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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rmpsrpms, post: 3011735, member: 31773&quot;]What is your purpose for the microscope?</p><p>1) Viewing coins directly through the eyepieces in stereo to look for varieties and such</p><p>2) Photographing coins for sharing finds</p><p>3) Viewing coins through the camera live on-screen</p><p><br /></p><p>#1 above can be accomplished for much less money, but without trinoc port. A B&amp;L StereoZoom sells for ~$100 these days and gives you 7x...30x with 10x eyepieces. This allows viewing a full Cent. If you want to view a full Dollar, you can add a 0.5x auxiliary.</p><p>#2 can be accomplished with in many ways, depending on the quality you&#039;re looking for. The Trinoc will likely give a bit better quality than a USB camera since the optics will be better. If you want higher image quality you could go with a camera setup. There is a thread on another forum outlining how to do this for ~$300-$400.</p><p>#3 can be accomplished with any of the existing USB, Trinoc, or camera setup.</p><p><br /></p><p>So you could get a $100 B&amp;L and a camera setup for ~$400-$500, and end up with all the same functionality, and better image quality than you could get from the Trinoc. Drawback is it&#039;s in separate systems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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