1. An inverted microscope for high-contrast imaging of objects, comprising: a plurality of objectives disposable in an imaging beam path, each objective having a respective objective pupil associated therewith; a lens system for generating respective intermediate images of the respective objective pupils; and a modulator disposing device including a plurality of modulators having respective fixed positions with respect to a direction of an optical axis, and being configured to dispose the modulators at predetermined respective locations on the optical axis corresponding to locations of the respective intermediate images of the respective objective pupils so as to contrast an object image.