Wide angle lens and image pickup apparatus using the same
View Patent ↗A wide angle lens includes in order from an object side, a front lens unit having a positive refractive power, one focusing lens having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power, and at the time of focusing, the focusing lens moves on an optical axis, and the following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied. 0.1< f 1 /SSD <0.5 (1) 3.0≦ f 23 /f (2)
1. A wide angle lens comprising in order from an object side:
a front lens unit having a positive refractive power;
one focusing lens having a negative refractive power; and
a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein
at the time of focusing, the focusing lens moves on an optical axis, and
the following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied:
0.1< f 1 /SSD< 0.5 (1)
3.0≦ f 23 /f (2)
where,
f 1 denotes a focal length of the front lens unit;
SSD denotes a distance from a lens surface nearest to an object of the wide angle lens up to an imaging surface, at the time of infinite object point focusing;
f 23 denotes a focal length of a lens system in which, the focusing lens and the rear lens unit are combined, at the time of infinite object point focusing; and
f denotes a focal length of an overall wide angle lens system.
2. The wide angle lens according to claim 1 , wherein
a first lens is positioned nearest to an object in the front lens unit, and
the first lens satisfies the following conditional expression (6):
0.5<( r L1f +r L1r )/( r L1f −r L1r )<3 (6)
where,
r L1f denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the first lens, and
r L1r denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the first lens.
3. The wide angle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (7) is satisfied:
0.4<( r Fof +r For )/( r Fof −r For )<4 (7)
where,
r Fof denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the focusing lens, and
r For denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the focusing lens.
4. The wide angle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (8) is satisfied:
(1− mg Fo 2 )× mg R 2 <−0.4 (8)
where,
mg Fo denotes a lateral magnification of the focusing lens, and
mg R denotes a lateral magnification of the rear lens unit.
5. The wide angle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (9) is satisfied:
nd Fo ≦1.6 (9)
where,
nd Fo denotes a refractive index for a d-line of the focusing lens.
6. The wide angle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (10) is satisfied:
ν d Fo ≧55.0 (10)
where,
νd Fo denotes Abbe's number for the focusing lens.
7. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
a wide angle lens according to claim 1 ; and
an image pickup element which has an image pickup surface, and which converts an image formed by the wide angle lens on the image pickup surface, to an electric signal.
8. A wide angle lens comprising in order from an object side:
a front lens unit having a positive refractive power;
one focusing lens having a negative refractive power; and
a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein
at the time of focusing, the focusing lens moves on an optical axis, and
the following conditional expressions (3), (4), and (5) are satisfied:
0.8< f 1 /f< 1.2 (3)
| f 1 /f 23 |<0.5 (4)
0.03< Fno /( f× 21.633/ Y )<0.08 (5)
where,
f 1 denotes a focal length of the front lens unit,
f 23 denotes a focal length of a lens system in which, the focusing lens and the rear lens unit are combined, at the time of infinite object point focusing,
f denotes a focal length of an overall wide angle lens system,
Fno denotes an F-number of the overall wide angle lens system, and
Y denotes a maximum image height at an imaging surface of the wide angle lens.
9. The wide angle lens according to claim 8 , wherein
a first lens is positioned nearest to an object in the front lens unit, and
the first lens satisfies the following conditional expression (6A):
0.4<( r L1f +r L1r )/( r L1f −r L1r )<6 (6A)
where,
r L1f denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the first lens, and
r L1r denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the first lens.
10. The wide angle lens according to claim 8 , wherein the following conditional expression (7A) is satisfied:
0.4<( r Fof +r For )/( r Fof −r For )<3 (7A)
where,
r Fof denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the focusing lens, and
r For denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the focusing lens.
11. The wide angle lens according to claim 8 , wherein the following conditional expression (8) is satisfied:
(1− mg Fo 2 )× mg R 2 <−0.4 (8)
where,
mg Fo denotes a lateral magnification of the focusing lens, and
mg R denotes a lateral magnification of the rear lens unit.
12. The wide angle lens according to claim 8 , wherein the following conditional expression (9A) is satisfied:
nd Fo ≦1.75 (9A)
where,
nd Fo denotes a refractive index for a d-line of the focusing lens.
13. The wide angle lens according to claim 8 , wherein the following conditional expression (10) is satisfied:
ν d Fo ≧55.0 (10)
where,
νd Fo denotes Abbe's number for the focusing lens.
14. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
a wide angle lens according to claim 8 ; and
an image pickup element which has an image pickup surface, and which converts an image formed by the wide angle lens on the image pickup surface, to an electric signal.