Viewing metal under the microscope at higher magnification requires either a
metallurgical microscope or a
macro zoom lens microscope system. A metallurgical microscope is quite a bit more expensive than a macro zoom lens system.
This metal plate needed to be inspected closely for defects. The area inspected under a macro zoom lens microscope was where the "Microscope World" text is located on the image shown above.
![metal at 15x magnification]( "metal under microscope") |
| Metal captured under the microscope at 15x magnification. |
![Metal image at 160x under microscope]( "Metal captured under microscope at 160x") |
| Metal captured at 160x magnification under microscope. |
The higher magnification of the zoom lens was required in order to view defects in the metal plate.
