Patent ID: 6996341

Claim:
A photographic apparatus for use with a stereoscopic microscope having at least two observation light paths for observing at least two images having parallax, said photographic apparatus using a light flux that has been split from one of the observation light paths, said photographic apparatus comprising: at least two image detecting elements, each having an image receiving surface; a connecting part that is connectable to the stereoscopic microscope; a beam splitter that is positioned in an optical path between the connecting part and the at least two image receiving surfaces; an image relay optical system that is positioned in each light flux following said beam splitter, each image relay optical system relaying an intermediate image that is formed in each light flux following said beam splitter to a respective one of the at least two image receiving surfaces; and at least one lens that is located between the connecting part and the beam splitter and that serves to form said intermediate images.