An ophthalmic apparatus includes: a main unit (100b) including means (70) for observing or photographing an examinees eye (E) a movable part (200b) in which the main unit is mounted a vertical movement mechanism (200) provided with a drive part (50) to move the movable part up and down an operating member (22) to be operated by an examiner to move the movable part up and down a sensing part (28) to detect an operation signal of the operating member and driving control means (85) to convert the operation signal detected by the sensing part to a drive signal to move the movable part up and down, and drive the drive part based on the drive signal, wherein the drive part includes a motor (51) having a hollow portion (51a) about a rotation axis (L1) thereof, the motor being controlled by the driving control part to rotate.
