Zoom lens and imaging device
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group that is positive, a second lens group that is negative, a third lens group that is positive, and a fourth lens group that is positive. During zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, at least the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed and an interval on an optical axis of an adjacent lens group relative thereto is changed. In the zoom lens, the fourth lens group includes at least one positive lens and satisfies a predetermined conditional expression. In addition, an imaging device includes the zoom lens and an image sensor.
1. A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side:
a first lens group having positive refractive power;
a second lens group having negative refractive power;
a third lens group having positive refractive power; and
a fourth lens group having positive refractive power,
wherein during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, at least the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed and an interval on an optical axis of an adjacent lens group relative thereto is changed,
the fourth lens group includes at least one positive lens P and satisfies conditional expression (1), conditional expression (2), conditional expression (3), and conditional expression (4) listed below:
1.5≤ f 4/ fw≤ 4.5 (1)
1.0< f 4 p/f 4<5.8 (2)
0.01≤Δ PgF _4 p≤ 0.05 (3)
−0.2≤Δ PCt _4 p≤− 0.03 (4)
where
fw is a focal length of the zoom lens during infinity focusing at the wide angle end,
f4is a focal length of the fourth lens group,
f4p is a focal length of the positive lens P,
ΔPgF_4p is extraordinary dispersion for a g line and an F line of the positive lens P, and
ΔPCt_4p is extraordinary dispersion for a C line and a t line of the positive lens P,
the at least one positive lens P is disposed closest to the object side in the fourth lens group, and
the third lens group satisfies following conditional expression:
4.0≤ f 3/ fw≤ 12.0 (5)
where
f3 is a focal length of the third lens group.
2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third lens group includes, in order from the object side, a positive lens and a negative lens, and further satisfies following conditional expressions:
1.5≤ nd 3 n (6)
vd 3 n≤ 50.0 (7)
where
nd3n is a refractive index for a d line of the negative lens included in the third lens group, and
vd3n is an Abbe number for the d line of the negative lens included in the third lens group.
3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fourth lens group includes, in order from the object side, a positive lens and a doublet lens made up of a negative lens and a positive lens, and a positive lens disposed closest to the object side is a plastic lens.
4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the zoom lens satisfies a following conditional expression:
55≤ vd 4_ ave (8)
where
vd4_ave is an average value of Abbe numbers for a d line of all the positive lenses included in the fourth lens group.
5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the zoom lens satisfies a following conditional expression:
0.05≤ f 4/ ft≤ 1.0 (9)
where
ft is a focal length of the zoom lens during infinity focusing at the telephoto end.
6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the zoom lens satisfies a following conditional expression:
1.5≤ f 4 p/fw≤ 12.0 (10).
7. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the zoom lens satisfies a following conditional expression:
0.05≤ f 4 p/ft≤ 1.1 (11)
where
ft is a focal length of the zoom lens during infinity focusing at the telephoto end.
8. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the zoom lens satisfies a following conditional expression:
0.25≤ f 3/ f 1≤2.2 (12)
where
f1 is a focal length of the first lens group, and
f3 is a focal length of the third lens group.
9. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the zoom lens satisfies a following conditional expression:
1.2≤ f 3/ f 4≤6.3 (13)
where
f3 is a focal length of the third lens group.
10. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second lens group includes, in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens, a biconcave lens, and a positive lens, and satisfies a following conditional expression:
vd 2 p≤ 25 (14)
where
vd2p is an Abbe number for a d line of the positive lens of the second lens group.
11. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a fifth lens group having negative refractive power on an image side of the fourth lens group.
12. The zoom lens according to claim 11 ,
wherein during focusing from infinity to near, the second lens group or the fifth lens group moves on the optical axis.
13. The zoom lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein an aperture stop is disposed between the second lens group and the fourth lens group and during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end and during focusing from infinity to near, the aperture stop is fixed.
14. An imaging device comprising:
the zoom lens according to claim 1 ; and
an image sensor configured to convert an optical image, which is formed by the zoom lens, into an electric signal.