Patent · US Expired

Zoom Lens

US6124987A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 23, 1999
Grant dateSep 26, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B15/1425
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens includes a front lens group having a negative power as a whole and a rear lens group having a positive power as a whole, and a stop included therein. For zooming, the front and rear lens groups are moved relative to each other on an optical axis. For focusing, only a rearmost positive lens of the rear lens group is moved. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditions: EQU 0.5<ff/fR<5.0 EQU 0.01<.beta.f<1.00 EQU -1.0.ltoreq.r1/r2.ltoreq.0.3 wherein fR represents a synthetic focal length of the rear lens group, ff represents a focal length of the rearmost positive lens, .beta.f represents an image magnification of the rearmost positive lens, r1 represents a radius of curvature of an object side surface of the rearmost positive lens, and r2 represents a radius of curvature of an image side surface of the rearmost positive lens.

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