This one must be connected to some type of device to see or access the picture. It has no internal screen or memory. Other brands/models may differ. (I sound like a fucking commercial to myself.) I haven't been able to get the microscope to connect to my iPhone, but it works fine with the iPad and Mac desktop. Honestly, I don't know how useful the microscope would be if I were holding it in my hand, even if my body was leaning solidly against something fully steady. Because the magnification is so great, the tool needs be fully steady to get a clear shot (or even a good look) at whatever the target may be. MY hand is way too shaky, and I'm not all that shaky. For an old fart, I'm pretty steady. I have only successfully taken a picture when the item was on, for example, my computer desk's top surface and the microscope was attached to the absolutely worthless fucking stand that came with it. By clamping the stand's base to the desk, the microscope didn't take a header waiting to be used. Oh fucking joy.
Thank you for the kind comment about my plants. They are definitely doing better than my plants did last year, and if I have learned anything else this year (and I hope I have learned at least one other thing! HA!), it's that I have WAY too many plants! Nobody gets full direct sun until afternoon, but everybody gets partial direct sun in the morning. With only 6 - 8 plants, they could all get full sun all day. Of course, nothing else will change, I will still have to move them multiple times daily, but I think making that change, I will come away with a more successful grow (whatever that means).
