April 5th, 2008 Radim Marek
I had opportunity to deliver session during RedHat Partner Summit 2008 at Malaga about implementation of JBoss Middleware for one of our clients - RS Components.
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September 19th, 2007 Radim Marek
Five months later and my blog is back. Again! To go through all the reasons, why the previous attempt wasn’t the right one, would sound as not very good joke. So, I’ll spare you.
In order to be able to post regularly I have decided to dedicate laststation.net to the topic that’s closest to my every day life - software development, based predominantly on Java/J2EE technologies. My target audience are my friends and people around me who share similar interest. In last couple of years I’ve enjoyed passing some of my knowledge to others, so I hope I’ll manage to do the same with this blog.
Thanks for your visit and wish me luck!
PS: If you’re looking for my photography (totally neglected in last weeks), check my Flickr Photostream. The rest of the stuff is irreversibly gone and without plan to return in any form.
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April 28th, 2007 Radim Marek
I love my Epson V750. It’s a remarkable scanner with price tag that won’t ruin your budget. For a little bit over £500 you can’t get anything better. With one exception, the original film holders are difficult too
use and way to flimsy for scanner’s professional ambitions. Luckily, there is a solution for this problem - Dual MF Film Holder (120/200) from betterscanning.com.
After superb communication with Doug Fisher, I expected to wait eight days for new parts to arrive as recent huge demand depleted his inventory of components. Exactly as promised, nine days later I received shipment details and not very long afterwards Royal Mail delivered my new film holder and ANR Insert.
I won’t exaggerate if I say the film holder is everything I was hoping for. Its solid and very well made construction is easy to use. T-Lock insert system provides necessary support to keep film almost perfectly flat.
Many users of V700/V750 scanners reported unsatisfactory quality of scans. Unlike dedicated models there is no option to adjust and focus the scanner’s internal lenses. That may result in lack of sharpness in the final image. Original holder provides height adjusters to change default height between the film holder and document table for about 1mm.
Doug Fisher’s Dual MF Film Holder allows highly improved adjustment. I haven’t tried the maximum height you can achieve, as the optimum height for my scanners is between 1.6 and 1.8 mm. Although the process requires a bit of patience, it’s still pretty easy and once you get your focus right you’ll be rewarded by adequate sharpness.
Well, I can continue going through the rest of the features, but it will be just repeating what is already written on the original pages for this fantastic product. I haven’t got chance to try ANR Insert, but expecting it to be perfect for longer panoramic film.
If you have V700/V750 and scanning 120 films, don’t wait and get one. You won’t regret it. Only thing I can do is to express thanks once more again to Doug Fisher for very smooth transaction and perfect product
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