Abstract: Kongsberg Vision Meeting was arranged at Buskerud University College in Kongsberg for the fifth time on December 6, 2012. Rigmor C. Baraas and Gaute T. Einevoll organized the meeting. Keynote speakers were Pete Bex from the Harvard Medical School (USA) and Marc de Kamps from the University of Leeds (UK). The abstracts from the talks are presented in the order they were given.