Microscope , comprising - a specimen carrier aligned with respect to a specimen plane ; - an illumination optical unit with an illumination objective for illuminating, by way of an illumination beam path, a specimen situated on the specimen carrier in a specimen region of the specimen plane , wherein - a radiation utilized for illumination purposes is shaped into a light sheet and directed into the specimen region, and the optical axis (A1) of the illumination objective and the light sheet lie in a plane that includes an illumination angle (α1) that differs from zero with the normal of the specimen plane , and the illumination is implemented in the plane, - a detection optical unit with a detection objective in a detection beam path, the optical axis (A2) of which includes a detection angle (α2) that differs from zero with the normal of the specimen plane and is perpendicular to the light sheet , - the illumination objective comprises an illumination correction element that is arranged in the beam path, and/or - the detection objective comprises a detection correction element that is arranged in the beam path, characterized in that - a meniscus lens is present between the specimen carrier and the objectives , said meniscus lens being arranged both in the illumination beam path and in the detection beam path, wherein the meniscus lens has two lens surfaces curved to the same side and the two lens surfaces have the same centre; - the meniscus lens is embodied to correct aberrations that arise on account of the passage through media with different refractive indices of radiation to be detected and/or radiation for illuminating the specimen, and - the illumination correction element and/or the detection correction element is embodied to correct remaining aberrations. - a specimen carrier aligned with respect to a specimen plane ; - an illumination optical unit with an illumination objective for illuminating, by way of an illumination beam path, a specimen situated on the specimen carrier in a specimen region of the specimen plane , wherein - a radiation utilized for illumination purposes is shaped into a light sheet and directed into the specimen region, and the optical axis (A1) of the illumination objective and the light sheet lie in a plane that includes an illumination angle (α1) that differs from zero with the normal of the specimen plane , and the illumination is implemented in the plane, - a detection optical unit with a detection objective in a detection beam path, the optical axis (A2) of which includes a detection angle (α2) that differs from zero with the normal of the specimen plane and is perpendicular to the light sheet , - the illumination objective comprises an illumination correction element that is arranged in the beam path, and/or - the detection objective comprises a detection correction element that is arranged in the beam path, - a meniscus lens is present between the specimen carrier and the objectives , said meniscus lens being arranged both in the illumination beam path and in the detection beam path, wherein the meniscus lens has two lens surfaces curved to the same side and the two lens surfaces have the same centre; - the meniscus lens is embodied to correct aberrations that arise on account of the passage through media with different refractive indices of radiation to be detected and/or radiation for illuminating the specimen, and - the illumination correction element and/or the detection correction element is embodied to correct remaining aberrations. <EOS>