Ophthalmic apparatus

An ophthalmic apparatus in which a tilt angle of an operating rod corresponds to a position of an inspection unit adapted to inspect an eye to be examined, the apparatus comprising:

• a detection unit adapted to detect the tilt angle of the operating rod by detecting an electrical signal generated by tilting the operating rod;
• a calculation unit adapted to calculate positional coordinates of the operating rod which correspond to respective tilt angles and to calculate a position of the inspection unit from changes in the calculated positional coordinates;
• a moving unit adapted to move the inspection unit to a position calculated by said calculation unit;
• and
• a switching unit adapted to switch between interruption and resumption of calculation processing of the position of the inspection unit performed by said calculation unit.