Fundus photography is the process of taking serial photographs of the interior of your eye through the pupil. A fundus camera is a specialized low-power microscope attached to a camera used to examine structures such as the optic disc, retina, and lens.
Before the procedure, your ophthalmologist may administer an eye drop to increase the size of the pupil. This allows your doctor to examine the interior surface of your eye much more properly.
Your doctor will instruct you to sit in front of the fundus camera with your chin on a chin rest (an attachment) and your forehead against the bar. | |
Your doctor will focus and align the fundus camera on the pupil (the black center of your eye). | |
As soon as the doctor presses the shutter release, flash fires that create a photograph of the interior surface of your eye. |