Abstract: An ophthalmic system and method for imaging an eye includes an eye guard, an objective lens, such that light passes through the objective lens along an illumination path that passes through the eye guard, a light source positioned to emit imaging light along the illumination path, a camera assembly positioned to receive emitted light that is emitted from a back surface of the eye. The light source and the objective lens are positioned such that, when the eye guard is positioned proximate the eye of the patient, the imaging light passes through a first portion of a pupil opening in the eye, and the emitted light passes through a second portion of the pupil opening of the eye that is different from the first portion, and wherein the camera assembly captures an image of the eye using the emitted light.