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Zoom lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same

US7339745B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 2006
Grant dateMar 4, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B15/143503
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens system comprising, a first negative lens unit; a second positive lens unit; and a third negative lens unit, wherein a space between the second and third lens units changes during magnification change or focusing operation; the second lens unit and the third lens unit move only to the object side during the magnification change from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end so that a space between the first and second lens units is narrower in the telephoto end than in the wide-angle end; the first lens unit comprises a negative lens and a positive lens; the second lens unit comprises at most three lenses; the third lens unit comprises a negative lens; and the following condition (1) is satisfied:0.7<Cj(t)/Cj(w)<1.2.   (1)

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