SURVEYING INSTRUMENT

Provided is a surveying instrument including a distance measuring light projecting module configured to project a distance measuring light to an object, a distance measuring light receiving module having a photodetector configured to receive a reflected distance measuring light 45 from the object, and an arithmetic control module configured to control the distance measuring light projecting module and calculate a distance to the object based on a light reception result of the reflected distance measuring light with respect to the photodetector, in which the distance measuring light projecting module has a pinhole plate which is insertable or removable with respect to an optical axis of the distance measuring light, a pinhole having a predetermined diameter is formed in the pinhole plate, and a light amount and a spread angle of the distance measuring light are changeable based on the insertion or removable of the pinhole plate.