Patent ID: 7583434

Claim:
A telescopic stereomicroscope comprising: a first beam path; a second beam path; a first telescope system disposed in the first beam path and having at least one first optical element; a second telescope system disposed in the second beam path and having at least one second optical element corresponding to the at least one first optical element, wherein the at least one first optical element has a larger optically effective diameter than the corresponding at least one second optical element; a binocular observation unit configured for first and second eyes of a user including a first observation unit corresponding to the first eye of the user and a second observation unit corresponding to the second eye of the user; and a prism group disposed between the first and second telescope systems and the binocular observation unit, the prism group being movable into an operating position in the first and second beam paths so as to supply the first beam path to the first and second observation units and removable out of the operating position.