OMAX - 40X-2500X LED Digital Trinocular Lab Compound Microscope with USB Camera and Mechanical Stage - M83EZ-C03S

This was bought was a Christmas present from my wife and I'm reviewing this on her account. It was the trinocular microscope with a digital camera in the third eye piece.On the plus side this is a lovely microscope, well engineered and nicely made. It has a good, heavy feel and is very well put together. The controls are fairly easy to figure out and when you have done so it's easy to use. I'm new to this, so it took a little while. But it's all working now and I'm really pleased with it.So...why only 3 stars?Firstly there were no set up instructions with the microscope. Nothing whatsoever. This may be an error by the distributor, but a leaflet explaining how to get started would have been useful to say the least. There was absolutely nothing included in the package.Secondly the software CD didn't work. I'm an IT professional, so I tried a few different techniques. But nothing. I concluded that this was a faulty disc. Fortunately the standard Win 10 operating system on my laptop supports this as a plug and play digital camera, so you don't actually need the Omex software. But I hoped the Omex software would provide something useful so I went onto their website and download the software for free from there. It is basically fairly simple and old fashioned photo editing software, probably not worth bothering with.Finally the lenses and different parts of the microscope are all well made, but they are delicate as you can imagine. So it would have been nice to have a set of caps for each lens. For example when you swap out one set of eye pieces a rubber cap would be very useful to protect them again dust and dirt.So a few gripes about the accessories provided in the package by the distributor, but no complaints about the microscope itself, I love it

Si llego a Nuevo León jala muy bien el programa para conectarlo al microscopio no jala pero se puede arreglar descargando otro en el internet, fuera de eso muy buena calidad esperaba menos

Todo perfecto. solo le pongo dos pegas. una que la cámara no lo muestra en el ordenador muy nítido y segunda que no viene con los cristales para las muestras.

Very nice beginner to intermediate level compound microscope. Perfect for students. Camera works seamlessly with software and provides good images.

This is a great high quality microscope, not that i can compare to others, as this is my first, but is solid and works well. The camera picture quality is fairly poor, but will do. Microscope doesn't come with any slides to use, so had to make a makeshift one. You need to order slides with this microscope. Also no manual on what all the elements are used for. There is a CD that comes with the microscope with software for the Camera, but what PC's/Laptops come with CD/DVD ROM these days??? However, you can find the software on the web. Search for "ToupView".

I am satisfied with the cost benefit of this microscope. It is well suited for the occasional hobbyist or high school student. I was easily able to see protozoa.