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Granted Patent B2
US 9,122,040 · App. 14/077,758 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Superwide-angle lens system

Inventor: Tatsuyuki Onozaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
G02B13/06G02B13/18
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Patent No.
US 9,122,040
App. No.
14/077,758
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A superwide-angle lens system includes a positive front lens group and a negative rear lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein the negative rear lens group serves as a focusing lens group that is moved in the optical axis direction when focusing on an object at infinity to an object at a finite distance. The following condition (1) is satisfied: 1.1< mR <2.0  (1), wherein mR designates the lateral magnification of the negative rear lens group when focusing on an object at infinity.

Claims (21)

1. A superwide-angle lens system comprising a positive front lens group and a negative rear lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein said negative rear lens group serves as a focusing lens group that is moved in the optical axis direction when focusing on an object at infinity to an object at a finite distance,

wherein the following condition is satisfied:

1.1 <mR< 2.0,

wherein

mR designates the lateral magnification of said negative rear lens group when focusing on an object at infinity.

2. The superwide-angle lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied:

−30 <fR/fF<− 11,

wherein

fR designates the focal length of said negative rear lens group, and

fF designates the focal length of said positive front lens group.

3. The superwide-angle lens system according to claim 1 , wherein said positive front lens group includes at least two negative single lens elements which are consecutively provided from a position closest to the object side.

4. The superwide-angle lens system according to claim 3 , wherein the following condition is satisfied:

−2.0 <fn/fF<− 1.3,

wherein

fn designates the combined focal length of said at least two negative single lens elements which are consecutively provided from the position closest to the object side within said positive front lens group, and

fF designates the focal length of said positive front lens group.

5. The superwide-angle lens system according to claim 1 , wherein said negative rear lens group comprises a cemented lens provided with one negative lens element and one positive lens element.

6. The superwide-angle lens system according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied:

20 <νd< 35,

wherein

νd designates the Abbe number with respect to the d-line of the positive lens element provided closest to the object side within said positive front lens group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2013
From: ONOZAKI, TATSUYUKI
To: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 031586/0259 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-264253 · Dec 3, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140153118A1 · Jun 5, 2014