But that's looking at a leaf. Let me see you hold down a phat bud with a paperclip.
Also - replace the incandescent bulb with one of those ultra-bright LEDs on the pocket microscope, and you'll get much better lighting and less hazing around what you're trying to view.
what is the difference between the illuminated and a regular microscope? We have not Radio Shack here anymore and all I canf ins is regular scopes. I can find the trich fine but they appear all coloured like blues and reds which I assume is because of the lighting on it?