I purchased this microscope for 15 euros at Kaufland. For the price you can not go wrong, I thought. Now I have unpacked it with my daughter (8 years). It makes a very solid impression. Thanks to the 5 final slide you can start immediately. With the control of the table, you can adjust the sharpness. We have set the first flying leg and my daughter was surprised at how hairy it is. As a layman, I am surprised by the quality of the images. With the included accessories, we then created and observed a few own preparations from plant parts. At the end of the first test, I still wanted to try the USB camera. This was also recognized by Windows 7 immediately. The installation of the included software also went smoothly. After starting the software, but this says that no camera is connected, although it appears in the Control Panel. A look at the Internet showed me that this problem have several Windows 7 users. Now I have installed my free Picasa from Google. This recognizes the camera immediately and looking at the objects on the screen works very well. Despite the low resolution of 320x240 pixels, the pictures look pretty good. They can be saved as well.
Conclusion: For beginners I recommend this microscope without restriction. However, a star I pull from for immature software.
