IP Library Granted Patent US 8,379,114
Granted Patent B2
US 8,379,114 · App. 13/093,862 · Granted Feb 19, 2013

Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera

Inventors: Yasunori Touchi (Osaka, JP); Takakazu Bito (Osaka, JP); Shinji Yamaguchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,379,114
App. No.
13/093,862
Granted
Feb 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, a fourth lens unit having negative optical power, and a fifth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the third lens unit includes at least one lens element having positive optical power and at least one lens element having negative optical power, at least the first to third lens units are moved along an optical axis in zooming so that air spaces between the respective lens units vary, thereby performing magnification change, a lens unit positioned on the image side relative to an aperture diaphragm is moved along the optical axis in focusing, and the conditions: 4.0<D/Ir<5.3 and Z=f T /f W ≧9.0 (D: a total of optical axial thicknesses of respective lens units, Ir=f T ×tan(ω T ), ω T : a half view angle at a telephoto limit, f T and f W : focal lengths of the entire system at a telephoto limit and at a wide-angle limit) are satisfied; an imaging device; and a camera are provided.

Claims (54)

1. A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, a fourth lens unit having negative optical power, and a fifth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein

the third lens unit includes at least one lens element having positive optical power and at least one lens element having negative optical power,

in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, at least the first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit are individually moved along an optical axis so that air spaces between the respective lens units vary, thereby performing magnification change,

in focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition, a lens unit positioned on the image side relative to an aperture diaphragm is moved along the optical axis, and

the following conditions (1-1) and (a) are satisfied:

4.0 <D/Ir< 5.3  (1-1)

Z=f T /f W ≧9.0  (a)

where

D is a total of optical axial thicknesses of respective lens units,

Ir is a value represented by the following equation:

Ir=f T ×tan(ω T ),

ω T is a half view angle (°) at a telephoto limit,

f T is a focal length of the entire system at a telephoto limit, and

f W is a focal length of the entire system at a wide-angle limit.

2. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the following condition (2) is satisfied:

28.8<( L 12T −L 12W )× f G1 /Ir 2 <70.0  (2)

where

L 12T is an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto limit,

L 12W is an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a wide-angle limit,

f G1 is a composite focal length of the first lens unit,

Ir is a value represented by the following equation:

Ir=f T ×tan(ω T ),

ω T is a half view angle (°) at a telephoto limit, and

f T is a focal length of the entire system at a telephoto limit.

3. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the following condition (3) is satisfied:

1.85 <f G3 /D G3 <4.29  (3)

where

f G3 is a composite focal length of the third lens unit, and

D G3 is an optical axial thickness of the third lens unit.

4. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the following condition (4) is satisfied:

−4.2 <f G1 /f G4 <−0.5  (4)

where

f G1 is a composite focal length of the first lens unit, and

f G4 is a composite focal length of the fourth lens unit.

5. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the following condition (5) is satisfied:

6.0 <f G1 /f W <9.4  (5)

where

f G1 is a composite focal length of the first lens unit, and

f W is a focal length of the entire system at a wide-angle limit.

6. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the following condition (6) is satisfied:

4.3 <L T /f G3 <7.4  (6)

where

L T is an overall length of lens system at a telephoto limit (a distance from the most object side surface of the first lens unit to the image surface), and

f G3 is a composite focal length of the third lens unit.

7. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens unit is composed of one lens element.

8. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens unit is composed of one lens element.

9. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens unit is moved along the optical axis in focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition.

10. An imaging device capable of outputting an optical image of an object as an electric image signal, comprising:

a zoom lens system that forms an optical image of the object; and

an image sensor that converts the optical image formed by the zoom lens system into the electric image signal, wherein

the zoom lens system is a zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 .

11. A camera for converting an optical image of an object into an electric image signal and then performing at least one of displaying and storing of the converted image signal, comprising:

an imaging device including a zoom lens system that forms the optical image of the object and an image sensor that converts the optical image formed by the zoom lens system into the electric image signal, wherein

the zoom lens system is a zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2011
From: TOUCHI, YASUNORI; BITO, TAKAKAZU; YAMAGUCHI, SHINJI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026256/0150 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-102640 · Apr 27, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110261250A1 · Oct 27, 2011