Patent ID: 7219996

Claim:
A fundus camera for photographing a fundus of an eye to be examined, the camera comprising: a photographing optical system having a photographing optical axis, a focusing lens movable in a direction of the photographing optical axis, and an image-pickup element; a lens moving unit which moves the focusing lens in the photographing optical axis direction; a focus target projection optical system for projecting a focus target onto the fundus; a focus target detection optical system for detecting the projected focus target; a fixation target presenting unit which presents a fixation target for guiding a line of sight to the eye, in which a presenting position of the fixation target is changeable between a reference position which is a position for photographing a central portion of the fundus and a peripheral position which is a position for photographing a peripheral portion of the fundus; focusing control means for controlling the lens moving unit based on a detection result of the focus target to perform automatic focusing of the photographing optical system with respect to the fundus; and fixation target presentation control means for controlling the fixation target presenting unit so that the presenting position of the fixation target is brought to the reference position when the automatic focusing is actuated, even though the presenting position of the fixation target is set to the peripheral position.