Image forming optical system, image pickup apparatus using the same, and information processing apparatus
An optical system includes, in order from the object side, an aperture, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and having a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the image side, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power. The optical system satisfies a certain condition.
1. An image forming optical system comprising, in order from the object side, an aperture, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and having a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the image side, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and the image forming optical system satisfying the following conditional expression (1):
0.55 <φs 9 /φs 10<0.65 (1),
where φs9 is the effective diameter of the fourth lens on its image side, and φs10 is the effective diameter of the fifth lens on its object side.
2. An image forming optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the image forming optical system satisfies the following conditional expression (2):
φ s 9<φfield (2),
where φs9 is the effective aperture of the fourth lens on its image side, and φfield is the largest image height of the image forming optical system.
3. An image forming optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the image forming optical system satisfies the following conditional expression (3):
θ11<40° (3),
where θ11 is the largest value of an angle formed by the optical axis and the normal of the image side surface of the fifth lens over the entire area within the effective aperture.
4. An image forming optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the image forming optical system satisfies the following conditional expression (4):
0.26 <L 123 /TTL< 0.294 (4),
where L123 is the sum total of the thicknesses of the lenses and the air distances from the object side surface of the first lens to the image side surface of the third lens, and TTL is the total optical length of the image forming optical system.
5. An image forming optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the image forming optical system satisfies the following conditional expression (5):
−0.6 <r 8 /f<− 0.35 (5),
where r8 is the paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the fourth lens, and f is the focal length of the entire image forming optical system.
6. An image forming optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the image forming optical system satisfies the following conditional expression (6):
0.35 <f 1 /f 3<0.48 (6),
where f1 is the focal length of the first lens, and f3 is the focal length of the third lens.
7. An image forming optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the stop is located closer to the image side than the surface vertex of the first lens.
8. An image forming optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens are made of a resin.
9. An image pickup apparatus comprising an image forming optical system according to claim 1 and an auto-focusing mechanism that are integrated together.
10. An image pickup apparatus comprising an image forming optical system according to claim 1 and an image pickup element that are integrated together.
11. An information processing apparatus comprising:
an input section used to operate the information processing apparatus;
a processing section that processes at least information from the input section;
an image pickup apparatus that obtains image information based on information from the processing section;
an image processing section that processes the image information obtained by the image pickup apparatus; and
a display section that displays the processed image,
wherein the image pickup apparatus is an image pickup apparatus according to claim 10 .
12. An information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the information processing apparatus further comprises a communication section and can transmit image information obtained by the image pickup apparatus.
13. An information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the information processing apparatus further comprises a sound obtaining section and an information recording section.
14. An information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the information processing apparatus is portable electronic equipment.