I agree, that RS microscope is pretty worthless, very hard to hold still ... but, RS has a pocket 3-way magnifying glass that works pretty good ... you can slide one lens over another, and get the magnification right where you want it ... I think it was $6-$7, or so ... :smokin:
the image reaper Reviewed by the image reaper on . Camera lense to check trichomes So if anybody wants a really superior optic to check trichomes, just take out the lenses from an old camera. These lenses should give you a much higher quality image, much better than that crappy Radioshack microscope. The microscope is OK and has a higher magnification than you'll get from a camera lense, but the lenses it uses are really small and low quality, plus it's almost impossible to look at a free-standing plant with it. The camera lense won't do that weird thing that the microscope Rating: 5