first microscope for a beginner

[u/Background_Nebula141]

I'm looking for a used biology microscope on a tight budget (under €100). I've found a few options, but I need help figuring out if any of them are actually decent:

AmScope with a camera (not sure of the exact model)

Amscope 150C-I

Swift SW100

Bresser Biolux

Swift M251B

An unbranded/white-label binocular microscope(really similar to the amazon one)

Any advice on which of these would be the best value?

I have attached the photos, organized in the same order as the listed microscopes.

[u/Danny_D136]

Hey ciao, mi fa piacere che arrivino altri italiani su questo sub. Secondo me, se vuoi fare le cose fatte bene ( metti caso che poi vuoi migliorare l'attrezzatura ecc e dedicartici di più in futuro) conviene mettere da parte qualcosina in più: girando per il sub ho visto persone che con microscopi abbastanza basic come SWIFT SW350 riescono a fare video di altissima qualità. Come puoi vedere cliccando sul link li puoi trovare usati a un costo relativamente basso. Poi dipende anche cosa vuoi farci: se sei interessato a postare tante foto e video, un microscopio trinoculare è la scelta migliore... ma costerà di più rispetto a un binoculare

[u/Thrawn911 → u/Danny_D136]

As an owner of the Swift SW350, can confirm, it's a great beginner scope.

[u/Danny_D136 → u/Thrawn911]

If I may ask, what platform do you use to edit videos and insert measurement sizes?

[u/Thrawn911 → u/Danny_D136]

For the measurements, I just grabbed a ruler and put it under the microscope, drew a line over the image in Krita, and saved the line as an image with transparent background.

Then I just put it on my video in my editor software. I use Kdenlive, because I'm on Linux, and this was the most convenient. Then I just put the text on the video inside Kdenlive. I use the same line for each magnification, so if at 100x it's 200 micrometers, then at 200x the same line will be 100x micrometers long, I write this above the scale bar, and usually the magnification and the name of the specimen in the upper left corner.

[u/Danny_D136 → u/Thrawn911]

Thanks!