IP Library Granted Patent US 10,451,859
Granted Patent B2
US 10,451,859 · App. 16/270,568 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Zoom optical system, optical device and method for manufacturing the zoom optical system

Inventors: Satoru Shibata (Yokohama, JP); Tomoyuki Sashima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nikon Corporation
G02B15/20G02B15/173G02B27/646
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Patent No.
US 10,451,859
App. No.
16/270,568
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first lens group (G 1 ) having positive refractive power, a front-side lens group (GX), an intermediate lens group (GM) having positive refractive power, and a rear-side lens group (GR) are arranged in order from an object side. The front-side lens group (GX) is composed of one or more lens groups and has a negative lens group At least part of the intermediate lens group (GM) is a focusing lens group (GF). The rear-side lens group (GR) is composed of one or more lens groups. Upon zooming, the first lens group (G 1 ) is moved with respect to an image surface, a distance between the first lens group (G 1 ) and the front-side lens group (GX) is changed, a distance between the front-side lens group (GX) and the intermediate lens group (GM) is changed, and a distance between the intermediate lens group (GM) and the rear-side lens group (GR) is changed.

Claims (116)

1. A zoom optical system comprising, in order from an object side:

a first lens group having positive refractive power;

a front-side lens group;

an intermediate lens group having positive refractive power; and

a rear-side lens group,

wherein

the front-side lens group is composed of one or more lens groups and has a negative lens group,

at least part of the intermediate lens group is a focusing lens group,

the rear-side lens group is composed of one or more lens groups,

upon zooming, the first lens group is moved with respect to an image surface, a distance between the first lens group and the front-side lens group is changed, a distance between the front-side lens group and the intermediate lens group is changed and a distance between the intermediate lens group and the rear-side lens group is changed, and

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.010< fF/Fw< 8.000

where fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group, and

fW denotes a focal length of the entire system in a wide-angle end state.

2. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

upon zooming, the intermediate lens group is moved,

the rear-side lens group is composed of two or more lens groups,

upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, the intermediate lens group moves toward the object side, and a distance between the intermediate lens group and the rear-side lens group increases, and

the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

0.170<| fF/fRF|< 10.000

0.010<( DMRT−DMRW )/ fF< 1.000

32.000≤ Wω

Tω≤ 20.000

where fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group,

fRF denotes a focal length of a lens group closet to the object side in the rear-side lens group,

DMRW denotes a distance between the intermediate lens group and a lens group closest to the object side in the rear-side lens group in the wide-angle end state,

DMRT denotes a distance between the intermediate lens group and the lens group closest to the object side in the rear-side lens group in the telephoto end state,

Wω denotes a half angle of view in the wide-angle end state, and

Tω denotes a half angle of view in the telephoto end state.

3. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

0.001< DXRFT/fF< 1.500

Tω≤ 20.000

0.100< DGXR/fXR< 1.500

where DXRFT denotes a distance between a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group and the focusing lens group in a telephoto end state,

fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group,

Tω denotes a half angle of view in the telephoto end state,

DGXR denotes a thickness, on an optical axis, of a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group, and

fXR denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to an image in the front-side lens group.

4. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

−10.000< fF/fRF< 10.000

0.010< fF/fXR< 10.000

0.100< DGXR/fXR< 1.500

where fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group,

fRF denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to the object side in the rear-side lens group,

fXR denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group, and

DGXR denotes a thickness, on an optical axis, of a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group.

5. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

−10.000< fRF/fRF 2<10.000

0.100< DGXR/fXR< 1.500

where fRF denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to the object side in the rear-side lens group,

fRF2 denotes a focal length of a lens group second closest to the object side in the rear-side lens group,

DGXR denotes a thickness, on an optical axis, of a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group, and

fXR denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group.

6. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

010<(− fXn )/ fXR< 1.000

0.100< DGXR/fXR< 1.500

where fXn denotes a focal length of a lens group with a largest absolute value of refractive power in a negative lens group of the front-side lens group,

fXR denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group, and

DGXR denotes a thickness, on an optical axis, of a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group.

7. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.390< DXnW/ZD 1<5.000

where DXnW denotes a distance between a lens group with a largest absolute value of refractive power in negative lens groups of the front-side lens group in the wide-angle end state and a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group, and

ZD 1 denotes a movement amount of the first lens group upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state.

8. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

2.250< TLW/ZD 1<10.000

where TLW denotes the total length of the optical system in the wide-angle end state, and

ZD 1 denotes a movement amount of the first lens group upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state.

9. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−0.400<β Ft< 0.400

where βFt denotes a lateral magnification of the focusing lens group in a telephoto end state.

10. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.250<( rB+rA )/( rB−rA )<10.000

where rA denotes a radius of curvature of a lens surface facing a lens surface closest to the object side in the focusing lens group with a distance in between, and

rB denotes a radius of curvature of the lens surface closest to the object side in the focusing lens group.

11. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−0.500<( rC+rB )/( rC−rB )<0.500

where rB denotes a radius of curvature of the lens surface closest to the object side in the focusing lens group, and

rC denotes a radius of curvature of the lens surface closet to an image side in the focusing lens group.

12. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the focusing lens group includes at least a positive lens, and

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

ν dp> 55.00

where νdp denotes an Abbe number of a medium of the positive lens with respect to d-line.

13. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the focusing lens group includes at least a negative lens, and

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

ν dn< 40.00

where νdn denotes an Abbe number of a medium of the negative lens with respect to d-line.

14. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.000<β Fw< 0.800

where βFw denotes a lateral magnification of the focusing lens group in the wide-angle end state.

15. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

32.000≤ Wω

where Wω denotes a half angle of view in the wide-angle end state.

16. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

Tω≤ 20.000

where Tω denotes a half angle of view in the telephoto-angle end state.

17. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.010<| fF/fXR|< 10.000

where fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group, and

fXR denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group.

18. The zoom optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.100< DGXR/fXR< 1.500

where DGXR denotes a thickness, on an optical axis, of a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group, and

fXR denotes a focal length of a lens group closest to the image surface in the front-side lens group.

19. An optical device comprising the zoom optical system according to claim 1 .

20. A method for manufacturing a zoom optical system, comprising:

arranging, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a front-side lens group, an intermediate lens group having positive refractive power, and a rear-side lens group,

wherein the front-side lens group is composed of one or more lens groups and has a negative lens group,

at least part of the intermediate lens group is a focusing lens group,

the rear-side lens group is composed of one or more lens groups,

the lens groups are arranged in a lens barrel in such a manner that, upon zooming, the first lens group is moved with respect to an image surface, a distance between the first lens group and the front-side lens group is changed, a distance between the front-side lens group and the intermediate lens group is changed and a distance between the intermediate lens group and the rear-side lens group is changed, and

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.010< fF/fW< 8.000

where fF denotes a focal length of the focusing lens group, and

fW denotes a focal length of the entire system in a wide-angle end state.

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Continuity (4)
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