A control method of an ophthalmic observation apparatus that comprises an analysis means that analyze an image of an eye formed by using OCT, comprising: storing operation mode information in which an operation mode is associated with operational details of at least the analysis means identifying the operational details associated with the operation mode by referring to the stored operation mode information and controlling at least the analysis means based on the identified operational details. The analysis means can execute multiple analytic processings including layer-thickness analysis and/or lesion identification analysis. In the operation mode information, the operation mode is associated with at least one of the multiple analytic processings. In the identifying step, the analytic processing that is associated with the operation mode is identified by referring to the operation mode information. In the controlling step, the identified analytic processing is executed by controlling the analysis means.
