Sunday, 24th May, 2026

The V850 situation reminds me of ham radios. Manufacturers make a great product that does what you want. Then it gets discontinued and people realise there isn’t really anything that compares, and so - in the case of ham radio - used prices skyrocket and people are trying to get these used products. This fine for a while but eventually they start to get really old and you wonder why you’re paying more for this 20 year old radio than a brand new one. Oh yes, that’s because the feature set is worst now than it was before. I don’t think V850 prices are going to go up, but they’re certainly not going to go down.

I think they still make the V600, which is probably perfectly usable for me, of course I keep thinking the V850 would be better. I did find a site selling a new

The funny thing is that two days ago I hadn’t thought about the scanner for years. It’s been a trip down memory lane, when I was doing scanning before, and looking at the limited selection back then. But now I want to get one and it’ll arrive and immediately go onto a shelf or the attic. Probably a macro lens option is best but that whole route is a faff. I can 3D print stuff now, so maybe that would help somehow. Really I should find my dark bag, get a 120 insert for the dark tank, buy some film and use it!

“This too shall pass.”