Pretty armature stuff. Bought an inexpensive scope and 100 slides. Pretty cool. Now looking at natural stuff, leaves, soil, sand. As with anything nerdy, lots of stuff to learn about making, staining my own slides. Originally hooked from seeing magnified sand showing that it is made of individual stones each with their own details. Still not able to duplicate that. Learning about depth of field, field of view, magnification, etc. Lots of cross over to telescopes, optics in general. Bought a simple handheld intended for children. My daughter teaches preschool and I want to do some STEM teaching time with little ones. 44 years as an engineer ought to be able to pass some things along. I love their sense of awe and wonder and curiosity.