@Jessie6162 yes, it was taken through one eyepiece of a stereomicroscope set at 20X, I may have had some zoom on the camera, not sure. I just play around with the zoom until I can get a decent picture. I use this microscope way more often than a monocular microscope, it's so easy to just plonk something down on the stage rather than make a slide, plus the specimen can be examined from several angles. My model only does 20x and 40X, it was relatively inexpensive. I'm using it mainly to identify insects and plant problems though, so I'm no expert on what you'd need for your purpose. Perhaps
@admmad can help there. One thing I would suggest is to get one with sub-stage lighting, I wouldn't want to be without that. Can't help with where to buy, I could if you were in Canada
I rather fancy one of those digital microscopes which would seem easier than trying to combine a microscope with a digital camera, but have no idea which would be good enough. I did try someone else's once but it didn't give a sharp enough image for my liking. One thing I've found with my set-up is that the digital camera has to have a lens small enough to fit the microscope eyepiece.
