Imaging lens and imaging apparatus including the imaging lens
View Patent ↗An imaging lens substantially consists of five lenses of an aspheric first lens having a convex surface facing an object side and positive refractive power, an aspheric second lens having a concave surface facing the object side and negative refractive power, an aspheric third lens having a meniscus shape in which its object-side surface is convex toward the object side, and positive refractive power, an aspheric fourth lens having negative refractive power and a fifth lens having a convex surface facing the object side and positive refractive power, which are in this order from the object side. Further, the imaging lens satisfies predetermined conditional formulas.
1. An imaging lens substantially consisting of five lenses of:
a first lens having a convex surface facing an object side in the vicinity of an optical axis and positive refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical;
a second lens having a concave surface facing the object side in the vicinity of the optical axis and negative refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical;
a third lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing the object side in the vicinity of the optical axis and positive refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical;
a fourth lens having negative refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical; and
a fifth lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing the object side in the vicinity of the optical axis and positive refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical, which are in this order from the object side,
wherein the following conditional formulas are satisfied:
1 <f 2 /f 4<3 (2); and
Nd 3<1.6 and Nd 5<1.6 (3), where
f 2 : a focal length of the second lens,
f 4 : a focal length of the fourth lens,
Nd 3 : a refractive index of the third lens, and
Nd 5 : a refractive index of the fifth lens.
2. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional formula is further satisfied:
ν d 4<35 (5), where
νd 4 : an Abbe number of the fourth lens for d-line.
3. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional formula is further satisfied:
ν d 2<35 (1), where
νd 2 : an Abbe number of the second lens for d-line.
4. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , where the following conditional formulas are further satisfied:
50 <νd 3 and 50 <νd 5 (4), where
νd 3 : an Abbe number of the third lens for d-line, and
νd 5 : an Abbe number of the fifth lens for d-line.
5. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein an aperture stop is arranged on the object side of the first lens.
6. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional formula is further satisfied:
1.1 <f 2 /f 4<2.8 (2-1).
7. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional formulas are further satisfied:
Nd 3<1.58 and Nd 5<1.58 (3-1).
8. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional formula is further satisfied:
ν d 4<30 (5-1), where
νd 4 : an Abbe number of the fourth lens for d-line.
9. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional formula is further satisfied:
ν d 2<30 (1-1), where
νd 2 : an Abbe number of the second lens for d-line.
10. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional formulas are further satisfied:
53 <νd 3 and 53 <νd 5 (4-1), where
νd 3 : an Abbe number of the third lens for d-line, and
νd 5 : an Abbe number of the fifth lens for d-line.
11. An imaging apparatus comprising:
the imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 .
12. An imaging lens substantially consisting of five lenses of:
a first lens having a convex surface facing an object side in the vicinity of an optical axis and positive refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical;
a second lens having a concave surface facing the object side in the vicinity of the optical axis and negative refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical;
a third lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing the object side in the vicinity of the optical axis and positive refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical;
a fourth lens having negative refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical; and
a fifth lens having a convex surface facing the object side in the vicinity of the optical axis and positive refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis, and at least one of the surfaces of which is aspherical, which are in this order from the object side,
wherein the following conditional formulas are satisfied:
1 <f 2 /f 4<3 (2);
Nd 3<1.6 and Nd 5<1.6 (3); and
ν d 4<35 (5), where
f 2 : a focal length of the second lens,
f 4 : a focal length of the fourth lens,
Nd 3 : a refractive index of the third lens,
Nd 5 : a refractive index of the fifth lens, and
νd 4 : an Abbe number of the fourth lens for d-line.
13. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 12 , wherein the following conditional formula is further satisfied:
ν d 2<35 (1), where
νd 2 : an Abbe number of the second lens for d-line.
14. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 12 , where the following conditional formulas are further satisfied:
50 <νd 3 and 50 <νd 5 (4), where
νd 3 : an Abbe number of the third lens for d-line, and
νd 5 : an Abbe number of the fifth lens for d-line.
15. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 12 , wherein an aperture stop is arranged on the object side of the first lens.
16. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 12 , wherein the following conditional formula is further satisfied:
1.1 <f 2 /f 4<2.8 (2-1).
17. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 12 , wherein the following conditional formulas are further satisfied:
Nd 3<1.58 and Nd 5<1.58 (3-1).
18. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 12 , wherein the following conditional formula is further satisfied:
ν d 4<30 (5-1), where
νd 4 : an Abbe number of the fourth lens for d-line.
19. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 12 , wherein the following conditional formula is further satisfied:
ν d 2<30 (1-1), where
νd 2 : an Abbe number of the second lens for d-line.
20. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 12 , wherein the following conditional formulas are further satisfied:
53 <νd 3 and 53 <νd 5 (4-1), where
νd 3 : an Abbe number of the third lens for d-line, and
νd 5 : an Abbe number of the fifth lens for d-line.