FM300 camera: Broadening your scope

As 2016 drew to a close, I managed to get my hands on the new Fundus Module 300 (FM300), distributed in the UK by Haag Streit UK; a fundus camera designed to be added to the slit lamp to extend the imaging capabilities of a slit-lamp assessment (figure 1). In design, the FM300 is not dissimilar to the Volk Pictor Plus (Optician 11.12.15) or the Nidek VersaCam (Optician 24.06.16) but is distinguished by it being built primarily for use at the slit-lamp rather than as a portable imaging system (as are the other two). This means its design is focused solely on better slit-lamp integration, to exploit the stability offered by the slit-lamp and the image manipulation capabilities offered by the optics of the slit-lamp and the image capture software used.