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Retrofocus lens system

US5745297A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 11, 1996
Grant dateApr 28, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B13/04
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A retrofocus lens system comprises, in order from a large conjugate side: a first lens group having a negative refracting power and including a plurality of lens elements; a second lens group having a positive refracting power; and a third lens group having a positive refracting power. Each of the lens elements of the first lens group has a negative refracting power. Following conditional expressions (1) to (3) are satisfied: EQU 1.3<D.sub.1 /f<1.8 (1) EQU 0.7 <f.sub.2 /f.sub.3 <1.1 (2) EQU 1.1 <.vertline.f.sub.1 .vertline./f<1.6 (3) where D.sub.1 is air gap between the first lens group and the second lens group, f.sub.1 is a focal length of the first lens group, f.sub.2 is a focal length of the second lens group, f.sub.3 is a focal length of the third lens group, and f is a focal length of whole lens system including the first to third lens groups.

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