spadille Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 can we get a commercial compound microscope that does not invert the image upside down?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel123456 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) 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, 2012 by michel123456 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spadille Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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