ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An image taking optical system comprising, in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, wherein the second lens unit moves toward the object side so that a space between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases, and the third lens unit moves so that a space between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes, in a case where zooming is performed from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit includes at least one lens, among which there exists only one lens that has a negative refractive power, and the second lens unit includes at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, the image taking optical system satisfying the following conditions:
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4.0≦
W—
L/(tan ω
×
FL)≦
12.0;
1.7≦
|Δ
D12|/(tan ω
×
FL)≦
4.6; and
52.0≦
PAVd, wherein W_L denotes the whole length of the image taking optical system in the wide-angle end, ω
denotes a maximum ray incidence angle onto the image taking optical system at a time when the image taking optical system is in an arbitrary state, FL denotes a focal length of the image taking optical system in the arbitrary state, Δ
D12 denotes a change amount of the space between the first lens unit and the second lens unit during the zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, and PAVd denotes the Abbe number of the positive lens of the second lens unit.
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Abstract
An image taking optical system which comprises, in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, wherein the second lens unit moves toward the object side so that a space between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases, and the third lens unit moves so that a space between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes, in a case where zooming is performed from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit includes at least one lens, among which there exists only one lens that has a negative refractive power, and the second lens unit includes at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens.
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32 Claims
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1. An image taking optical system comprising, in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power,
wherein the second lens unit moves toward the object side so that a space between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases, and the third lens unit moves so that a space between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes, in a case where zooming is performed from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit includes at least one lens, among which there exists only one lens that has a negative refractive power, and the second lens unit includes at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, the image taking optical system satisfying the following conditions: -
4.0≦
W—
L/(tan ω
×
FL)≦
12.0;
1.7≦
|Δ
D12|/(tan ω
×
FL)≦
4.6; and
52.0≦
PAVd,wherein W_L denotes the whole length of the image taking optical system in the wide-angle end, ω
denotes a maximum ray incidence angle onto the image taking optical system at a time when the image taking optical system is in an arbitrary state, FL denotes a focal length of the image taking optical system in the arbitrary state, Δ
D12 denotes a change amount of the space between the first lens unit and the second lens unit during the zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, and PAVd denotes the Abbe number of the positive lens of the second lens unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An image taking apparatus comprising:
- a zoom lens system including a movable lens unit on whose image side a positive lens and an image sensor unit are arranged in order from an object side,
wherein the positive lens and the image sensor unit are brought into a sealed structure via a member constituting the image taking apparatus, and a lens unit having a negative refractive power is disposed on the object side of the positive lens with an air space between the lens unit and the positive lens. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
- a zoom lens system including a movable lens unit on whose image side a positive lens and an image sensor unit are arranged in order from an object side,
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