Method for projecting an image, having the steps of: generating an image of light points on a surface by scanning the surface, to which end a light beam is deflected using a first mirror element and a second mirror element, wherein the first mirror element and the second mirror element are aligned with respect to each other such that a reflection from the first mirror element is incident on the second mirror element, wherein the first mirror element is moved by a first deflection angle about a first rotational axis and the second mirror element is moved by a second deflection angle about a second rotational axis, which is at an angle with respect to the first rotational axis; and wherein the second mirror element is additionally moved by a third deflection angle (α) about a third rotational axis, which is at an angle with respect to the second rotational axis, during the scanning of the surface by moving the first mirror element by the first deflection angle about the first rotational axis and moving the second mirror element by the second deflection angle about the second rotational axis, characterized by the step in which, during the additional movement of the second mirror element by the third deflection angle (α) about the third rotational axis, the first mirror element is moved by a first compensation angle (β, γ, δ), specified for the third deflection angle (α), about a first mirror normal of the first mirror element, which is aligned perpendicularly to a first reflecting light incidence surface of the first mirror element, and/or the second mirror element is moved by a second compensation angle (β, γ, δ), specified for the third deflection angle (α), about a second mirror normal of the second mirror element, which is aligned perpendicularly to a second reflecting light incidence surface of the second mirror element, in a manner such that the previously horizontally aligned first or second rotational axis (38, 40) is realigned by a horizontal compensation angle as the first compensation angle (β, γ, δ) or as the second compensation angle (β, γ, δ) and/or the previously vertically aligned first or second rotational axis (38, 40) is realigned by a vertical compensation angle as the first compensation angle (β, γ, δ) or as the second compensation angle (β, γ, δ). generating an image of light points on a surface by scanning the surface, to which end a light beam is deflected using a first mirror element and a second mirror element, wherein the first mirror element and the second mirror element are aligned with respect to each other such that a reflection from the first mirror element is incident on the second mirror element, wherein the first mirror element is moved by a first deflection angle about a first rotational axis and the second mirror element is moved by a second deflection angle about a second rotational axis, which is at an angle with respect to the first rotational axis; and wherein the second mirror element is additionally moved by a third deflection angle (α) about a third rotational axis, which is at an angle with respect to the second rotational axis, during the scanning of the surface by moving the first mirror element by the first deflection angle about the first rotational axis and moving the second mirror element by the second deflection angle about the second rotational axis,