{"product_id":"bresser-dst-1028-usb-digital-microscope","title":"Bresser DST-1028 USB Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DST-1028 is a USB microscope on a metal stand. It plugs into a Windows computer, which powers it and shows the picture from its 5 MP Sony sensor, and the zoom lens covers 10x to 280x. It's for solid things, such as circuit boards and components, solder joints, coins, stamps, printed documents, insects and plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe working distance is 110 mm at the lowest setting, so there's room for a soldering iron or tweezers underneath, and the stand adjusts in height for tall or flat objects. Eight LEDs in a ring around the lens light the subject, with a dimmer on the cable. Bresser gives the field of view as 42 by 32 mm at 10x and 1.6 by 1.2 mm at 280x.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe software is a download for Windows 10 and 11 only, so it isn't a choice for a Mac or a Chromebook. It lights from above only and won't show slides or pond life, which need a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-90-usb-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 90 USB microscope\"\u003eDTX 90\u003c\/a\u003e costs less and works with a Mac, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-350-lcd-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 350 LCD digital microscope\"\u003eDTX 350 LCD\u003c\/a\u003e has its own screen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769487163756,"sku":"78983","price":147.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/78983_bresser-usb-digital-microscope-dst1028_00.jpg?v=1792429349","url":"https:\/\/scopeandfield.com\/products\/bresser-dst-1028-usb-digital-microscope","provider":"Scope \u0026 Field","version":"1.0","type":"link"}