Kowa VX-10a, Instruction Manual, Page: 17 / 64

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1-1 Purpose of use and effectiveness
KOWA is intended for taking pictures of fundus images with mydriatic or without mydriatic.
1-2 General information
This equipment is a fundus camera which is capable of mydriatic and non-mydriatic photography with two angles of
view: 50° and 30° (45° and 27° for non-mydriatic photography). You can record photographic data with 35-mm film,
video and so forth.
1-3 Intended operator and operating environment
A person who operates this instrument should have received introductory education of Retinal Camera, and should
have specialized knowledge of ophthalmic care.
Please use this instrument indoor without a bright light which causes miosis of pupil of patient.
1-4 Features
1) A single operation of the instrument allows you to select non-mydriatic color, mydriatic color, or mydriatic
fluorescent photography.
2) Design for small size, lightweight and power-saving taking into account the service environment of equipment.
3) Automatic exposure system which can be automatically linked with a camera in use.
4) Wide-range flash of 0.6WS to 300 WS (19 steps) for fully handling film/digital image recordings.
5) Switch at hand which enables automatic insertion of exciter filter and barrier filter.
6) Switch at hand which enables switching to diopter lens for compensating the examined eye.
7) Working distance guiding function and focus detecting function, enabling flare-less, sharp pictures to be taken.
8) Small pupil mode to cope with insufficient pupil’s diameter in mydriatic photography (not for non-mydriatic pho-
tography).
9) LCD monitoring mode for readily enabling mydriatic photography without an attempt to look through a optical
viewfinder (switch to infrared illumination).
10) Digital camera can be connected if combined with a filing device.
11) Easy-to-see panel display which will indicate only available switches in each mode.
1-5 System configuration
Video camera connecting
adapter (option; for KD-211C,
DXC-990 or digital SLR camera)
35-mm camera back
Main camera unit
Base / power unit
External fixation lamp