PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fundus photographing apparatus capable of keeping a patients eye and a photographing unit at a proper operation distance.SOLUTION: A fundus photographing apparatus includes: a fundus illuminating optical system for illuminating the fundus of the eye an alignment means which has a light source for projecting an alignment index onto the cornea via an objective lens a focus means which has a diopter correction lens and which adjusts a focus of the fundus of the eye a photographing optical system which comprises an imaging element for taking a reflected image of the alignment index and a reflected image of the fundus of the eye, illuminated by the illuminating optical system, via the objective lens an eye information acquisition unit which acquires the corneal curvature or spherical diopter power of the eye from the reflected image of the alignment index and an operation distance acquisition means for acquiring a corrected value with respect to a proper operation distance of the photographing unit with respect to the eye on the basis of at least one of the corneal curvature and the spherical diopter power, acquired by the eye information acquisition unit. Furthermore, the fundus photographing apparatus also includes a drive unit which moves the photographing unit with respect to the eye on the basis of the corrected value acquired by the operation distance acquisition means.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】 患者眼と撮影部を適正作動距離に維持できる眼底撮影装置を提供する。【解決手段】 眼底撮影装置の撮影部は眼底を照明する眼底照明光学系と、対物レンズを介して角膜にアライメント指標を投影する光源を持つアライメント手段と、視度補正レンズを持ち眼底のフォーカスを合わせるフォーカス手段と、アライメント指標の反射像と照明光学系で照明された眼底の反射像を対物レンズを介して撮像する撮像素子を備える撮影光学系と、アライメント指標の反射像から眼の角膜曲率又は球面度数を得る眼情報取得部と、該眼情報取得部で得られた角膜曲率及び球面度数の少なくとも一方に基づき眼に対する撮影部の適正作動距離に対する補正値を得る作動距離取得手段とを持ち、更に眼底撮影装置は作動距離取得手段で取得された補正値に基づき眼に対して撮影部を移動させる駆動部を持つ。【選択図】 図5
