Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a negative curvature radius, and a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The first to third lenses have specific Abbe's numbers. The second and third lenses have specific focal lengths.
1. An imaging lens comprising:
a first lens having positive refractive power;
a second lens having negative refractive power;
a third lens having negative refractive power;
a fourth lens; and
a fifth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,
wherein said first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius,
said third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius,
said fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a negative curvature radius, and a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius, and
said first lens has an Abbe's number νd1, said second lens has an Abbe's number νd2, said third lens has an Abbe's number νd3, said second lens has a focal length f2, and said third lens has a focal length f3 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:
45<ν d 1<75,
20<ν d 2<35,
45<ν d 3<75,
0.04≦ f 2/ f 3<0.1.
2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a negative curvature radius.
3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fourth lens and said fifth lens have a composite focal length f45 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−10.0< f 45/ f<− 1.0,
where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.
4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens and said second lens have a composite focal length f12, and said fourth lens and said fifth lens have a composite focal length f45 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−1.0< f 12/ f 45<−0.2.
5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens has a focal length f3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−30< f 3/ f<− 15,
where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.
6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens is formed in the shape so that the surface thereof on the image plane side has a curvature radius R3r, and said fourth lens is formed in the shape so that the surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R4f so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−1.0< R 4 f/R 3 r<− 0.2.
7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens is arranged so that the surface thereof on the object side is away from the image plane by a distance La on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
La /( Hm× 2)≦0.61,
where Hm is a maximum image height.
8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , further comprising an aperture stop disposed between a tangent plane at a vertex of the surface of the first lens on the object side and an intersection between the surface of the first lens on the image plane side and an optical axis thereof.
9. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fourth lens has an Abbe's number νd4, and said fifth lens has an Abbe's number νd5 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:
45<ν d 4<75,
45<ν d 5<75.
10. An imaging lens comprising:
a first lens having positive refractive power;
a second lens having negative refractive power;
a third lens having negative refractive power;
a fourth lens; and
a fifth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,
wherein said first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius,
said third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius,
said fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a negative curvature radius, and a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius, and
said first lens has an Abbe's number νd1, said second lens has an Abbe's number νd2, said third lens has an Abbe's number νd3, and said imaging lens has an angle of view 2ω so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:
45<ν d 1<75,
20<ν d 2<35,
45<ν d 3<75,
78°≦2ω.
11. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein said second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a negative curvature radius.
12. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein said fourth lens and said fifth lens have a composite focal length f45 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−10.0< f 45/ f<− 1.0,
where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.
13. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein said first lens and said second lens have a composite focal length f12, and said fourth lens and said fifth lens have a composite focal length f45 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−1.0< f 12/ f 45<−0.2.
14. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein said third lens has a focal length f3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−30< f 3/ f<− 15,
where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.
15. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein said third lens is formed in the shape so that the surface thereof on the image plane side has a curvature radius R3r, and said fourth lens is formed in the shape so that the surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R4f so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−1.0< R 4 f/R 3 r <−0.2.
16. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein said first lens is arranged so that the surface thereof on the object side is away from the image plane by a distance La on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:
La /( Hm× 2)≦0.61,
where Hm is a maximum image height.
17. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , further comprising an aperture stop disposed between a tangent plane at a vertex of the surface of the first lens on the object side and an intersection between the surface of the first lens on the image plane side and an optical axis thereof.
18. The imaging lens according to claim 10 , wherein said fourth lens has an Abbe's number νd4, and said fifth lens has an Abbe's number νd5 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:
45<ν d 4<75,
45<ν d 5<75.