The colposcopic examination apparatus comprising an optical head with a lens capable of changing focusing distance and an image acquiring unit capable of registering images created by the lens, as well as a computer system designed to control the lens and the image acquiring unit, to obtain a series of images created by the lens at different focusing distances and to perform focus stacking of the obtained images, wherein the computer system is capable of automatic recognition of the chosen examined object on the image created by the lens and of further automatic setting of shooting parameters, focusing distance of the lens and number of images to be created by the lens at different focus distances for the computer system to perform focus stacking and to generate the output image of the examined object with extended depth of field. Also disclosed is a method of colposcopic examination.
