Fun with microscopes...

Fun with microscopes...  I've long wanted a decent low-powered microscope, the kind with stereo eyepieces, a camera port, and 2x to 100x power.  I started watching out for a good deal on one, and just last week one popped up on Amazon: an AmScope trinocular model, with powers from 3.5x to 120x – almost exactly what I wanted, and at a great price.  So I got it.

Just now I was playing around with the camera option, and for your delectation I have three photos for you.  The first two are of a fly zapped by our high-voltage, thunderclap-producing fly zapper.  When I first picked this guy up, there was still a little smoke swirling up from it, and various parts are missing.  But ... he's not moving any more :)  The last photo is a sliver of oak flooring trimmed off when the flooring guys were installing our floor.  The characteristic oak pores (this is end on) look like craters on the moon...