Patent ID: 7864413

Claim:
An examination apparatus comprising: a first optical system and a second optical system configured to image light produced in a specimen; a first image-acquisition unit provided with a plurality of first image-acquisition devices configured to detect an image formed by the first optical system; a second image-acquisition unit provided with a second image-acquisition device configured to acquire an image formed by the second optical system; and a driving unit configured to cause the image to be formed by the second optical system to remain at substantially a same position based on a detection signal of the first image-acquisition unit, wherein a magnification X of the first optical system, a magnification Xâ€² of the second optical system, a pixel size Y of the first image-acquisition devices, and a pixel size Yâ€² of the second image-acquisition device satisfy expression (1) below: Y/X<Yâ€²/Xâ€² (1).