Quote Originally Posted by copobo
who has used a stand-alone digi-microscope?

one that takes an SD card and doesn't require a USB connection and compatable computer to take pictures?

recs?

great thread.
I have never used one of those actually. I know that many of the better lab-quality ones that have a dynamic focal range (often up to 2500x or more) are slide-based and won't work with 3D samples such as marijuana. I'm sure there's a stereo microscope sans slides, but I haven't found one at a reasonable price... the Discovery does the job we need it to do, so we've settled on that one as the best choice.

We'll probably end up with a better lab-quality microscope at some point, but those damn things are expensive... Discovery FTW at the moment.