A confocal slide-digitizing apparatus to be used for recording digital images of samples to be digitized, the samples are arranged on slides , the apparatus comprising a slide handling unit , a carrier plate , a table , and a confocal imaging unit - said slide handling unit having a slide supplier unit configured to handle, that is, to store, supply and move the slides with the samples one after the other to position in an imaging position; and - said imaging unit comprising an objective , a light modulating element, an image recording unit, and a light source to illuminate one individual sample to be digitized at the imaging position through said objective arranged in a light path that enables confocal imaging of at least a region of the sample by structured illumination generated by the light modulating element which is inclined relative to the plane of said sample to be digitized, said image recording unit is adapted to receive light with information on at least an illuminated region of the sample through the objective and generate a digital image of a section of a given thickness of said illuminated region, wherein the slide handling unit and the imaging unit are joined together by a mechanical connection tiltably relative to one another to define a tilting angle, thereby correcting the light path of said confocal imaging, the mechanical connection being formed as a tilting mechanism configured to position the imaging unit around a tilt axis (T) into the tilting angle relative to vertical and to maintain thus the light path continuous, the tilting angle is configured to ensure continuous stitching of digital images of two adjacent sections of the sample together along a thickness of the sample, wherein the tilt axis (T) is located substantially within the focal plane of the objective , characterized in that the imaging unit is mounted on the carrier plate , the slide handling unit is mounted on the table , and said tilting mechanism interconnects the carrier plate and the table . - said slide handling unit having a slide supplier unit configured to handle, that is, to store, supply and move the slides with the samples one after the other to position in an imaging position; and - said imaging unit comprising an objective , a light modulating element, an image recording unit, and a light source to illuminate one individual sample to be digitized at the imaging position through said objective arranged in a light path that enables confocal imaging of at least a region of the sample by structured illumination generated by the light modulating element which is inclined relative to the plane of said sample to be digitized, said image recording unit is adapted to receive light with information on at least an illuminated region of the sample through the objective and generate a digital image of a section of a given thickness of said illuminated region, wherein the slide handling unit and the imaging unit are joined together by a mechanical connection tiltably relative to one another to define a tilting angle, thereby correcting the light path of said confocal imaging, the mechanical connection being formed as a tilting mechanism configured to position the imaging unit around a tilt axis (T) into the tilting angle relative to vertical and to maintain thus the light path continuous, the tilting angle is configured to ensure continuous stitching of digital images of two adjacent sections of the sample together along a thickness of the sample, wherein the tilt axis (T) is located substantially within the focal plane of the objective , characterized in that the imaging unit is mounted on the carrier plate , the slide handling unit is mounted on the table , and said tilting mechanism interconnects the carrier plate and the table . <EOS>