Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera system for detecting photorefractive errors in a patient's eyes and for detection of ocular misalignment, media opacities and other abnormalities of the eyes and the lids. The invention includes a strobe mounted adjacent to a lens shield to create a slit aperture and which flash is rotated 90 degrees for vertical and horizontal or oblique photographs of different meridians. The camera has either a plurality of a mirrors forming a foldable light path or a telescopic or telephoto lens and a shorter light path to provide magnification of the image for one to one imaging.