I've been asked to look at a ring for repair and it seemed the best way to break down what needs doing on it was to supply as much detail as possible.

Here's some of it:

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From this, you should be able to see there's a couple of stones missing, the prongs need retipping, there's breaks in the head and I'm not sure quite what went on between the centre & left hand settings. Solder retipping of a claw gone wrong, perhaps? The customer has photos from every relevant angle so they can see what they're letting themselves in for.

No expensive kit, no fancy lighting - this is a bog-standard, inexpensive USB microscope; all in all, I think it's ideal for grab shots like this. It's not a patch on the photomicrographs I can get out of my proper scopes, but it doesn't take much time to set up either.