Swift SW380T Compound Trinocular Microscope,40X-2500X Magnification,Two-Layer Mechanical Stage,5.0 MP Camera and Software Windows/Mac Compatible and 100 PCS Blank Slides

I wanted to view the edge of a knife blade, to judge my sharpening attempts. The digital camera, displaying on a large screen, worked perfectly. This thing is HEAVY. Well made, and the adjustment knobs work smoothly. No downsides to this one, except the price (which is in line with other mfrs.).

The microscope is amazing, I love it. I just wish the instructions had more info. I feel the booklet is made for people who studied microscopes in school. For me, it's a hobby, so it was a bit of a learning curve to get it working right. A tip for the camera, you have a threaded shaft that also has a ring on it that can be rotated on the threads. So when you screw the camera in, turn the microscope on, attach the camera at the top, focus on a slide, and then screw the camera attachment in, while looking at the image you get on your computer. When it's focused like in the eyepiece, then screw the ring in so it tightens, and stays focused. When doing this, I recommend finding a small particle on one of the pre-prepared slides, a particle that goes from an o shape to black and then to blurry when turning the fine focus knob, and first focus on the particle when it's fully black, then focus the camera to have it be black, then set the focus back so the particle becomes o shaped. If your camera attachment is well focused, you will see the o shape the same way on the screen.

I bought this to count worm eggs in fecal samples from my dairy goats to better manage deworming. I had no prior experience doing this, but after a few hours of use everything became routine. The image is quite bright, the movable stage moves smoothly and the microscope is comfortable to use. The enclosed camera software for Linux was easy to install.

Très bon microscope : attention ce n'est pas un jouet. Dommage que le mode d'emploi est tout en anglais....

Very solid scope