Patent ID: 7651223

Claim:
A fundus camera comprising: a photographing optical system having a photographing optical axis, for photographing a fundus of an examinee's eye; a fundus observation optical system having an image-pickup element which picks up an observation image of the fundus of the eye; an alignment target projection optical system for projecting an alignment target onto an anterior segment of the eye; an alignment target image detection optical system having a photodetector which detects an image of the alignment target; a photographing unit which houses the photographing optical system, the fundus observation optical system, the alignment target projection optical system and the alignment target image detection optical system; a moving mechanism which moves the photographing unit in order to perform alignment of the photographing optical axis so as to have a predetermined positional relationship with the eye; a fixation target presenting system for presenting a fixation target for guiding a direction of a visual line of the eye, a presenting position of the fixation target being arranged to be selectable or changeable; a display unit; and a controller which controls the display unit to display the fundus observation image and the alignment target image on a screen of the display unit, wherein the controller includes a program for electrically forming and displaying a reticle mark that defines an alignment reference in a predetermined position on the screen at the time of displaying the fundus observation image while varying a display shape of the reticle mark in accordance with the presenting position of the fixation target.