To provide an ophthalmologic apparatus capable of realizing an operation that does not give a sense of incongruity to an operator with a simple configuration and a method of operating the ophthalmic apparatus when alignment is performed by controlling driving of a driving section by a manual moving operation.An eye characteristic obtaining unit that obtains an eye characteristic of the eye to be examined a driving unit that is provided in the base and that moves the eye characteristic obtaining unit in a predetermined axial direction with respect to the base A push / pull operation detection unit for detecting a push / pull operation for pushing or pulling at least one of the driving unit and at least one of the driving unit and the driving unit in the axial direction, and a control unit for controlling drive of the driving unit based on the push / pull operation detected by the push / And a movement control unit which moves the eye characteristic acquiring unit according to the push / pull operation.(FIG.【課題】手動の移動操作で駆動部の駆動を制御してアライメントを行う場合に、操作者に違和感を与えない操作を簡単な構成で実現可能な眼科装置及びその作動方法を提供する。【解決手段】ベースと、被検眼の眼特性を取得する眼特性取得部と、ベースに設けられ、ベースに対して眼特性取得部を予め定めた軸方向に移動させる駆動部と、眼特性取得部及び駆動部の少なくとも一方を軸方向に押し操作又は引き操作する押し引き操作を検出する押し引き操作検出部と、押し引き操作検出部が検出した押し引き操作に基づき、駆動部の駆動を制御して、眼特性取得部を押し引き操作に従って移動させる移動制御部と、を備える。【選択図】図8
