This one that will do BOTH.
The Main unit is stand alone to provide a 3-D (stereo scopic), of the coin and then you can also use a cam with it.
If you noticed in picture #3 you can see my USB scope on a different stand till I can get an adapter to mount it on the scope. That way I can do Both, View in "3-D" AND view it on the screen and get photo's/video with it.. Best of both worlds in my opinion.
I think you can even mount a dSLR rig to it as well.
I have to look further into that aspect of it still though to see weather I want to do that or just have a stand alone for hi-def/res picture's.
Just received it yesterday so I am still having a good time trying to unlock all of it's potential.

P.s.
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Yes, there are digital microscopes that allow you to view and click images from a computer attached. I don't know if they would work on coins
Yes, If you look at my Avatar, that was taken with the USB scope to the right of my new baby in the third picture.

Edited by Dar
07/31/2014 3:31 pm