Help! I need to know why a compound microscope inverts an image seen through the lens (so that if you move the object left it appears to go right) and why a stereoscopic microscope (also called large-object view microscope, at least by my professor) does not do this (hence when the object is moved lieft it appears to move left through the lens as well). Thanks!
2007-02-03 17:45:13 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
In a monocular microscope, it doesn't matter what the object does when you're looking at it, because your other eye is either looking outside or closed, so your brain wouldn't get confused.
In a stereo microscope, if the image were inverted, you'd get nauseous looking at image motion that way.
The difference is that the stereo microscope goes through an intermediate focus before it gets to your eyes. Effectively, it's two sets of optics in series, while the monocular is a single set of optics.
2007-02-03 19:47:17 · answer #1 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋