To provide an imaging apparatus for a microscope having an interlace scan system imaging device, which can perform an exposure over the range from a short-time exposure to a long-time exposure inexpebsively without increasing the number of component parts.

The imaging apparatus for the microscope having an interlace system CCD has a mechanical shutter 804, and performs exposure by controlling the operation of the shutter 804 and a shutter in the CCD 801 being an electronic shutter in accordance with a photographing condition.