Help me choose a microscope

I’d like to know the answer to this one too.

I am a little envious of the question. Lol. I don’t even have a cheap magnifying glass yet 🙂

Can’t help you there but happy hunting.

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I’m also very interested in this thread. I’m looking to upgrade my blade imaging.

I have a Veho VMS-004. Says it is up to x400. But it just leaves me dreaming of my own scanning electron! 🙂

Actually, I wouldn’t need/want to go that far — on a daily basis. But going farther than my Veho I think about every day. Taking a flight, I brought home the SkyMall magazine because of this:
http://www.skymall.com/video-screen-microscope/79302.html#q=microscope&start=1

If it does what it says it does, this might satisfy me but I am far too hesitant to buy something through SkyMall. Don’t know exactly why I assume my chances of being disappointed with a SkyMall purchase are sky high? Is this a “gimic” microscope? If not it might hold good promise.

I’ve been looking casually around here for something similar. Casually because I’m not close to buying yet. But, anything I’ve seen that delivered similar specs and the kind of details I want at the size/resolution I want was a lot more money than the SkyMall model.

I’m also looking into trying to live stream my old Sony digital camera to my computer monitor. It has a pretty good macro feature with zoom. It might get me the “live action” images I’m hoping for.

Saw this article too that may hold promise in the not too distant future.

http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-build-a-low-cost-afm-nanoscope-out-of-lego-arduino-board?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d36c508293-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_147a5a48c1-d36c508293-282126373

Good hunting. Let us/me know how your research is going.

I do like the Dino-Lite scopes, very easy to use and good quality optics. The stand is imperative. AmScope makes a lot of different models that are good too, considering the quality and cost though they are a significant step up from the Dino and others in that range. I’m not sure that getting something over 500x and under 6000x is very useful for most of us. The depth of field is so small at higher magnification that it’s tough to get a clear picture of the edge without good software and a pretty stout computer.