Patent ID: 7331670

Claim:
A fundus camera for photographing a fundus of an eye of an examinee, the fundus camera comprising: a photographing part in which a fundus photographing optical system is arranged; a fundus observation optical system having a first image-pickup element which picks up an image of the fundus; an anterior-segment observation optical system having a second image-pickup element which picks up an image of an anterior-segment of the eye; a display unit capable of displaying the image of the fundus picked up by the first image-pickup element and the image of the anterior-segment picked up by the second image-pickup element; and a control part which obtains information on alignment of the photographing part with the eye and decides which of the image of the fundus and the image of the anterior-segment is to be displayed on the display unit, wherein the control part controls the display unit to make display switching from the image of the anterior-segment to the image of the fundus and make display switching from the image of the fundus to the image of the anterior-segment; and wherein the control part makes the display switching from the image of the anterior-segment to the image of the fundus when an alignment deviation of the photographing part with the eye falls within a first allowable range, and after the display switching from the image of the anterior-segment to the image of the fundus, makes the display switching from the image of the fundus to the image of the anterior-segment when the alignment deviation of the photographing part with the eye exceeds a second allowable range which is set greater than the first allowable range.