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If it were me and cost were important, I would probably get the Laborlux S, since it's available now near you at a reasonable price and would get you started in microphotography. You could switch parts between it and your Laborlux 12, keep the one you want, and sell on the other. That way, your outl...

Interesting article. If achromats provide more depth of field, I am very much in favor of that, although I suppose it depends on the type of photography how much that matters. The Laborlux S with its trinocular head would get you right into photography (its head may also be interchangeable with your...

That price seems unbeatable. Amscope wants more for the phase contrast kit alone.

https://www.amscope.com/accessories/con ... t-kit.html

Good to hear the absence of the "Amscope" logo does not necessarily mean anything is wrong with the microscope, although it does seems strange they would not want to stencil their name on the scope for advertising purposes. I am inclining toward returning the microscope, however. It is unreasonably ...

I recently purchased on Amazon an Amscope SMDG-2T-6WB stereo microscope, sold by what seems to be the Amscope store there. https://www.amazon.com/7X-45X-Dual-Trinocular-Stereo-Microscope/dp/B00X4LKO9E/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=SMDG-2T-6WB&qid=1622535385&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 The shipping label sh...

It has become a strange business, for sure. I have two Amscope microscopes that I bought on Amazon from what seems to be the Amscope dealer there. One has the Amscope name on it, the other has no name anywhere at all, even though it is exactly the same scope shown in the Amazon photo with "Amscope" ...