Patent · US Expired

Zoom lens system

US4568150A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 1984
Grant dateFeb 4, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B15/144113
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens system comprising a first, second, third and fourth lens groups, the first lens group being a focusing lens group and having positive refractive power, the second lens group being a variator and having negative refractive power, the third lens group being a compensator and having positive refractive power, the first, second and third lens groups constituting a varifocal subsystem, the fourth lens group being a relay lens, which comprises a first lens component comprising a positive lens and a negative lens and having positive refractive power as a whole, a second lens component comprising a positive lens, a third lens component comprising a negative lens, and a fourth lens component comprising a positive lens, the zoom lens system being small in size, light in weight and arranged that aberrations are corrected favourably.

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