IP Library Granted Patent US 8,599,491
Granted Patent B2
US 8,599,491 · App. 13/200,089 · Granted Dec 3, 2013

Zoom lens and electronic imaging apparatus incorporating the same

Inventors: Toyoki Kon (Hachioji, JP); Keisuke Ichikawa (Tama, JP)
Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,599,491
App. No.
13/200,089
Granted
Dec 3, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The zoom lens of the invention comprises, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group having positive refracting power, a second lens group having negative refracting power, a third lens group having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group having negative refracting power, and a sixth lens group having positive refracting power. The first lens group includes a reflective optical element, and the lens component in, and on the most image side of, the fourth lens group has negative refracting power.

Claims (53)

1. A zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group having positive refracting power, a second lens group having negative refracting power, a third lens group having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group having negative refracting power, and a sixth lens group having positive refracting power, wherein:

the first lens group includes a reflective optical element, and

the fourth lens group has a plurality of lens components in which a most image side lens component of the plurality of lens components has negative refracting power.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens group is movable during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and focusing.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (1):

−3≦ F G5 /F G6 ≦−0.91  (1)

where F G5 is a focal length of the fifth lens group, and F G6 is a focal length of the sixth lens group.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (2):

−6≦ F G5 /F W ≦−2.2  (2)

where F G5 is a focal length of the fifth lens group, and F W is a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide-angle end.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (3):

−1.50≦ F G5 /F T ≦−0.32  (3)

where F G5 is a focal length of the fifth lens group, and F T is a focal length of the zoom lens at a telephoto end.

6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (4):

−15≦( R G4L +R G4M )/( R G4L −R G4M )≦−1.5  (4)

where R G4M is s radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the lens component in and on the most image side of the fourth lens group, and R G4L is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens component in and on the most image side of the fourth lens group.

7. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (5):

0.9 ≦F W5G6G /F T5G6G ≦2.3  (5)

where F W5G6G is a combined focal length of the fifth lens group and the sixth lens group at a wide-angle end, and F T5G6G is a combined focal length of the fifth lens group and the sixth lens group at a telephoto end.

8. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (6):

0.95 ≦MG G5T /MG G5W ≦1.25  (6)

where MG G5W is a transverse magnification of the fifth lens group at a time when the zoom lens is at a wide-angle end, and M G5T is a transverse magnification of the fifth lens group at a time when the zoom lens is at a telephoto end.

9. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (7):

−0.5 ≦ΔL G5 /F W ≦1  (7)

where ΔL G5 is a difference between a distance from the surface in and on the most image side of the fifth lens group to an image plane at a time when the zoom lens is at a wide-angle end and a distance from the surface in and on the most image side of the fifth lens group to the image plane at a time when the zoom lens is at a telephoto end, and F W is a focal length of the whole zoom lens optical system at the wide-angle end.

10. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (8):

−0.005≦(Δ L G5 /F W )/ M 2 ≦0.023  (8)

where ΔL G5 is a difference between a distance from the surface in and on the most image side of the fifth lens group to an image plane at a time when the zoom lens is at a wide-angle end and a distance from the surface in and on the most image side of the fifth lens group to the image plane at a time when the zoom lens is at a telephoto end, F W is a focal length of the whole zoom lens optical system at the wide-angle end, and M is an optical magnification of the zoom lens.

11. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (9):

0.15 ≦L Wg4G5 /L TG4G5 1.7  (9)

where L WG4G5 is an air separation distance between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group at a wide-angle end of the zoom lens, and L TG4G5 is an air separation distance between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group at a telephoto end of the zoom lens.

12. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (10):

0.3 ≦L WG5G6 /L TG5G6 ≦1.8  (10)

where L WG5G6 is an air separation distance between the fifth lens group and the sixth lens group at a wide-angle end of the zoom lens, and L TG5G6 is an air separation distance between the fifth lens group and the sixth lens group at a telephoto end of the zoom lens.

13. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the surface in and on the most image side of the fourth lens group is a surface concave on its image side.

14. The zoom lens according to any one of claim 1 , wherein:

upon zooming a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a separation between the first lens group and the second lens group grows wide, a separation between the second lens group and the third lens group becomes narrow, a separation between the third lens group and the fourth lens group becomes narrow, a separation between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group changes, and a separation between the fifth lens group and the sixth lens group changes.

15. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens group moves in a convex orbit toward an image side upon zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end.

16. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the surface in and on the most object side of the fifth lens group is a surface concave on its object side.

17. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (11):

1.1 ≦F G5 /F G4Ln ≦5  (11)

where F G5 is a focal length of the fifth lens group in the zoom lens, and F G4Ln is a focal length of the negative lens in and on the most image side of the fourth lens group in the zoom lens.

18. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (12):

0.1≦( R G5S +R G4L )/( R G5S −R G4L )≦0.9  (12)

where R G5S is a radius of curvature of the surface in and on the most object side of the fifth lens group, and R G4L is a radius of curvature of the surface in and on the most image side of the fourth lens group.

19. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the sixth lens group remains fixed during zooming.

20. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following Condition (13):

1.9≦|( R G4L +R G4S )/( R G4L −R G4S )|  (13)

where R G4S is a radius of curvature of the surface in and on the most object side of the fourth lens group, and R G4L is a radius of curvature of the surface in and on the most image side of the fourth lens group.

21. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens group includes at least two negative lenses located back-to-back and side-by-side.

22. An electronic imaging apparatus, comprising:

a zoom lens as recited in claim 1 , and

an imaging device located on an image side of the zoom lens and having an imaging plane for converting an optical image into electrical signals.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2021
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058329/0766 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029002/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2011
From: KON, TOYOKI; ICHIKAWA, KEISUKE
To: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Reel/Frame 027082/0867 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-216388 · Sep 28, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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