Zoom lens and photographing apparatus
A zoom lens and a photographing apparatus including the same. The zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and an additional lens grouping having a positive refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from an object side, wherein the additional lens grouping comprises a third lens group having a positive refractive power.
1. A zoom lens comprising:
a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and an additional lens grouping having a positive refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from an object side,
wherein the additional lens grouping comprises a third lens group having a positive refractive power,
wherein the third lens group is shifted towards an image side to perform focusing at a minimum distance, and
wherein when an effective focal length of the third lens group refers to f 3 [mm], and an effective focal length of the additional lens grouping at the telephoto position refers to f rt [mm], and an effective focal length of the second lens group refers to f 2 [mm], the zoom lens satisfies the following formulae:
Formulae
0.1< f 3 /f rt <2.0,
1.5<| f 3 /f 2 |<4.0.
2. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group increases and a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases during zooming from the wide angle position to the telephoto position.
3. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the third lens group comprises one piece of positive lens.
4. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein when a transverse magnification of the third lens group when focused on an object at infinite distance at the telephoto position refers to β 3t , and a transverse magnification of a lens group that is disposed closer to the image side than the third lens group and focused on an object at infinite distance at the telephoto position refers to β xt , the zoom lens satisfies the following formula:
Formula
|(1−β 3t 2 )×β xt 2 |>2.0.
5. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein when a transverse magnification of the third lens group when focused on an object at infinite distance at the wide angle position refers to β 3w , and a transverse magnification of a lens group that is disposed closer to the image side than the third lens group and focused on an object at infinite distance at the telephoto position refers to β xw , the zoom lens satisfies the following formula:
Formula
{(1−β 3w 2 )×β xw 2 }/{(1−β 3t 2 )×β xt 2 }>0.
6. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein when an effective focal length of the first lens group refers to f 1 [mm], an effective focal length of the second lens group refers to f 2 [mm], a total focal length of the zoom lens at the wide angle position refers to f w [mm], and a total focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto position refers to f t [mm], the zoom lens satisfies the following formulae:
Formulae
1.0<| f 1 /( f w ×f t ) 1/2 |<5.05,
0.1<| f 2 /( f w ×f t ) 1/2 |<1.0,
0.5<| f rt /( f w ×f t ) 1/2 |<3.0.
7. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group comprises a negative meniscus lens with a convex surface towards the object side and a positive lens.
8. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the second lens group comprises a negative meniscus lens with a convex surface towards the object side, a biconcave lens, and a positive lens with a convex surface towards the object side.
9. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the third lens group comprises a biconvex lens.
10. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the additional lens grouping further comprises a fourth lens group, and the fourth lens group comprises a doublet lens having a positive lens and a negative lens and a doublet lens having a positive lens and a negative lens.
11. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the additional lens grouping further comprises a fifth lens group, and the fifth lens group comprises a positive lens and a negative lens.
12. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group comprises a doublet lens having a negative meniscus lens with a convex surface towards the object side and a positive lens and a positive lens.
13. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the third lens group comprises a doublet lens having a negative lens and a positive lens.
14. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the additional lens grouping further comprises a fifth lens group, and the fifth lens group comprises a positive lens, a doublet lens having a positive lens and a negative lens, and a positive lens.
15. A zoom lens comprising:
a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and an additional lens grouping having a positive refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from an object side,
wherein the additional lens grouping comprises a third lens group having a positive refractive power,
wherein the additional lens grouping further comprises a fourth lens group and a fifth lens group which are sequentially disposed between the third lens group and an image side, wherein the distance between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group varies during zooming, and
wherein when an effective focal length of the third lens group refers to f 3 [mm], and an effective focal length of the additional lens grouping at the telephoto position refers to f rt [mm], and an effective focal length of the second lens group refers to f 2 [mm], the zoom lens satisfies the following formulae:
Formulae
0.1< f 3 /f rt <2.0,
1.5<| f 3 /f 2 |<4.0.
16. A photographing apparatus comprising:
a zoom lens; and
an imaging device that picks up an image formed by the zoom lens,
wherein the zoom lens comprises a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and an additional lens grouping having a positive refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from an object side,
wherein the additional lens grouping comprises a third lens group having a positive refractive power,
wherein the third lens group is shifted towards an image side to perform focusing at a minimum distance, and
wherein when an effective focal length of the third lens group refers to f 3 [mm], and an effective focal length of the additional lens grouping at the telephoto position refers to f rt [mm], and an effective focal length of the second lens group refers to f 2 [mm], the zoom lens satisfies the following formulae:
Formulae
0.1< f 3 /f rt <2.0,
1.5<| f 3 /f 2 |<4.0.
17. A photographing apparatus comprising:
a zoom lens; and
an imaging device that picks up an image formed by the zoom lens,
wherein the zoom lens comprises a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and an additional lens grouping having a positive refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from an object side,
wherein the additional lens grouping comprises a third lens group having a positive refractive power,
wherein the additional lens grouping further comprises a fourth lens group and a fifth lens group which are sequentially disposed between the third lens group and an image side, wherein the distance between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group varies during zooming, and
wherein when an effective focal length of the third lens group refers to f 3 [mm], and an effective focal length of the additional lens grouping at the telephoto position refers to f rt [mm], and an effective focal length of the second lens group refers to f 2 [mm], the zoom lens satisfies the following formulae:
Formulae
0.1< f 3 /f rt <2.0,
1.5<| f 3 /f 2 |<4.0.