TOMLOV DM601 HDMI Digital Microscope 1500X for Adults, 3 Lens Soldering Microscope, Coin Microscope Full View, Upgraded 7" IPS Premium Screen, 2K Video Microscope Camera, Biological Microscope, 64GB

There is so much detail in Coins that I couldn’t pick up with a magnifying glass or the magnifying app on my phone. I am certain I will find other uses for this as well.

I'm rating this as a 5-star product based on value for the money that I'm getting out of it. It's an excellent little microscope for my purposes. I'm not sure it is really all that great as far as either quality or features. You can make it much better than it is with a few additions. I'm a photographer, and I'm using this to check mineral specimens for certain features. I do this because it's much easier to use this device than to use my main camera, which usually requires a change of lenses between specimens, a complete reset of the lighting, etc. An actual lab microscope isn't much better as a time saver. This microscope allows me to find what I'm looking for quickly and easily, so I can make notes and then later do the serious photography. I added a lab stage to allow the specimens to be moved in very small increments. To keep it in place on the base, I put one of those sticky pads that you put on your dashboard to keep your phone in place. That works really well. I've also added a small macro ring light, which I already had. Sometimes I use the lights that came with the microscope because of reflections or the need for more of a side light, but the ring light is much better most of the time. A piece of velcro is helpful to keep the switch in place on the base. I put it on one corner. I believe, at the time I bought this, it said it came with a 32MB micro SD card. I received a 64MB card. Your mileage may vary on that I suppose. Ok now for the not-so-good. The height adjustment is mostly useless. It's way too course and it isn't smooth to adjust at all. If you unlock it completely using the knob on the back, the whole microscope and monitor will fall down. You pretty much have to hold the whole thing, make the adjustment, and lock the knob. The resolution is also below average. It's better than the little handheld ones, but that isn't saying much and it's mostly because the light on this one is much better. It's almost impossible to get something in focus all the way across the frame. Even completely flat subjects parallel to the base are blurry toward the edges, and usually it's more noticeable in one corner or another. Having said that, the monitor is nice and bright and easy to see. It can also be plugged in to a regular monitor via HDMI, but I found no benefit to that as the provided monitor gives an image that's at least as good. The instructions seemed to say that settings would be saved if you use the on/off switch on the monitor to turn it off, but it always turns on in video mode no matter what other mode you set it to before turning it off. I want it to stay in photo mode, but it won't. That's minor, but annoying anyway. The remote works well most of the time, but I've found it to be somewhat fiddly when taking images. Maybe I'm too close. Also, you can't take images when connected to a Windows computer and using it as a camera input. You have to take the images using Windows in that case, which puts them on the Camera Roll. I kind of wish it would work both ways at the same time, but I won't fault the company for that. I did have some fun with it by taking multiple images with slightly different focus of a mineral formation, and then using professional focus-stacking and processing software on the (somewhat crummy) JPG images it produced. The resulting photo had kind of a "so-bad-it's-good" quality and an ethereal look that was surprisingly satisfying. I might experiment more with that style just to see what it produces. Overall a good purchase for me, but I can certainly see where some users might experience frustration with some aspects of this microscope. Just don't expect too much and you'll probably be happy with it.

I have found more variety coins while using this microscope. Works as advertised!!

I bought this scope as a tool to use for insect identification. It does not replace a standard binocular scope, but the high magnification coupled with the flexible LED spotlights allows me to see small structures on the critters that help in getting them to species. Note: a ring light might be a better choice for some uses. The flexible LED spots are good for accenting texture on specimens, but are really intense. They do have a click control for brightness. The manual is helpful for setup (especially if you read it...), but setup is pretty intuitive. Not very detailed guidance on connecting it to a laptop, but once you are familiar with how the camera app on a pc works (Hint: find the icon that switches between cameras!) it snaps in and off you go. There is a memory card in slot on the back of the screen for saving photos and videos, but it's convenient to use a laptop for this. The images are then saved in your photo roll (PC). It would be helpful if there was a measurement tool on it. I've been using this for about a week, and am happy with it. Good tool for a good price.

The product was for my husband. He loves it. It allows him to see features of items clearly with more definition.