an ophthalmic photographic apparatus determines whether an eye under examination is the left eye or the right eye . in accordance with the determination , a corresponding fixation target is presented to a main unit , and a reference mark corresponding to the eye under examination , which is stored in a memory , is displayed on a monitor . an alignment mark projected onto and reflected from the anterior eye portion and the reference mark are displayed on the monitor , and hence alignment appropriate for the left and right eyes can be performed .