This high power digital microscope has an incident and transmitted illumination system. Designed for students to learn science, it comes with full optical glass elements, metal framework, 360 degree rotatable monocular head, coarse & fine focusing, 2MP USB digital camera, and top & bottom LED lights that use either an outlet (adapter included) or three AA batteries (or re-chargeable batteries). It can view transparent biological slides and/or opaque objects like stamps and coins. It offers five magnification settings, 40X, 100X, 250X, 400X and 1000X. The camera captures 2MP resolution still images and streams live videos on your computer screens. Compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8(Driver & Software) and Mac(Driver only), the user friendly software edits microscope images in a manner similar to PhotoShop. It can records videos, captures still images, and saves them in BMP, TIFF, JPG, PICT, PTL or other formats, as well as conducts measurements for length, angle, area and etc. This is an ideal microscope for academics in home school and from students in elementary to high school. A microscope of this caliber is an excellent instrument for hobbyists. It comes brand new in a factory sealed box with a retail value of $550.