cdb wrote: > There is a Chinese company who make reasonable equivalents with camera an= d=20 > software included - they aim at the secondary school market, but have qui= te=20 > good optics - and again my brain refuses to recall their name (2008 was s= o=20 > long ago). Motic? http://www.motic.com/Products.aspx?r=3DAP&lang=3Den&id=3D25 Alternative: Labomed Microscopes (India). http://www.laboeurope.com/en/products/stereo/csm2.htm They are OEM for some of Leica's educational and clinical microscopes.=20 So quality is good. Regards, Mohit. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .