the scope I use is actually made for yungins it is a QX-5 and is made of plastic but it magnifies 10x,60x and 200x and hooks right to the computer and you can take a snap shot of anything under the scope and they sell for around50-80 bucks usually on eBay. Not sure if this will interest you but it is what I use myself and seems to do a good job when it comes to what it costs compared to the high end microscopes that hook to the PC