Photographic lens system and electronic imaging device using the same

1. A photographic lens system comprises a positive lens element, a positive lens element, a negative lens element having a concave surface facing toward the image, a diaphragm, a negative lens element having a concave surface facing toward the object, a positive lens element which is cemented to said negative lens element, and two or three positive lens elements, in this order from an object,

wherein an intermediate negative lens element, having the weakest negative refractive power out of all of said negative lens elements provided in said photographic lens system, is provided between said negative lens element having the concave surface facing toward the image and said negative lens element having the concave surface facing toward the object.

2. The photographic lens system according to claim 1 , satisfying the following condition:

0.1 <f/|f 4|<0.3( f 4<0)

wherein

f designates the focal length of the entire photographic lens system; and

f4 designates the focal length of said intermediate negative lens element.

3. The photographic lens system according to claim 1 , wherein upon focusing on an object at a close distance, the most image-side lens element is made stationary, and all of said lens elements which are provided on the object-side from the most image-side lens element are arranged to move toward the object.

4. The photographic lens system according to claim 3 , satisfying the following condition:

60<ν

wherein

ν designates the maximum Abbe number out of the Abbe numbers of said positive lens elements which are provided on the image-side of said diaphragm, and are arranged to move upon focusing.

5. An electronic imaging device comprising an image sensor on which an object image is formed through said photographic lens system according to claim 1 .