It can sometimes be the case, particularly with elderly patients, that it can be difficult to obtain a fundus photograph with traditional style instruments due to an inability to locate the subject in the head rest. For some time I have felt the need to have a completely portable lightweight instrument, with no trailing wires, thus battery operated and with an inbuilt image storage facility.
The advent of digital cameras with high resolution and excellent low-light sensitivity sensors has revolutionised photography, and no more so than in fundus cameras. No longer do you need the high intensity flash to cope with colour film with poor sensitivity that was common 50 years ago. Nor do you have to wait for the images to be processed to see if your photography was successful.
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