Image-forming lens, and camera device and portable information terminal device with the image-forming lens

1. An image-forming lens comprising: from an object side to an image side in the following order,

a first group with a positive refractive power having a total of either four or five lens elements, which includes two negative lenses and at least two positive lenses and, in which a first lens element on a most object side is a negative meniscus lens a convex surface of which faces the object side;

an aperture; and

a second group with a positive refractive power having a total of five lens elements or less, which includes at least one cemented lens in which two lens elements of a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented to each other;

wherein each of the first group and the second group shifts independently to perform focusing to a limited object distance, an interval between the first lens element and a second lens element adjacent to a surface on the image side of the first lens element: d1 1-2 and an interval between the second lens element and a third lens element adjacent to a surface on the image side of the second lens element: d1 2-3 satisfy Conditional Expression A: 0.0<d1 2-3 /d1 1-2 <1.0, and

a shape of a lens surface on the most image side of the first group and a shape of a lens surface on the most object side of the second lens group are convex shapes.

2. An image-forming lens comprising: from an object side to an image side in the following order,

a first group with a positive refractive power having a total of either three or four lens elements, which includes at least two negative lenses and one positive lens and, in which a first lens element on a most object side is a negative meniscus lens a convex surface of which faces the object side and a second lens element adjacent to a surface on the image side of the first lens element is a negative lens;

an aperture; and

a second group with a positive refractive power which includes five lens elements including at least one cemented lens in which two lens elements of a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented to each other;

wherein each of the first group and the second group shifts independently to perform focusing to a limited object distance, and an interval between the first lens element and the second lens element: d1 1-2 and an interval between the second lens element and a third lens element adjacent to a surface on the image side of the second lens element: d1 2-3 satisfy Conditional Expression B: 0.0<d1 2-3 /d1 1-2 <0.4.

3. The image-forming lens according to claim 2 , wherein a focal length of an entire lens system in infinity: F, a focal length of the first lens element: f1 1 , a radius of curvature of the surface on the image side of the first lens element: R1 2 , and a radius of curvature of a surface on the object side of the second lens element: R1 3 satisfy Conditional Expression C: 1.2<|f1 1 /F|<1.8 and Conditional Expression D: −0.7<R1 2 /R1 3 ≦0.0.

4. The image-forming lens according to claim 2 , wherein a focal length of the first lens element: f1 n1 , and a combined focal length of the first lens element and the second lens element: f1 n12 satisfy Conditional Expression E: 0.7<f1 n1 /f1 n12 <2.3.

5. The image-forming lens according to claim 2 , wherein a lens element on a most image side of the first group is a cemented lens of a positive lens and a negative lens, and a refractive index of a d-line of the positive lens: Nd3, an Abbe's number of the d-line of the positive lens: νd3, a refractive index of a d-line of the negative lens: Nd4, and an Abbe's number of the d-line of the positive lens: νd4 satisfy Conditional Expression F: 30<Nd3·νd3−Nd4·νd4<50.

6. The image-forming lens according to claim 2 , wherein the positive lens of the first group is a biconvex lens, a lens element on a most object side of the second group is a biconvex lens, a focal length of the biconvex lens of the first group: f1 ep , and a focal length of the biconvex lens on the most object side of the second group: f2 11 satisfy Conditional Expression G: 0.9<f1 ep /f2 11 <2.2.

7. The image-forming lens according to claim 2 , wherein a radius of curvature of a surface on an object side of the first lens element: R1 1 , and a radius of curvature of a surface on an image side of a lens element on a most image side of the second group: R2 e satisfy Conditional Expression H: 0.5<|R1 1 /R2 e |<1.5.

8. The image-forming lens according to claim 2 , wherein a radius of curvature of a surface on an image side of the first lens element: R1 e , and a radius of curvature of a surface on an image side of a lens element on a most object side of the second group: R2 1 satisfy a Conditional Expression I: 1.4<|R1 e /R2 1 |<34.0.

9. The image-forming lens according to claim 2 , wherein an interval between the first group and the second group in a case where an object position is infinity: D1 ∞ , an interval between the first group and the second group in a case of focusing to a reference closest imaging distance: D1 t , an interval between the second group and an image plane in a case where the object position is infinity: D2 ∞ , and an interval between the second group and the image plane in a case of focusing to the reference closest imaging distance: D2 t satisfy Conditional Expression J: −1.0<Log|(D1 ∞ −D1 t )/(D2 ∞ −D2 t )|<−0.4, where Log is taken as a common logarithm.

10. A camera device comprising:

the image-forming lens according to claim 2 as a shooting optical system.

11. A portable information terminal device comprising:

the camera device according to claim 10 as a camera function part.

12. An image-forming lens comprising: from an object side to an image side in the following order,

a first group with a positive refractive power having a total of either four or five lens elements, which includes two negative lenses and at least two positive lenses and, in which a first lens element on a most object side is a negative meniscus lens a convex surface of which faces the object side;

an aperture; and

a second group with a positive refractive power having a total of five lens elements or less, which includes at least one cemented lens in which two lens elements of a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented to each other, a negative lens and a positive lens;

wherein each of the first group and the second group shifts independently to perform focusing to a limited object distance, an interval between the first lens element and a second lens element adjacent to a surface on the image side of the first lens element: d1 1-2 and an interval between the second lens element and a third lens element adjacent to a surface on the image side of the second lens element: d1 2-3 satisfy Conditional Expression A: 0.0<d1 2-3 /d1 1-2 <1.0, and

a shape of a lens surface on the most image side of the first group and a shape of a lens surface on the most object side of the second lens group are convex shapes.

13. The image forming lens according to claim 12 , wherein a focal length of the first lens element: f1 1 , and a focal length of the second lens element: f1 2 satisfy Conditional Expression K: −0.1<f1 1 /f1 2 <−1.0.

14. The image-forming lens according to claim 12 , wherein a radius of curvature of a surface on the object side of the first lens element: R1 1 , and a radius of curvature of a surface on the image side of a lens element on a most image side of the second group: R2 e satisfy Conditional Expression L: 0.4<|R1 1 /R2 e |<2.1.

15. The image-forming lens according to claim 14 , wherein a radius of curvature of a surface on the object side of the first lens element: R1 e , and a radius of curvature of a surface on the image side of a lens element on a most object side of the second group: R2 1 satisfy Conditional Expression M: 1.2<|R1 e /R2 1 |<2.6.

16. The image-forming lens according to claim 12 , wherein an interval between the first group and the second group in a case where an object position is infinity: D1 ∞ , an interval between the first group and the second group in a case of focusing to a reference closest imaging distance: D1 t , an interval between the second group and an image plane in a case where the object position is infinity: D2 ∞ , and an interval between the second group and the image plane in a case of focusing to the reference closest imaging distance: D2 t satisfy Conditional Expression N: −1.5E+1<Log|(D1 ∞ −D1 t )/(D2 ∞ −D2 t )|<−5.0E−2, where Log is taken as a common logarithm.

17. The image-forming lens according to claim 12 , wherein a lens element on a most image side of the first group is a first cemented lens where a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented, and a lens element on a most object side of the second group is a second cemented lens where a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented, and a focal length of the first cemented lens: f1 e , and a focal length of the second cemented lens: f2 1 satisfy Conditional Expression O: 2.0<f1 e /f2 1 <7.9.

18. The image-forming lens according to claim 17 , wherein a refractive index of a d-line of the negative lens of the first cemented lens: Nd3, an Abbe's number of the d-line of the negative lens of the first cemented lens: νd3, a refractive index of a d-line of the positive lens of the first cemented lens: Nd4, an Abbe's number of the d-line of the positive lens of the first cemented lens: νd4, a refractive index of a d-line of the positive lens of the second cemented lens: Nd5, an Abbe's number of the d-line of the positive lens of the second cemented lens: νd5, a refractive index of a d-line of the negative lens of the second cemented lens: Nd6, and an Abbe's number of the d-line of the negative lens of the second cemented lens: νd6 satisfy Conditional Expression P: 0 . 7 <(Nd4·νd4−Nd3·νd3)/(Nd5·νd5−Nd6·νd6)<1.6.

19. A camera device comprising:

the image-forming lens according to claim 12 as a shooting optical system.

20. A portable information terminal device comprising:

the camera device according to claim 19 as a camera function part.