Zoom lens system

1. A zoom lens system, in the order from the object side to the image side thereof, comprising:

a first lens group of positive refraction power;

a second lens group of negative refraction power;

a third lens group of positive refraction power;

a fourth lens group of positive refraction power; and

an imaging plane;

wherein the first lens group and the third lens group are immovably positioned, the second lens group and the fourth lens group are movably positioned, the zoom lens system satisfies the formulae:

5 <f 3 /f 4<8.2; and

2.1 <|f 2 /fw |<3.2,

Where f2-f4 respectively represent the effective focal lengths of the second, third and fourth lens groups, fw represents the shortest effective focal length of the zoom lens system.

2. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens system further satisfies the formula: 0.2<M 2 /L<0.4, where M 2 is the longest moving distance of the second lens group from a wide angle state to a telephoto state, L is the overall length of the zoom lens system.

3. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens system comprises a filter, the filter is positioned between the fourth lens group and the imaging plane.

4. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens group comprises, in the order from the object side to the image side of the zoom lens system, a ninth lens having positive refraction power, a tenth lens having negative refraction power and an eleventh lens having positive refraction power, the tenth lens and the eleventh lens are unified as a compound lens using adhesive, the ninth lens comprises at least one aspherical surface.

5. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the ninth lens comprises two aspherical surfaces.

6. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second lens group comprises, in the order from the object side to the image side of the zoom lens system, a fifth lens, a sixth lens having negative refraction power, and a seventh lens having positive refraction power, the sixth lens and the seventh lenses are unified as a compound lens using adhesive.

7. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the fifth lens is concave crescent-shaped, convex to the object side.

8. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the zoom lens system further satisfies the formula: 45<(V 6 −V 7 ), where V 6 , V 7 respectively represent the Abbe number of the sixth and seventh lenses.

9. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first lens group comprises, in the order from the object side to the image side of the zoom lens system, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and fourth lens, the second lens is a convex lens, the first lens and the second lenses are unified as a compound lens using adhesive.

10. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first lens is concave crescent-shaped, convex to the object side, the third lens is convex crescent-shaped, convex to the object side, the fourth lens is convex crescent-shaped, convex to the object side.

11. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the fourth lens is a spherical lens.

12. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the zoom lens system further satisfies the formula: 70<V 2 , where V 2 is the Abbe number of the second lens.

13. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third lens group comprises a eighth lens, the eighth lens is convex crescent-shaped, convex to the object side, the eighth lens comprises at least one aspherical surface.

14. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the eighth lens comprises two aspherical surfaces.

15. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the eighth lens is made of plastic.

16. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the zoom lens system comprises an aperture stop positioned between the second lens group and the eighth lens.

17. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the aperture stop is positioned on an object side surface of the eighth lens.

18. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the aperture stop comprises an opaque material on an outer rim of the object side surface of the eighth lens.