This is my setup

The microscope was $300 here For $360 it comes with a really crappy microscope camera, I wouldn't do that though. And if this one's out of your price range, just look up a microscope that has a top mount. They also make microscopes that are camera only for $60-$150 with digital screens or wifi to your phone but the quality is terrible.

The camera was one I already had, it took a nasty fall years ago and stopped autofocusing and the display went out.

If you have an interchangable lens camera you can get what's called a T/T2 mount for it, and there's a 23.2 T mount adapter

Here's a Nikon T mount kit I got $10

And for my Sony A mount $15

If you can find a cheap dslr online that has an HDMI port you can easily have a nice display setup to do this.

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