Microscope Buying Advice!

[silent leprechaun]

I bought a $5 60x microscope off ebay. Has a little led light on it too. It's a little tricky to use and near impossible standing up. I just cut off a leaf and have a look at it. Works for me and I paid a fraction of the cost. Doesn't take picture though

[tacman7]

It needs seperate zoom and focus buttons huh

Yea it has a zoom button that you push one way for in and the other for out and push it to take a picture.

Then it has a focus ring, just hard to coordinate everything, if only I'd spent more time playing video games when I was young.

I was looking at the eyeclops like Weezard was saying, might still try one of those if I don't get to mastering this one.

Been doing better though.

[rudy2010]

I have the $13 scope from Radio Shack. It works but takes a while to get good at it. You really have to make sure you are not confusing shadows with brown/amber trichs. My neighbor bought a $30 dollar handheld that works much better. I will have one of those next year since it is really easy to use in the field.

I am definitely looking for a better model like the ones shown above. It would be really nice to have a view on my PC. I have a laptop that I could take into the field but I don't think the scope will run on batteries. I am off the grid so have to use generators for electrical power.

[Faultline]

I just got a scope similar to the one pictured. It's called gro 1 . Although it comes with a stand I found that I had to put the scope on a table. So if you want to take a picture of a spider mite, you have to take the infected leave off the plant and put it on a table. Use the scope like you would use a magnifying lupe.

[tacman7]

I'm finding the microscope is cool to play with but for judging tricombs on the plant I went back to my previous camera, it's slower than my new one but takes good close up shots.


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Opinions? I'm thinking about harvesting these buds pretty soon even though I don't see any amber...

[bayou bud]

Radio Shak offers an illuminated handheld microscope 60x-100x for $15...

[Farmer Rich]

For simply looking at trichomes to judge when to chop, I've found a simple jewlers loup works best. Not as much detail as shown here in the thread, but definitely enough to see what's clear, milky and amber. I will admit being the geek I am, the electronic versions look like fun to play with.. but I'd still take the simple route for deciding when to harvest.

Peace,

Farmer Rich

[cannabrit]

what's the minimum magnification you would need for this?

[Farmer Rich]

Here's the one I use: Doublet Magnifier 20mm 16 x: Industrial & Scientific

[zokkufu]

I started out with a basic 8x then bought a 35x and now im waiting for a GSI 200x usb HD.LED that I picked up for 39$ on Amazon .Cant wait! I'm gonna be a real scientist! But for some reason every time I look for bugs using some form of magnification device. ( having a mite issue) I always think I'm gonna look and one of those fuckers are gonna bare teeth at me and challenge me to a fight lol