IP Library Granted Patent US 11,906,715
Granted Patent B2
US 11,906,715 · App. 17/150,097 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Imaging lens and imaging apparatus

Inventor: Shunsuke Miyagishima (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G02B15/143505G02B15/20G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 11,906,715
App. No.
17/150,097
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens group; a second lens group that has a positive refractive power; and a third lens group that has a negative refractive power, wherein the first lens group includes, successively in order from a position closest to the object side to the image side, two negative lenses and a positive lens, the second lens group includes a positive lens and a negative lens, during focusing from an object at infinity to a closest object, the first lens group remains stationary with respect to an image plane, and the second lens group moves along an optical axis, and assuming that a focal length of the first lens group is f1, and a focal length of the second lens group is f2, Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied: −0.5<f2/f1<0.5 (1).

Claims (91)

1. An imaging lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens group;

a second lens group that has a positive refractive power; and

a third lens group that has a negative refractive power,

wherein the first lens group includes, successively in order from a position closest to the object side to the image side, two negative lenses and a positive lens,

the second lens group includes a positive lens and a negative lens,

during focusing from an object at infinity to a closest object, the first lens group remains stationary with respect to an image plane, and the second lens group moves along an optical axis,

assuming that a focal length of the first lens group is f1, and

a focal length of the second lens group is f2,

Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied:

−0.5< f 2/ f 1<0.5  (1),

the first lens group includes, successively in order from the position closest to the object side to the image side, a negative lens convex toward the object side, a biconcave lens, and a plurality of single lenses each having a positive refractive power, and

a lens surface closest to the image side in the first lens group is a convex surface.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein assuming that a focal length of the third lens group is f3, Conditional Expression (2) is satisfied:

|<| f 3/ f 2|<3  (2).

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein assuming that a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to the object side to a lens surface closest to the image side in a state where the object at infinity is in focus is TTL, Conditional Expression (3) is satisfied:

−0.1< TTL/f 1<0.55  (3).

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein assuming that a focal length of the imaging lens in a state where the object at infinity is in focus is fA, Conditional Expression (4) is satisfied:

−0.1< fA/f 1<0.2  (4).

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens group includes a cemented lens which is formed by cementing a negative lens and a positive lens, and a single lens which is disposed closer to the image side than the cemented lens and which has a positive refractive power.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens group includes a plurality of cemented lenses each of which is formed by cementing a negative lens and a positive lens, and a single lens which has a positive refractive power.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens group includes a stop.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens group includes a positive lens and a negative lens.

9. An imaging lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens group;

a second lens group that has a positive refractive power; and

a third lens group that has a negative refractive power,

wherein the first lens group includes, successively in order from a position closest to the object side to the image side, two negative lenses and a positive lens,

the second lens group includes a positive lens and a negative lens,

during focusing from an object at infinity to a closest object, the first lens group remains stationary with respect to an image plane, and the second lens group moves along an optical axis,

assuming that a focal length of the first lens group is f1, and

a focal length of the second lens group is f2,

Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied:

−0.5< f 2/ f 1<0.5  (1), and

assuming that a focal length of the third lens group is f3, Conditional Expression (5) is satisfied:

−1< f 3/ f 1<0.5  (5).

10. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein,

a refractive index of a lens closest to the object side at a d line is 1.7 or more, and

an Abbe number of a lens, which is second from the object side, based on the d line is 60 or more.

11. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein assuming that

an average value of Abbe numbers of a lens closest to the object side and a lens, which is second from the object side, based on a d line is ν12, and

an Abbe number of a lens, which is third from the object side, based on the d line is ν3,

Conditional Expression (6) is satisfied:

25<ν12−ν3<45  (6).

12. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein assuming that

a lateral magnification of the second lens group in a state where the object at infinity is in focus is β2, and

a lateral magnification of the third lens group in a state where the object at infinity is in focus is β3,

Conditional Expression (7) is satisfied:

1.5<(1−β2 2 )×β3 2 <2.5  (7).

13. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein assuming that a lateral magnification of the third lens group in a state where the object at infinity is in focus is β3, Conditional Expression (8) is satisfied:

1.4<β3<1.55  (8).

14. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein assuming that

a radius of curvature of an object side surface of a lens closest to the object side is R11, and

a radius of curvature of an image side surface of the lens closest to the object side is R12,

Conditional Expression (9) is satisfied:

−1<( R 12− R 11)/( R 12+ R 11)<−0.5  (9).

15. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein assuming that

a radius of curvature of an object side surface of a lens which is second from the object side is R21, and

a radius of curvature of an image side surface of the lens which is second from the object side is R22,

Conditional Expression (10) is satisfied:

−1.5<( R 22+ R 21)/( R 22− R 21)<0.1  (10).

16. An imaging lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens group;

a second lens group that has a positive refractive power; and

a third lens group that has a negative refractive power,

wherein the first lens group includes, successively in order from a position closest to the object side to the image side, two negative lenses and a positive lens,

the second lens group includes a positive lens and a negative lens,

during focusing from an object at infinity to a closest object, the first lens group remains stationary with respect to an image plane, and the second lens group moves along an optical axis,

assuming that a focal length of the first lens group is f1, and

a focal length of the second lens group is f2,

Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied:

−0.5< f 2/ f 1<0.5  (1),

the second lens group includes a stop, and has lenses adjacent to the object side and the image side of the stop, and

assuming that a radius of curvature of an image side surface of the lens adjacent to the object side of the stop is Rstf, and

a radius of curvature of an object side surface of the lens adjacent to the image side of the stop is Rstr,

Conditional Expression (11) is satisfied:

−1<( Rstr−Rstf )/( Rstr+Rstf )<−0.3  (11).

17. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens group includes a stop, and has lenses on the object side and the image side of the stop, and

assuming that a combined focal length of all lenses closer to the object side than the stop in the second lens group is f2f, and

a combined focal length of all lenses closer to the image side than the stop in the second lens group is f2r,

Conditional Expression (12) is satisfied:

0< f 2 f/f 2 r< 2.5  (12).

18. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where one lens component is one single lens or one cemented lens, assuming that a distance on the optical axis from a surface closest to the image side in a lens component which is second from the image side in the second lens group to a surface closest to the object side in a lens component closest to the image side in the second lens group is dd, and

a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to the object side in the second lens group to a lens surface closest to the image side in the second lens group is TTL2,

Conditional Expression (13) is satisfied:

0.09< dd/TTL< 0.17  (13).

19. An imaging apparatus comprising the imaging lens according to claim 1 .

20. The imaging lens according to claim 9 , wherein in a case where one lens component is one single lens or one cemented lens, assuming that a distance on the optical axis from a surface closest to the image side in a lens component which is second from the image side in the second lens group to a surface closest to the object side in a lens component closest to the image side in the second lens group is dd, and

a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to the object side in the second lens group to a lens surface closest to the image side in the second lens group is TTL2,

Conditional Expression (13) is satisfied:

0.09< dd/TTL 2≤0.17  (13).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2021
From: MIYAGISHIMA, SHUNSUKE
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054932/0585 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-012968 · Jan 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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