Hi John, While at a different company I was looking into microscopes and was quite impressed with the Keyence VHX600, http://www.keyence.com/products/vision/microscope/vhx600/vhx600.php. Unfortunately I never got the budget to purchase one but it sure had some cool features. Have any of you TechNetters had any experience with these? KennyB -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Foster Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 12:02 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] microscopes What kind of magnification would people recommend for looking at cross sections. I see on the cracked enig pictures a 20uM scale. What kind of magnification was used to get that shot? We are getting ready to buy a new microscope and I have the luxury of calling out some of the specs as long as they dont' cost a fortune. Any input is apprectiated Thanks --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------