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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rmpsrpms, post: 3020932, member: 31773&quot;]Based on the OP, I concluded that <b><i>viewing</i></b> was the main goal, while <i><b>photographing</b></i> was secondary. The B&amp;L scope can do well for viewing, and the occasional photographing using your phone or a cheap camera. If photographing is more important, then I usually recommend a system as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>Canon Rebel XS camera</p><p>M42 adapters, extensions, helicoids, etc</p><p>Nikon 75mm lens (if not wanting to go beyond 2:1)</p><p>Nikon 50mm lens (if wanting to go up to 4:1)</p><p>Cheap tripod or homemade copy stand</p><p><br /></p><p>The above system would cost you ~$250. </p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the Canon camera and free software that comes with it allows you to view the image on-screen, and zoom-in for looking at details and for fine focusing, sort of like a USB microscope but with better image quality. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to do very high quality closeups, you can substitute a microscope objective for the lenses above, for about the same price. Problem with this is that focus stacking is usually required to get best results. Better optics means less depth of field, so focus stacking is needed to get everything in clear focus. Lower quality optics means more depth of field, so single images can work, but are of course not as sharp or clear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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