Eyepiece lens, observation apparatus including the eyepiece lens and image pickup apparatus including the eyepiece lens
Provided is an eyepiece lens to be used for observing an image displayed on an image displaying surface, the eyepiece lens consisting of, in order from the image displaying surface side to an observation side: a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit consists of one negative lens, and the second lens unit consists of, in order from the image displaying surface side to the observation side, a positive lens and a negative lens that has a concave surface facing the observation side. During adjustment of a diopter, the first lens unit is configured to not move, and the second lens unit is configured to move.
1. An eyepiece lens to be used for observing an image displayed on an image displaying surface, the eyepiece lens consisting of, in order from the image displaying surface side to an observation side:
a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; and
a second lens unit having a positive refractive power,
wherein the first lens unit consists of one negative lens, and the second lens unit consists of, in order from the image displaying surface side to the observation side, a positive lens and a negative lens that has a concave surface facing the observation side, and
wherein during adjustment of a diopter, the first lens unit is configured to not move, and the entire second lens unit is configured to move.
2. An eyepiece lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−2.0< f 1/ f 2<−0.3,
where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, and f2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit.
3. An eyepiece lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−11.0< f/f 1<−1.0
where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, and f represents a focal length of the eyepiece lens when the diopter is 0 diopters.
4. An eyepiece lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
15.0<ν d 1−ν d 2<45.0
where νd1 represents an Abbe number of a material of the positive lens included in the second lens unit, and νd2 represents an Abbe number of a material of the negative lens included in the second lens unit.
5. An eyepiece lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
1.0<( R 1+ R 2)/( R 1− R 2)<50.0
where R1 represents a curvature radius of a lens surface of the negative lens included in the second lens unit on the image displaying surface side, and R2 represents a paraxial curvature radius of a lens surface of the negative lens on the observation side.
6. An eyepiece lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
15.0<ν d 2<30.0
where νd2 represents an Abbe number of a material of the negative lens included in the second lens unit.
7. An observation apparatus, comprising:
an image displaying element configured to display an image; and
an eyepiece lens to be used for observing an image displayed on an image displaying surface of the image displaying element,
the eyepiece lens consisting of, in order from the image displaying surface side to an observation side:
a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; and
a second lens unit having a positive refractive power,
wherein the first lens unit consists of one negative lens, and the second lens unit consists of, in order from the image displaying surface side to the observation side, a positive lens and a negative lens that has a concave surface facing the observation side, and
wherein during adjustment of a diopter, the first lens unit is configured to not move, and the entire second lens unit is configured to move.
8. An observation apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.5< H/f 2<2.0
where H represents a diagonal length of the image displaying surface, and f2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit.
9. An observation apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.5< H/D< 5.5
where D represents a movement amount of the second lens unit when the diopter is adjusted from −5.5 diopters to +2.0 diopters.
10. An image pickup apparatus, comprising:
an image pickup element;
an image displaying element configured to display an image acquired by the image pickup element; and
an eyepiece lens to be used for observing the image displayed on an image displaying surface of the image displaying element,
wherein the eyepiece lens consists of, in order from the image displaying surface side to an observation side:
a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; and
a second lens unit having a positive refractive power,
wherein the first lens unit consists of one negative lens, and the second lens unit consists of, in order from the image displaying surface side to the observation side, a positive lens and a negative lens that has a concave surface facing the observation side, and
wherein during adjustment of a diopter, the first lens unit is configured to not move, and the entire second lens unit is configured to move.