We had several discussions about cheap solutions, remember? 'Professional' cameras, i.e. from the microscope manufacturers themselves, are very expensive. There may be a reason for that. However, when your budget does not fit, you are forced to make other choice. I found the below dealer for a chinese brand. I bought two, one 3 and one 5 Megapixel, got them yesterday and installed them immediately on a metalurgical microscope and on a stereo one. Took a couple of minutes. I'm very satisfied with the camera and the program. It can't cope with my former Nikon DXM1200, but it covers most that I need. And the price is 1/15 th of the cost for a professional camera. And the delivery is instant. And there is a whole bunch of adapters and other things in the box. Seems as you can mount to any microscope on the market. Smart. Inge http://www.microscope-depot.com/cameras.htm --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------