A microscope for obtaining a high dynamic range synthesized image of an object from a plurality of low dynamic range input images, the microscope comprising a light source adapted to illuminate the object at different light intensity levels, a recording device comprising an optical imaging system having an optical aperture and an image sensor for recording the plurality of low dynamic range input images, wherein each of the low dynamic range input images is recorded at a different light intensity level, a controller which is configured to provide control signals to control the recording device and the light source such that a plurality of low dynamic range input images at different light intensity levels is captured while at least one of a plurality of recording parameters is kept constant, a combiner for combining the plurality of low dynamic range input images recorded at the different light intensity levels to obtain the high dynamic range synthesized image, characterized in that the light source is an incoherent light source, and the microscope is configured such that the different light intensity levels of the illumination of the object are determined by a light intensity offset, wherein the controller is configured to calculate the light intensity offset by I i = I m * R HDR i − m / n − 1 wherein I i is the light intensity level for a recording of an individual low dynamic range input image, I m is the light intensity level for a recording of a key frame (19c, 19i), i is an index of the individual low dynamic range input image, m is an index of the key frame (19c, 19i), R HDR is a predefined dynamic range coefficient, and n is the number of the low dynamic range input images, where n > 2, wherein the controller is configured to control the recording device such that a desired brightness level of a key frame (19c, 19i) of the plurality of low dynamic range input images is obtained, and the controller is configured to determine the key frame (19c, 19i) by using m = n + 1 2 if n is an odd number, or m = n 2 if n is an even number. a light source adapted to illuminate the object at different light intensity levels, a recording device comprising an optical imaging system having an optical aperture and an image sensor for recording the plurality of low dynamic range input images, wherein each of the low dynamic range input images is recorded at a different light intensity level, a controller which is configured to provide control signals to control the recording device and the light source such that a plurality of low dynamic range input images at different light intensity levels is captured while at least one of a plurality of recording parameters is kept constant, a combiner for combining the plurality of low dynamic range input images recorded at the different light intensity levels to obtain the high dynamic range synthesized image, characterized in that the light source is an incoherent light source, and the microscope is configured such that the different light intensity levels of the illumination of the object are determined by a light intensity offset, wherein the controller is configured to calculate the light intensity offset by I i = I m * R HDR i − m / n − 1 wherein I i is the light intensity level for a recording of an individual low dynamic range input image, I m is the light intensity level for a recording of a key frame (19c, 19i), i is an index of the individual low dynamic range input image, m is an index of the key frame (19c, 19i), R HDR is a predefined dynamic range coefficient, and n is the number of the low dynamic range input images, where n > 2, wherein the controller is configured to control the recording device such that a desired brightness level of a key frame (19c, 19i) of the plurality of low dynamic range input images is obtained, and the controller is configured to determine the key frame (19c, 19i) by using m = n + 1 2 if n is an odd number, or m = n 2 if n is an even number.