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

Funciona de maravilla, ya probé la cámara. Todo bien, solo me gustaría que la cámara mostrará la imagen completa de la muestra, solo se enfoca en un punto en específico. Funciona bien la aplicación que hay que descargar, es de interfaz un poco complicada pero ya que le agarras la onda todo bien, el diseño es práctico. Es muy útil.

At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to spend the money after a professor told me that anything under $1k wasn’t worth it, well boy was he wrong. This is well worth the money and the only thing I changed was upgrading to a 5mp camera. It’s perfect for basic microscopy and isn’t too bulky or clunky. Would buy it again.

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