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 , i is an index of the individual low dynamic range input image, m is an index of the key frame , 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 of the plurality of low dynamic range input images is obtained, and the controller is configured to determine the key frame 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 , i is an index of the individual low dynamic range input image, m is an index of the key frame , 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 of the plurality of low dynamic range input images is obtained, and the controller is configured to determine the key frame by using m = n + 1 2 if n is an odd number, or m = n 2 if n is an even number. <EOS>