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Slovakia. I'll be ordering via Internet (ebay or similar) as local companies either sell only to companies or have large markups. I'm in no rush so I'll start by educating myself, I haven't read any biology books since high school despite liking the subject. And I'm already reading micscape so I sup...

Thanks, getting stains/mountants and learning some photo editing is on my todo list.

Thanks for all the help guys, I went with Amscope T490A-PL-HC2 (the camera is basically a freebie 2MP...). I've played with it a bit already and although as an amateur I can't really compare it to anything other than toy microscopes, both me and my daughter are satisfied. I've made a quick darkfield...

Hi all, I'm going to buy my first microscope and after some online research I'm going for Amscope's T490-DK. It will be for hobby use for me and my daughter, mostly to observe pond life and look at biology specimens. There are two options with the only difference in eyepieces/price: - T490A with 10x...