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Zoom lens and image capture apparatus

US7817346B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2007
Grant dateOct 19, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/282
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens includes, in an order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, and in which, during power variation from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group increases, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group decreases, and the zoom lens includes at least one cemented-triplet lens block having negative refractive power, in the fourth lens group.

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