID app?

    I'm off to Virginia soon and wondered if any such app exists. TIA, Thomas
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    Lead-coloured?

    Hi. This came to an MV in my garden in Norfolk on 28th March '14. Among lots of Clouded Drabs this looked a good candidate. Can anyone confirm my ID please? TIA, Thomas
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    Yahoo mail: error 0x800CCC90

    I keep getting this error message when trying to gain access to my incoming Yahoo e-mails via Windows Mail: "Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR ', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number...
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    External hard drive recommendation.

    I'm looking for something to store my photos on; I've got about 7,000 at the moment. I used to back up to DVDs but I'm hoping it'd be easier and possibly cheaper to copy them all over to a new H/D. TIA, Thomas
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    Australia field guide:download to I-pad?

    I'm trying to find out for someone who's going to Oz soon whether if it's possible to download a f/g as a weight-saving strategy in the field. Any ideas welcomed. TIA, Thomas
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    Creating an artificial bee and wasp bank.

    Any suggestions as to the size required, material used etc. would be most welcome. The site, in Norfolk, is south-facing and open to sunlight. My initial thought was to make a wedge shape ( i.e. like a slice of cake on its side) with the thin edge facing north, using a mixture of sand and...
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    Micro to ID.

    Three photos of the same moth, taken in Norfolk on 20th June 2012. TIA, Thomas
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    PS Elements 9 to new system.

    PS Elements 9 to new system. I recently had my old PC's hard drive put into a newer PC's tower, as a slave drive. I installed PSE 9 on the newer PC's hard drive and by getting it to search under 'Files and Folders' in the old drive, successfully copied across all my photos. At a prompt, I then...
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    Windows Mail: error 623.

    I'm having difficulty connecting my e-mail client directly and keep getting the above error message, which says, "The System Could Not Find the Phone Book Entry for This Connection When You Try to Make a VPN Connection". I can gain access to my e-mails by going on the Net and can get on to BF...
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    PS Elements 9 to new system.

    I recently had my old PC's hard drive put into a newer PC's tower, as a slave drive. I installed PSE 9 on the newer PC's hard drive and by getting it to search under 'Files and Folders' in the old drive, successfully copied across all my photos. At a prompt, I then copied over all associated...
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    Four moths and a caterpillar for ID / confirmation please.

    1) A micro; photo taken in my garden, Norfolk, 17th July 2010. 2) Is this Pyrausta purpuralis? It seems that telling these from P. aurata isn't always straight forward. Blickling, Norfolk, 1st August 2010. 3) This must be a Vapourer caterpillar I think, although two of the 'brushes' are dark...
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    A mixed bunch for ID please.

    1) A fly? My garden, Norfolk, 2nd June 2010. 2) Is this a hoverfly? Ditto; 24th June 2010. 3) Spotted Crane-fly? Ditto; 25th June 2010. 4) Grasshopper sp.. Ditto; 25th June 2010. 5) Grasshopper sp., Pensthorpe, 2nd July 2010. Any help gratefully received, Thomas
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