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Message: <blockquote data-quote="etudiant" data-source="post: 3334219" data-attributes="member: 48052">Denco's recommendation for a Docter 8x21 is a good one, this is a very compact and versatile design that can be made into a passable field microscope with various auxiliary lenses.The glass was called the Turmon in the original Zeiss version. Docter has continued production of a modernized model with better coatings. Ebay sometimes offers these, usually at affordable prices, but beware of knockoffs here as well.Minox monoculars come in several versions, including a 8x16 and a flat 8x T8 variant with folded optics in a cell phone like case. Their 8x25 macroscope is excellent, very close focus and waterproof, just noticeably more bulky with the porro dogleg.</blockquote>