A microscope system for obtaining an image having a wide view angle by repeatedly capturing an image with an objective lens having a high magnification while moving a stage, and by connecting captured images having a small view angle, comprising: a stage on which a sample is placed; a stage driving unit for moving the stage at least in a vertical direction with respect to an optical axis; a stage position detecting unit for detecting a position of the stage; an image capturing unit for capturing an optical image of the sample; and a position to be reached determining unit (33, 34) configured to determine a position to be reached, which is a next image capturing position of the stage and at which the image is captured, on the basis of the position of the stage; further comprising an image synthesizing unit configured to generate a synthesized image by sequentially connecting an image captured at the position to be reached, wherein the position to be reached determining unit (33, 34) comprises a brightness difference measuring unit configured to measure a brightness difference between a brightness of a predetermined pixel and a brightness of an arbitrary pixel other than the predetermined pixel within the image, and an overlap amount determining unit configured to determine, in accordance with the brightness difference, an amount of overlap in corresponding side portions of a first image that is captured at a current image capturing position and a second image that is an image to be captured next and that is the image in a preset scanning direction, and to determine the position to be reached, which is a position at which the second image is captured, to be a position further inward than the side portion of the scanning direction side of the first image by the amount of overlap. a stage on which a sample is placed; a stage driving unit for moving the stage at least in a vertical direction with respect to an optical axis; a stage position detecting unit for detecting a position of the stage; an image capturing unit for capturing an optical image of the sample; and a position to be reached determining unit (33, 34) configured to determine a position to be reached, which is a next image capturing position of the stage and at which the image is captured, on the basis of the position of the stage; further comprising an image synthesizing unit configured to generate a synthesized image by sequentially connecting an image captured at the position to be reached, wherein the position to be reached determining unit (33, 34) comprises a brightness difference measuring unit configured to measure a brightness difference between a brightness of a predetermined pixel and a brightness of an arbitrary pixel other than the predetermined pixel within the image, and an overlap amount determining unit configured to determine, in accordance with the brightness difference, an amount of overlap in corresponding side portions of a first image that is captured at a current image capturing position and a second image that is an image to be captured next and that is the image in a preset scanning direction, and to determine the position to be reached, which is a position at which the second image is captured, to be a position further inward than the side portion of the scanning direction side of the first image by the amount of overlap.