Patent ID: 7354153

Claim:
A fundus camera for photographing a fundus of an eye of an examinee, the fundus camera comprising: a photographing/observation optical system having an objective lens and a diaphragm arranged at a conjugate position with a pupil of the eye in relation to the objective lens, for performing visible photographing and infrared observation of the fundus via the objective lens and an aperture of the diaphragm; an illumination optical system for illuminating the fundus with visible light for photographing and infrared light for observation via the objective lens; a first black-dot plate provided with a first black dot that is in a size to cover an image of the aperture of the diaphragm and arranged at a position on an optical path of the illumination optical system, the position conjugate with a position at which a virtual image of the aperture of the diaphragm is formed in relation to a reflection surface in a case where the visible light for photographing is reflected by the objective lens; and a second black-dot plate provided with a second black dot that is in a size to cover an image of the aperture of the diaphragm and arranged in the vicinity of a position on the optical path of the illumination optical system, the position conjugate with a position at which a virtual image of the aperture of the diaphragm is formed in relation to the reflection surface in a case where the infrared light for observation is reflected by the objective lens, wherein the first black dot is arranged to be fixed on the optical path and shields at least the visible light for photographing, the second black dot is arranged to be removable on the optical path and shields the visible light for photographing and the infrared light for observation, and the second black dot is removed from the optical path at the time of the visible photographing and is inserted into the optical path at the time of the infrared observation.