The zoom lens comprises, in order from an object side: a first lens group having a negative refractive power, the first lens group including a first lens having a negative refractive power, and a second lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a positive refractive power, the second lens group including a third lens having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; and a third lens group having a positive refractive power, the third lens group including a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, the zoom lens satisfying the following conditional expression: - 3.0 < f 1 f w < - 2.0 where f 1 denotes the focal length of the first lens group; and f w denotes the total focal length at a wide-angle position.
1. A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side:
a first lens group entirely having a negative refractive power, the first lens group including a first lens having a negative refractive power, and a second lens having a positive refractive power;
a second lens group entirely having a positive refractive power, the second lens group including a third lens having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; and
a third lens group entirely having a positive refractive power, the third lens group including a fifth lens having a positive refractive power,
the zoom lens satisfying the following conditional expression,
-
3.0
<
f
1
f
w
<
-
2.0
wherein f 1 denotes the focal length of the first lens group, and f w denotes the total focal length at a wide-angle position.
2. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second lens includes at least one aspheric surface.
3. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second lens comprises a plastic lens.
4. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the lenses in each lens group comprises a plastic lens.
5. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the second lens has at least one aspheric surface;
the fourth lens has at least one aspheric surface; and
the fifth lens has at least one aspheric surface.
6. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the lens having an aspheric surface in each lens group comprises a plastic lens.
7. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the lenses in each lens group comprises an aspheric lens.
8. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens further satisfies the following conditional expression:
N d2 =N d4
wherein N d2 denotes the refractive index of the second lens; and N d4 denotes the refractive index of the fourth lens.
9. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens further satisfies the following conditional expression:
N d1 =N d3
wherein N d1 denotes the refractive index of the first lens; and N d3 denotes the refractive index of the third lens.
10. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens further satisfies the following conditional expression:
0.8
<
f
g2
f
g5
<
1.0
wherein f g2 denotes the focal length of the second lens; and f g5 denotes the focal length of the fifth lens.
11. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens further satisfies the following conditional expression:
1.7
<
f
2
f
w
<
2.1
wherein f 2 denotes the focal length of the second lens group.
12. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second lens has a convex surface on both sides.
13. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first, second, and third lens groups are moved along an optical axis during zooming from the wide-angle position to a telephoto position.
14. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein zooming from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position reduces the distance between the first and the second lens groups and increases the distance between the second and the third lens groups.
15. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein during zooming from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position, the first lens group moves toward the image side of the zoom lens, the second lens group moves toward the object side of the zoom lens, and the third lens group moves toward the image side of the zoom lens.
16. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first lens includes a concave surface on both sides, the second lens includes a convex surface on both sides, the third lens includes a convex surface on both sides, the fourth lens includes a concave surface on both sides, and the fifth lens includes a convex meniscus surface on the image side of the fifth lens.
17. A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side:
a first lens group entirely having a negative refractive power, the first lens group including a first lens having a negative refractive power and a second lens having a positive refractive power;
a second lens group entirely having a positive refractive power, the second lens group including a third lens having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; and
a third lens group entirely having a positive refractive power, the third lens group including at least one fifth lens having a positive refractive power,
the zoom lens satisfying the following conditional expression,
1.0
≤
f
II
f
W
f
T
≤
1.5
wherein f II denotes the focal length of the second lens group, f W denotes the total focal length at the wide-angle position, and f T denotes the total focal length at the telephoto position.
18. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first lens includes a concave surface on both sides, the second lens includes a convex surface on both sides, the third lens includes a convex surface on both sides, the fourth lens includes a convex meniscus surface on the object side of the fourth lens, and the fifth lens includes a convex surface on both sides.
19. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 17 , wherein during zooming from the wide-angle position to the telephoto position, the second lens group moves along an optical axis to perform the zooming, and the first and third lens groups move to compensate for the zooming.
20. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 17 , wherein during zooming from the wide-angle position to the telephoto position, the second lens group moves along an optical axis to perform the zooming, and the first lens group or the third lens group is moved to correct the focal position according to the zooming.
21. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the zoom lens further satisfies the following conditional expression:
1.0
≤
L
II
f
W
f
T
≤
1.5
wherein L II denotes the displacement of the second lens group from the wide-angle position to the telephoto position.
22. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the zoom lens further satisfies the following conditional expression:
1.2
≤
f
1
f
W
f
T
≤
1.8
.
23. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the zoom lens further satisfies the following conditional expression:
1.5
≤
f
III
f
W
f
T
≤
3.0
wherein f III denotes the focal length of the third lens group.
24. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the zoom lens further satisfies the following conditional expression:
0.5
≤
f
1
P
f
1
≤
1.0
wherein f I denotes the focal length of the first lens group, and f IP denotes the focal length of a lens having a positive refractive power among the lenses of the first lens group.
25. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first and second lens groups include at least one aspheric surface.
26. The zoom lens as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the third lens group comprises one lens.
27. A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side:
a first lens group entirely having a negative refractive power, the first lens group including a first lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface on both sides thereof, and a second lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface on the object side thereof;
a second lens group entirely having a positive refractive power, the second lens group including a third lens having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and a convex meniscus surface on the object side thereof; and
a third lens group entirely having a positive refractive power, the third lens group including at least one fifth lens having a positive refractive power,
wherein during zooming from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position, the distance between the first and second lens groups is reduced, and the distance between the second and third lens groups is increased, and
the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression,
0.5
≤
f
1
P
f
1
≤
1.0
wherein f I denotes the focal length of the first lens group, and f IP denotes the focal length of a lens having a positive refractive power among the lenses of the first lens group.