can we get a commercial compound microscope that does not invert the image upside down??

 

BTW a microscope produces the image upside down, but does not mirror the image. There is no "inversion" (if i understand correctly the meaning of the verb "invert"). In fact the image is rotated 180 degrees: the up is down and the left is right.

 

If it was mirrored upside down it would be very unusual and be like this:

 

Edited February 16, 201213 yr by michel123456

can we get a commercial compound microscope that does not invert the image upside down??

Probably, if you pay enough. But most people just turn the slide the other way up.

thank you michael. really helpful clarification.

 

BTW a microscope produces the image upside down, but does not mirror the image. There is no "inversion" (if i understand correctly the meaning of the verb "invert"). In fact the image is rotated 180 degrees: the up is down and the left is right.

 

If it was mirrored upside down it would be very unusual and be like this:

 

 

thanx

Probably, if you pay enough. But most people just turn the slide the other way up.