Inspecting Trichomes?

mrCRC420

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RadioShack, $11. 60-100x. Same as the amazon "420 Scope" but different name.

Its perfect, just buy it.
 

TechnoMage

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I use a $12.00 microscope from Radio Shack which I think is a 60x. Any way works just fine.
Completely true. I've got a few straight up optical ones but I wanted something that I could take digital images with. That and I'm getting old and my eyes aren't what they used to be.

i gave up trying to hold it on the plant, i just take a flower clipping and go to my desk with it:)
I do the exact same thing. Problem I had with the other style was that the pressure of focusing would slightly bend the stand. Then when I took my finger off of the microscope, the image would be out of focus. With the model I got, I can use the focus on the microscope itself as a "rough focus" and then use the height adjustment on the stand for fine control.

Take the three photos below. I never changed the focus, I just slightly changed the height.







 
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