IP Library Granted Patent US 12,222,482
Granted Patent B2
US 12,222,482 · App. 17/367,306 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Zoom lens, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing the zoom lens

Inventor: Saburo Masugi (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Nikon Corporation
G02B15/20G02B13/02G02B15/145121G02B15/173G02B13/0045G02B13/18G02B15/14G02B27/646
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Patent No.
US 12,222,482
App. No.
17/367,306
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens, comprises: in order from an object, a first lens group (G 1 ) having positive refractive power; a second lens group (G 2 ) having negative refractive power; a third lens group (G 3 ) having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group (G 4 ) having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens group (G 5 ) having positive refractive power, wherein, upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between each of lens groups and a lens group adjacent thereto changes to satisfy the following conditional expression: 2.90<|MV5/MV2|<11.50 where, MV5 denotes, upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a moving amount of the fifth lens group with an image surface as a reference; and MV2 denotes, upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, a moving amount of the second lens group with the image surface as the reference.

Claims (56)

1. A zoom lens, comprising: in order from an object, a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens group having positive refractive power, wherein

a lens closest to the object in the third lens group is a single lens having positive refractive power,

upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state,

the fourth lens group moves toward the object monotonically,

a distance between each of lens groups and a lens group adjacent thereto changes to satisfy the following conditional expression:

3.50<|MV5/MV2|<11.50

where

MV5 denotes, upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, a moving amount of the fifth lens group with an image surface as a reference; and

MV2 denotes, upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, a moving amount of the second lens group with the image surface as a reference,

wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

5.0<ω t< 25.0

where

ωt denotes a half angle of view (unit: degree) of the zoom lens as a whole in the telephoto end state.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following conditional expression:

28.0<ω w< 65.0

where

ωw denotes a half angle of view (unit: degree) of the zoom lens as a whole in the wide-angle end state.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following conditional expression:

6.00<|MV4/MV2|<15.00

where

MV4 denotes, upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, a moving amount of the fourth lens group with the image surface as a reference.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following conditional expression:

1.20<β2 t/β 2 w< 2.50

where

β2t denotes a magnification of the second lens group in the telephoto end state; and

β2w denotes a magnification of the second lens group in the wide-angle end state.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following conditional expression:

0.10<(β2 t ×β4 w )/(β2 w ×β4 t )<2.40

where

β2t denotes a magnification of the second lens group in the telephoto end state;

β2w denotes a magnification of the second lens group in the wide-angle end state;

β4t denotes a magnification of the fourth lens group in the telephoto end state; and

β4w denotes a magnification of the fourth lens group in the wide-angle end state.

6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following conditional expression:

1.50<TL t/ft <5.00

where

TLt denotes a total length of the zoom lens as a whole on an optical axis from a lens surface closest to the object in the first lens group to the image surface, in the telephoto end state; and

ft denotes a focal length of the zoom lens as a whole in the telephoto end state.

7. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein, upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, the first lens group moves toward the object.

8. An optical apparatus, comprising the zoom lens according to claim 1 .

9. A method for manufacturing a zoom lens comprising:

providing a lens barrel; and

arranging a plurality of lens groups in the lens barrel, the plurality of lens groups including, in order from an object, a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens group having positive refractive power,

a lens closest to the object in the third lens group being a single lens having positive refractive power,

the method further comprising:

arranging the first to the fifth lens groups in the lens barrel so as to be movable relative to each other and so that:

the fourth lens group moves toward the object monotonically,

upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between each of lens groups and a lens group adjacent thereto changes to satisfy the following conditional expression:

3.50<|MV5/MV2|<11.50

where

MV5 denotes, upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, a moving amount of the fifth lens group with an image surface as a reference; and

MV2 denotes, upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, a moving amount of the second lens group with the image surface as a reference, and

satisfying the following conditional expression:

5.0 <ωt <25.0

where

ωt denotes a half angle of view (unit: degree) of the zoom lens as a whole in the telephoto end state.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-240654 · Dec 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15781136
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