An apparatus comprising: a digital microscope comprising: a first and a second image sensor; a stage configured to support at least one microscope slide; a first optical imaging sub-system disposed between the first image sensor and the stage, the first optical imaging sub-system configured to project an image with a magnification of one or less; a second optical imaging sub-system disposed between the second image sensor and the stage, the second optical imaging sub-system configured to project an image with a magnification greater than one; an illumination sub-system comprising at least one light source (195, 196); and characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a computer coupled to the digital microscope and operable to direct an image capture by the first or the second image sensor of a portion of a microscope slide on the stage projected through the first optical imaging sub-system or the second optical imaging sub-system; and a display coupled to the computer and operable to display an image captured by the first or the second image sensor; wherein the computer comprises machine-readable instructions that when executed, will cause the computer to (a) display on the display an image captured by the first image sensor on the display without storing the image and (b) modify a sensor to display pixel ratio of the image captured by the first image sensor in response to user input and to automatically direct an image capture through the second optical imaging sub-system in response to an attempt by a user to modify a sensor to display pixel ratio of a sensed image beyond a threshold resolution of an image captured by the first image sensor through the first optical imaging sub-system. a digital microscope comprising: a first and a second image sensor; a stage configured to support at least one microscope slide; a first optical imaging sub-system disposed between the first image sensor and the stage, the first optical imaging sub-system configured to project an image with a magnification of one or less; a second optical imaging sub-system disposed between the second image sensor and the stage, the second optical imaging sub-system configured to project an image with a magnification greater than one; an illumination sub-system comprising at least one light source (195, 196); and characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a computer coupled to the digital microscope and operable to direct an image capture by the first or the second image sensor of a portion of a microscope slide on the stage projected through the first optical imaging sub-system or the second optical imaging sub-system; and a display coupled to the computer and operable to display an image captured by the first or the second image sensor; a first and a second image sensor; a stage configured to support at least one microscope slide; a first optical imaging sub-system disposed between the first image sensor and the stage, the first optical imaging sub-system configured to project an image with a magnification of one or less; a second optical imaging sub-system disposed between the second image sensor and the stage, the second optical imaging sub-system configured to project an image with a magnification greater than one; an illumination sub-system comprising at least one light source (195, 196); and characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a computer coupled to the digital microscope and operable to direct an image capture by the first or the second image sensor of a portion of a microscope slide on the stage projected through the first optical imaging sub-system or the second optical imaging sub-system; and a display coupled to the computer and operable to display an image captured by the first or the second image sensor; a computer coupled to the digital microscope and operable to direct an image capture by the first or the second image sensor of a portion of a microscope slide on the stage projected through the first optical imaging sub-system or the second optical imaging sub-system; and a display coupled to the computer and operable to display an image captured by the first or the second image sensor;