Patent ID: 7864414

Claim:
A microscope comprising: a first objective lens disposed on an optical path between a sample and an observation image, and disposed near to the sample; a second objective lens that forms an intermediate image conjugate with the sample together with the first objective lens; a mirror that is disposed with a tilt on the optical path between the first objective lens and the second objective lens and changes a direction of the optical path by reflection; a two-dimensional shift mechanism that moves the second objective lens two-dimensionally in a plane perpendicular to the optical path; an adjustment amount determiner that determines a two-dimensional shift amount of said second objective lens on the basis of an observation field input instruction; and a controller that controls drive of said two-dimensional shift mechanism in accordance with the shift amount determined by said adjustment amount determiner; wherein the observation field of the sample can be moved two-dimensionally by the two-dimensional shift mechanism.