Zoom optical system, optical device and method for manufacturing the zoom optical system
A zoom optical system comprises, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a front-side lens group; an intermediate lens group having positive refractive power; and a rear-side lens group. The front-side lens group is composed of one or more lens groups and has a negative lens group. At least part of the intermediate lens group is a focusing lens group. The rear-side lens group is composed of one or more lens groups. Upon zooming, distances between the first lens group and the front-side lens group, between the front-side lens group and the intermediate lens group, and between the intermediate lens group and the rear-side lens group change. At least one of the following conditional expressions is satisfied: 0.010< fF/fXR <10.000 2.250< TLW/ZD 1<10.000 where fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group, fXR denotes a focal length of a lens group closet to the image surface in the front-side lens group, TLW denotes an entire length of the optical system in a wide angle end state, and ZD 1 denotes a movement amount of the first lens group upon zooming from the wide angle end state to a telephoto end state.
1. A zoom optical system comprising, in order from an object side:
a first lens group having positive refractive power,
a front-side lens group;
an intermediate lens group having positive refractive power; and
a rear-side lens group, wherein
the front-side lens group is composed of one or more lens groups and has a negative lens group,
at least part of the intermediate lens group is a focusing lens group,
the rear-side lens group is composed of one or more lens groups,
upon zooming, a distance between the first lens group and the front-side lens group is changed, a distance between the front-side lens group and the intermediate lens group is changed, and a distance between the intermediate lens group and the rear-side lens group is changed, and
the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.010< fF/fXR< 10.000
where fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group, and
fXR denotes a focal length of a lens group closet to the image surface in the front-side lens group.
2. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
2.250< TLW/ZD 1<10.000
where
TLW denotes an entire length of the optical system in a wide angle end state, and
ZD 1 denotes a movement amount of the first lens group upon zooming from the wide angle end state to a telephoto end state.
3. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−10.000< fF/fRF< 10.000
where
fRF denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to an object in the rear-side lens group.
4. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.010<(− fXn )/ fXR< 1.000
where
fXn denotes a focal length of a lens group with a largest absolute value of refractive power in a negative lens group of the front-side lens group.
5. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.01< dAB/|fF|< 0.50
where
dAB denotes a distance between the focusing lens group and a lens disposed to the object side of the focusing lens group on an optical axis, upon focusing on infinity in a telephoto end state.
6. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.170<| fF/fRF|< 10.000
where
fRF denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to an object in the rear-side lens group.
7. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein upon zooming, the first lens group is moved with respect to an image surface.
8. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
Tω≤ 20.000
where Tω denotes a half angle of view in a telephoto end state.
9. An optical device comprising the zoom optical system according to claim 1 .
10. A zoom optical system comprising, in order from an object side:
a first lens group having positive refractive power,
a front-side lens group;
an intermediate lens group having positive refractive power; and
a rear-side lens group, wherein
the front-side lens group is composed of one or more lens groups and has a negative lens group,
at least part of the intermediate lens group is a focusing lens group,
the rear-side lens group is composed of one or more lens groups,
upon zooming, a distance between the first lens group and the front-side lens group is changed, a distance between the front-side lens group and the intermediate lens group is changed, and a distance between the intermediate lens group and the rear-side lens group is changed, and
the following conditional expression is satisfied:
2.250< TLW/ZD 1<10.000
where
TLW denotes an entire length of the optical system in a wide angle end state, and
ZD 1 denotes a movement amount of the first lens group upon zooming from the wide angle end state to a telephoto end state.
11. The zoom optical system according to claim 10 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−10.000< fF/fRF< 10.000
where
fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group, and
fRF denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to an object in the rear-side lens group.
12. The zoom optical system according to claim 10 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.010<(− fXn )/ fXR< 1.000
where
fXn denotes a focal length of a lens group with a largest absolute value of refractive power in a negative lens group of the front-side lens group, and
fXR denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to an image in the front-side lens group.
13. The zoom optical system according to claim 10 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.01< dAB/|fF|< 0.50
where
fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group, and
dAB denotes a distance between the focusing lens group and a lens disposed to the object side of the focusing lens group on an optical axis, upon focusing on infinity in the telephoto end state.
14. The zoom optical system according to claim 10 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.170<| fF/fRF|< 10.000
where
fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group, and
fRF denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to an object in the rear-side lens group.
15. The zoom optical system according to claim 10 , wherein upon zooming, the first lens group is moved with respect to an image surface.
16. The zoom optical system according to claim 10 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
Tω≤ 20.000
where Tω denotes a half angle of view in the telephoto end state.
17. An optical device comprising the zoom optical system according to claim 10 .
18. A method for manufacturing a zoom optical system, comprising:
arranging, in a lens barrel and in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a front-side lens group, an intermediate lens group having positive refractive power, and a rear-side lens group,
the front-side lens group being composed of one or more lens groups and has a negative lens group,
at least part of the intermediate lens group being a focusing lens group,
the rear-side lens group being composed of one or more lens groups, and
the arrangement being such that upon zooming, a distance between the first lens group and the front-side lens group is changed, a distance between the front-side lens group and the intermediate lens group is changed, and a distance between the intermediate lens group and the rear-side lens group is changed; and
satisfying at least one of the following conditional expressions (A) or (B):
0.010< fF/fXR< 10.000 (A)
where fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group, and
fXR denotes a focal length of a lens group closet to the image surface in the front-side lens group,
2.250< TLW/ZD 1<10.000 (B)
where TLW denotes an entire length of the optical system in a wide angle end state, and
ZD 1 denotes a movement amount of the first lens group upon zooming from the wide angle end state to a telephoto end state.