Claims
- 1. A zoom projection lens for forming an image of an object, said lens consisting in order from its image end to its object end of:(A) a first lens unit having a negative power; (B) a second lens unit having a positive power, said second lens unit being separated from the first lens unit by a first axial space which is varied during zooming; (C) an aperture stop located between the first lens unit and the second lens unit; and (D) an optional field lens unit; wherein:(i) the second lens unit consists in order from its image end to its object end of: (a) a first lens subunit having a positive power; and (b) a second lens subunit having a positive power, said second lens subunit being separated from the first lens subunit by a second axial space; and (ii) during focusing, the first lens subunit is moved to vary the second axial space.
- 2. The zoom projection lens of claim 1 wherein the first lens subunit has less lens elements than the first lens unit.
- 3. The zoom projection lens of claim 1 wherein the maximum clear aperture of the first lens subunit is smaller than the maximum clear aperture of the first lens unit.
- 4. The zoom projection lens of claim 1 wherein the vertex to vertex length of the first lens subunit is smaller than the vertex to vertex length of the first lens unit.
- 5. The zoom projection lens of claim 1 wherein the mass of the first lens subunit is less than the mass of the first lens unit.
- 6. The zoom projection lens of claim 1 wherein the first lens subunit has less lens elements than the second lens subunit.
- 7. The zoom projection lens of claim 1 wherein the first lens subunit is a singlet.
- 8. The zoom projection lens of claim 1 wherein the first lens subunit has less optical power than the second lens subunit.
- 9. A projection lens system for forming an image of an object, said system comprising:(a) an illumination system comprising a light source and illumination optics which forms an image of the light source, said image of the light source being the output of the illumination system; (b) a pixelized panel which comprises the object; and (c) the zoom projection lens of claim 1.
- 10. The projection lens system of claim 9 wherein said projection lens has an entrance pupil whose location substantially corresponds to the location of the output of the illumination system.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 09/304,693, filed May 4, 1999, and entitled “Projection Lenses Having Reduced Lateral Color for Use with Pixelized Panels,” the content of which in its entirety is incorporated herein by reference.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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