Patent · US Expired

Zoom lens system having two lens units

US6025961A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 7, 1998
Grant dateFeb 15, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B15/177
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens system has a first lens unit and a second lens unit from the object side. The first lens unit has a negative optical power. The second lens unit has a positive optical power. The second lens unit is arranged on the image side of the first lens unit. An air space between the first and second units is variable for zooming. The second lens unit has a doublet lens element composed of a positive lens element and a negative lens element cemented together.

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