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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 522604, member: 15199&quot;]The big question is whether you are Ok with the minimal 10X magnification. Most of these do not have a focusing distance that can allow you to get all of large coins in view at the same time. There are some ( even more expensive) that allows one to easily get all coins from Morgan size on down in same screen.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are a variety collector (such as mint mark varieties), these microscopes are extremely useful. I have a taiwan generic that was much less expensive, but at the best, it can only do a dime size coin completely. Since I like to post all size coins, especially cent size, I only use the microscope a small amount of time. I have other microscopes that can go from 3.5X up. If this is to be your only photomagnification device, I would check for the long focus type ( they usually show a complete photograph of a large coinlike a Morgan) as the price difference would increase your use for all views.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also the software ( unless it is greatly improved) was worse than freebie photo processing programs with a USB import function. It would &quot;bloom&quot; with the LED light source and gave false colors. I use Corel Photo pro X2, which isn&#039;t free, but I received it with a camera purchase and it works well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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