Zoom lens and photographing apparatus including the same

1. A zoom lens comprising, in an order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens group having a negative refractive power;

a second lens group having a positive refractive power; and

an aperture disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group,

wherein zooming is performed by varying a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group,

wherein the second lens group comprises at least four lenses,

wherein at least one lens surface of a lens that is disposed closest to the object side among the lenses of the second lens group is an aspherical surface,

wherein at least one lens surface of a lens that is disposed closest to the image side among the lenses of the second lens group is an aspherical surface,

wherein an object-side surface of a lens that is disposed third closest to the object side among the lenses of the second lens group is a convex surface,

wherein a lens that is disposed second closest to the object side among the lenses of the second lens group satisfies the following expressions:

65 <vd 22

R 22a /R 22b <0,

where vd 22 is an Abbe's number of the lens that is disposed second closest to the object side among the lenses of the second lens group, R 22a is a curvature radius of a lens surface on the object side of the lens that is disposed second closest to the object side among the lenses, and R 22b is a curvature radius of a lens surface on the image side of the lens that is disposed second closest to the object side among the lenses, and

wherein a lens that is disposed closest to the image side among lenses of the first lens group has a positive refractive power, and the zoom lens satisfies the following expression:

25>Vd 13 where vd 13 is an Abbe's number of the lens that is disposed closest to the image side among the lenses of the first lens group.

2. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group and the second lens group satisfy the following expression:

1.0 <|f 2 /f 1 |<1.5,

where f 1 is a combined focal length of the first lens group, and f 2 is a combined focal length of the second lens group.

3. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group and the second lens group satisfy the following expression:

1.05 <|f 2 /f 1 |<1.3,

where f 1 is a combined focal length of the first lens group, and f 2 is a combined focal length of the second lens group.

4. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following expression:

0.2 <f w /f 2 <0.4,

where f w is a focal length of the zoom lens in a wide mode, and f 2 is a combined focal length of the second lens group.

5. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following expression:

0.25 <f w /f 2 <0.35,

where f w is a focal length of the zoom lens in a wide mode, and f 2 is a combined focal length of the second lens group.

6. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the second lens group satisfies the following expression:

−1.5<β t2 <−1.0

where β t2 is a near-axis imaging magnification of the second lens group in a tele mode.

7. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following expression:

4.0<Σ d /f t <6.5

where Σ d is a length of an optical axis from a vertex of the object side of the lens disposed closest to the object side among lenses of the first lens group to an image plane, and f t is a focal length of the zoom lens in a tele mode.

8. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the aperture between the first lens group and the second lens group is not moved during zooming, and the zoom lens satisfies the following expression:

0.8 <D w /f 2 <1.3

where D w is a distance from the aperture to a first principal point of the second lens group in a wide mode, and f 2 is a combined focal length of the second lens group.

9. The zoom lens of claim 1 , further comprising an optical block disposed between the second lens group and an image plane.

10. The zoom lens of claim 9 , wherein the optical block is one of an optical filter and a faceplate.

11. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the varying the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group for the zooming is performed by moving the second lens group among the first and second lens groups, and

wherein, during the moving of the second lens group for the zooming, the first lens group is configured to move in a given direction to perform focusing and correcting a variation in an image plane caused by the zooming.

12. The zoom lens of claim 11 , wherein the moving the second lens group for the zooming is performed on a linear moving path, and

wherein the moving the first lens group in the given direction is performed on a moving path which is convex toward the image plane.

13. The zoom lens of claim 11 , wherein moving the second lens group for the zooming is performed from a wide mode to a tele mode, and

wherein the first lens group is configured to move in the given direction to perform the focusing and the correcting the variation in the image plane caused by the zooming when focusing is set on an object at infinity or on a near object, during the moving of the second lens group for the zooming.

14. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein, the lens that is disposed closest to the object side among the lenses of the second lens group comprises two aspherical surfaces,

wherein, in the lens that is disposed closest to the image side among the lenses of the second lens group, the aspherical surface is a surface facing the image side, and

wherein, in the lens that is disposed third closest to the object side among the lenses of the second lens group, the convex surface is a surface facing the object side.

15. A photographing apparatus comprising:

the zoom lens of claim 1 ; and

a solid state imaging device for capturing an image formed by the zoom lens.