Provided is a photographing apparatus capable of maintaining continuity of a series of operations of observation of an anterior ocular segment of an eye to be inspected, observation and photographing of a fundus thereof, and photographing of the anterior ocular segment. In the photographing apparatus, switching of a mode is performed among a first mode for forming on a photographing element (5) an image of an anterior ocular segment of an eye to be inspected (E), a second mode of performing at least one of observation and photographing of a fundus of the eye to be inspected (E), and a third mode of performing photographing of the anterior ocular segment. The photographing apparatus includes a focus lens control portion (28) for moving a focus lens (27) to a position which is set to correspond to the switched mode.
