SM-3TZ-80S Professional Trinocular Stereo Zoom Microscope, WH10x Eyepieces, 3.5X-90X Magnification, 0.7X-4.5X Zoom Objective, 80-Bulb LED Ring Light, Single-Arm Boom Stand, 90V-265V, Includes 0.5X and 2.0X Barlow Lenses

I have enjoyed using these scopes at work for sometime. So it was a no brainer for me to buy one for my own when I needed one. My only disappointments were:1) Some of the parts are now make of plastic. Mostly dust cover type parts nothing that would lessen the optical stability of the unit. The ring light is also now plastic. I am a bit worried about that as it sometimes get hit when placing objects into the field of view.2) AmScope thinks that they should hide the online instruction manual (in poor English) behind a password. The password is supposed to be printed on the box. My box had all kinds of numbers and codes printed on it. Not a single one worked so I had to email them to get it. Why they figured it had to be password protected is beyond me.3) The camera port design has changed. The new one has a telescoping tube that has a sloppy fit.But besides this annoyances, the unit is solid and has great optics. It is a joy to use.

This is a BEAST. And I mean that in only the best way. Be prepared to assemble a VERY heavy microscope. The base alone is very heavy, which is great. You don't have to worry about your expensive microscope fitter with an even more expensive DSLR falling over on you. Wonderful optics with much better depth of field than less expensive scopes. The ring light is very nice.

Bought this for surface-mount soldering. It's perfect for that job! As far as I can tell, it's a perfect copy of the super-expensive microscopes available 20 years ago.

Makes my job so much easier!

I love this microscope. I study entomology and received it as a graduation gift. This scope is perfect. I can get much more detail that I could with the scopes at my school, it will come in handy for those specimens with especially minute characters I need to see. I don't have a camera yet, but I chose this so I would have the option to attach a camera in the future. I love that the scope can move laterally, I often have to examine aquatic samples in large trays and pick out very tiny insects, and it is wonderful to be able to move the scope to the sample instead of trying to fit the sample on the stand. I ended up taking off the long horizontal arm since I need a more compact set up now, but its really nice that I have the option either way