Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus

1. A zoom lens, comprising:

a first lens group having a positive refracting power;

a second lens group having a negative refracting power;

a third lens group having a positive refracting power;

a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; and

a fifth lens group having a positive or negative refracting power;

said first, second, third, fourth and fifth lenses being disposed in order from the object side to the image side of said zoom lens;

said second lens group and said fourth lens group being moved in the direction of an optical axis upon zooming;

said first lens group having a position fixed in the direction of the optical axis upon zooming;

said first lens group including a front side lens having a negative refracting power, an optical member for bending an optical path and a rear side lens having a positive refracting power, disposed in order from the object side toward the image side;

said third lens group having a position fixed in the direction of the optical axis upon zooming;

said zoom lens further comprising an aperture disposed between said second lens group and said third lens group or between said third lens group and said fourth lens group;

said zoom lens satisfying the following conditional expressions (1), (2) and (3):

1.8< F 1 /FW< 3.0  (1)

2.0 <D 1 G/FW< 3.3  (2)

2.0 <DIA 11/ DIA 21<3.0  (3)

where

F1: focal length of said first lens group

D1G: thickness of said first lens group on said optical axis

FW: focal length of said entire lens system at the wide angle end

DIA11: effective diameter of said lens surface on the most object side of said first lens at the wide angle end

DIA21: effective diameter of said lens surface on the most object side of said second lens at the wide angle end.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein said zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (4) and (5):

2.1<| FG 1 /FW|< 3.3  (4)

1.8<| FRW/FW|< 2.4  (5)

where

FG1: focal length of said front side lens of said first lens group

FRW: focal length from said rear side lens of said first lens group to said fifth lens group at the wide angle end.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens group includes a negative lens and a cemented lens of a negative lens and a positive lens disposed in order from the object side toward the image side, and

said fourth lens group includes a cemented lens of a positive lens and a negative lens disposed in order from the object side toward the image side;

said zoom lens satisfying the following conditional expression (6):

0.84<| D 4 /D 2|<2.0  (6)

where

D2: amount of movement of said second lens group upon zooming where the image pickup object is located at infinity

D4: amount of movement of said fourth lens group upon

zooming where the image pickup object is located at infinity.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein said zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (7) and (8):

0.5<| F 2 /FW|< 1.0  (7)

2.0< F 4 /FW< 3.0  (8)

where

F2: focal length of said second lens group

F4: focal length of said fourth lens group.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fifth lens group has a positive refracting power and is configured such that a negative lens, a first positive lens movable in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis to shift an image, and a second positive lens having at least one face formed as an aspheric face are disposed in order from the object side toward the image side;

said fifth lens group satisfying the following conditional expressions (9), (10) and (11):

0.15<β52<0.55  (9)

0.6<β53<1.1  (10)

−0.2 <FW/F 5<0.2  (11)

where

β52: lateral magnification of said first positive lens at the wide angle end

β53: lateral magnification of said second positive lens at the wide angle end

F5: focal length of said fifth lens group.

6. The zoom lens according to claim 5 , wherein said first positive lens of said fifth lens group is formed from resin and has at least one face formed as an aspheric face.

7. An image pickup apparatus, comprising:

a zoom lens; and

an image pickup element for converting an optical image formed by said zoom lens into an electric signal;

said zoom lens including a first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power, a third lens group having a positive refracting power, a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power, and a fifth lens group having a positive or negative refracting power;

said first, second, third, fourth and fifth lenses being disposed in order from the object side to the image side of said zoom lens;

said second lens group and said fourth lens group being moved in the direction of an optical axis upon zooming;

said first lens group having a position fixed in the direction of the optical axis upon zooming;

said first lens group including a front side lens having a negative refracting power, an optical member for bending an optical path and a rear side lens having a positive refracting power, disposed in order from the object side toward the image side;

said third lens group having a position fixed in the direction of the optical axis upon zooming;

said zoom lens further including an aperture disposed between said second lens group and said third lens group or between said third lens group and said fourth lens group;

said zoom lens satisfying the following conditional expressions (1), (2) and (3):

1.8< F 1 /FW< 3.0  (1)

2.0< D 1 G/FW< 3.3  (2)

2.0< DIA 11 /DIA 21<3.0  (3)

where

F1: focal length of said first lens group

D1G: thickness of said first lens group on said optical axis

FW: focal length of said entire lens system at the wide angle end

DIA11: effective diameter of said lens surface on the most object side of said first lens at the wide angle end

DIA21: effective diameter of said lens surface on the most object side of said second lens at the wide angle end.