Review on AmScope M150C-E-A 40X-1000X LED Cordless All-Metal Framework Full-Glass Optical Lens Student Compound Microscope with Coarse & Fine Focusing + Digital Camera USB Imager: Enhance Your Microscopic Study with High-Quality Imaging Capability! by Jeff Jordan

Have been using this microscope almost every day for 7 months now! We use it to test the monarch butterflies we breed to ensure they are free of the disease (OE - Ophryocystis elektroscirrha) before releasing them into the wild. We only used the digital camera a few times as the microscope is readily powerful enough to see OE spores without the aid of a computer. Apart from that I am attaching 2 photos taken with a USB camera, one showing a "pure" monarch and the other showing pure OE spurs. TIP to SAVE MONEY: As we've raised over 500 butterflies this season any of them would be incredibly expensive so we decided to use a piece of clear view tape to collect a sample of scales/spores and rubbing it gently on B. the abdomen of the adult, and then attached to paper index cards (Mead Plain Index Cards, 4" X 6" (63006)). < This particular "card" is ridiculously flimsy and cheap, so it's for single-sided use only. In any case, with this technique we don't use the built-in light under the "slide" (or in our case the card index), but simply illuminate it from above with a hand lamp. Quirky, but it gets the job done quickly and inexpensively. I am attaching photos of our setup with flashcards and flashlight (Rockbirds LED Portable Flashlight, A100 Mini LED Zoomable Super Bright 3 Mode Tactical Flashlight, Best Hiking Hunting Fishing Camping Tools (2 Pack)). Overall I would definitely recommend this compound microscope and it's a great price too! I hope the photos help with further explanation. If yes, please click 'Yes' for this to be helpful!