A zoom lens includes a first lens group G 1 that is negative, a second lens group G 2 that is negative, and a third lens group G 3 that is positive. The first lens group G 1 includes a first lens L 1 that is negative and a prism P, and the second lens group G 2 includes a second lens L 2 that is positive and a third lens L 3 that is negative. The third lens group G 3 includes a stop ST, a fourth lens L 4 that is positive, and a fifth lens L 5 that is negative. According to this configuration, upon changing magnification from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens group G 1 is secured, the second lens group G 2 first moves to the image plane side and then moves to the object side, and the third lens group G 3 linearly moves to the object side.
1. A zoom lens comprising:
a first lens group having negative refractive power;
a second lens group having negative refractive power; and
a third lens group having positive refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,
wherein said first lens group includes a first lens having negative refractive power so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side is positive, and a light path changing member for changing a traveling direction of an incident light,
said second lens group includes a second lens having positive refractive power so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is positive, and a third lens having negative refractive power so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is negative,
said second lens and said third lens are arranged adjacently from the object side to the image plane side,
said third lens group is formed of only two lenses including a fourth lens having positive refractive power and a fifth lens having negative refractive power so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is positive, and
said first lens group is secured, said second lens group first moves to the image plane side and then moves to the object side, and said third lens group linearly moves to the object side when a magnification of the zoom lens is changed from an wide-angle end to a telephoto end.
2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein said light path changing member is formed of a prism that reflects the incident light to bend a light path thereof.
3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens group, said second lens group, and said third lens group at the wide-angle end have a composite focal length fw, and said first lens group has a focal length f 1 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−0.3 <fw/f 1<−0.05.
4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens group has a focal length f 1 and said third lens group has a focal length f 3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−0.5 <f 3 /f 1<−0.1.
5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens group has a focal length f 2 and said third lens group has a focal length f 3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−0.6 <f 3 /f 2<−0.3.
6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens group includes the second lens having an Abbe's number νd2p and the third lens having an Abbe's number νd2n, and said third lens group includes the fourth lens having an Abbe's number νd3p and the fifth lens having an Abbe's number νd3n so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.5 <|νd 2 p−vd 2 n|/|νd 3 p−νd 3 n< 0.8.