Patent ID: 7200248

Claim:
An eye image pickup apparatus comprising: an objective lens; an image pickup section; a mark section provided concentrically with an optical axis of a shooting optical system; a light guide section guiding a visible light from a visible light source toward said objective lens at a midpoint in a shooting optical path, said light guide section provided closer to said image pickup section than said mark section, and center of said light guide section coincides with said optical axis; a guide mirror for providing rough guidance to a person wishing to shoot an eye image, said guide mirror having a visible light transmitting section arranged concentrically with said optical axis, said visible light transmitting section being arranged in front of said objective lens; and an apparatus body that contains the objective lens, the image pickup section, the mark section and the light guide section therein, wherein the guide mirror is provided on a front face of the apparatus body, wherein said light guide section and said mark section are seen by the person.