DIGITAL MICROSCOPE

Are you looking for some thing like this? I use this one and it is pretty nice. Definitely clear. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IV0TV50/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That is very nice microscope. Why didn't you like it? Keep in mind is at great magnification the depth of field (area that is in focus) is VERY small. That is just physics and affects all microscopes. No matter what microscope you buy positioning of the microscope is critical and so is keeping the plant and microscope from moving. Moving in or out 1 mm is enough to throw the image out of focus and if the plant or microscope is moving the image will be jumping all over the place.

Don't bother, trichome colour as the sole determining factor as to when to harvest is not the be all and end all of decision making. There are some strains that will never get amber trichomes, meaning some people are harvesting near dead plants at the last minute while waiting for the so called "ideal" of a certain percentage of amber trichomes. Other plants can have 75% golden, amber, honey coloured trichomes after only 4 weeks of flowering, and obviously harvesting at only 4 weeks of flowering is not the ideal situation either. For the last 30+ years, I have based my harvest timing according to pistil colour/condition, as pistil colour is a direct indication of plant health and it is plant health that determines trichome chemistry. Trichome colour is largely connected with genetics and is not an indication of trichome chemistry when taken on its own without considering other factors, like plant health and pistil maturity. The easiest way I have found to use for a deciding factor as to when to harvest is pistil colour, as stated earlier. Harvest when 90-95% of the pistils are brown for a THC laden mind bending head high. Harvest when 95-100% of the pistils are brown for a CBD induced heavy and sleepy body stone. So, it depends on which type of effect you prefer, the peak THC mind trip of earlier picked flowers or the CBD influenced body stone of late picked flowers. Once the pistils are 95%+ brown, the plant is approaching death, with a corresponding slowed, almost non active metabolism. Due to the slowed metabolism, the plant is unable to replenish the THC that is breaking down into CBD and CBN, faster than the THC breakdown is occurring, meaning the plant is now accumulating CBD and CBN faster than new THC is being produced. As pistil colour has a direct relationship to plant maturity and health, both of which influence trichome chemistry, judging harvest timing based on plant health as shown by the pistil colour, makes more sense to me than waiting for a plant that may or may not produce amber trichomes. As stated earlier, amber trichomes are largely a function of genetics and more common with Sativa plants and waiting for a genetically heavy Indica to produce amber trichomes may never occur, leading to very over ripe, near dead plants with severely degraded cannabinoids being harvested. In future, and the longer you grow, you will eventually "just know" instinctively when to harvest, making the need for any sort of optical device unnecessary. Judging maturity based on pistil colour is a far easier and more directly connected with plant health than trichome colour on its own will ever be. If you still want a helping hand to see what may or may not be there, a cheap magnifying glass from the corner store is all that is really required and will give you as much information as any digital and expensive device, but neither are (in my opinion) needed at all. Pistil colour will tell you everything you need to know about plant maturity and plant health, and it is plant health that determines trichome chemistry, not trichome colour on its own. Hope this helps, Organoman.