Patent Grant
9507169
This application claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-110425 filed May 24, 2013, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated in its entirety by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a zoom lens and an imaging apparatus, and specifically relates to a zoom lens that are small and light weight and have a hand-shake compensation function and an imaging apparatus.
2. Background Art
In a zoom lens for a single-lens reflex camera in the conventional technology, long flange focal length against a focal distance has been required to distribute an optical element relating to an optical viewfinder. Therefore, the long flange focal length has been secured through a lens design in which a lens group having a positive refractive power is arranged in a backward lens group disposed on the image focusing side among lens groups constituting the zoom lens to ease securing of the proper back focus. However, in recent years, depending on miniaturization of an imaging apparatus body and/or the popularization of a digital still camera employing a live view imaging on the liquid crystal display provided on the back of the imaging apparatus body, an imaging apparatus not provided the optical viewfinder has been widely used. Therefore, zoom lenses not require the long flange focal length increase, and the miniaturization of the zoom lens is demanded. In such a small zoom lens, a zoom lens suitable for video imaging including the zoom lens having a miniaturized focusing lens group and/or a vibration-compensation lens for hand-shake compensation have been proposed.
Especially in an automatic focusing at high speed in video imaging, repeated sequential motions including: vibrating (wobbling) of a part of lens groups (focusing lens group) at high speed in the optical axis direction to perform non-focusing/focusing/non-focusing state; detection of a signal of a certain frequency band of a partial image area from an output signal from an imaging sensor; determination of an optimal position of the focusing lens group in the focusing; and moving the focusing lens group to the optimal position; may be applicable. If wobbling is employed in the zoom lens design, the matter should be noted that the size of an image corresponding to the object changes in wobbling. Such magnification change in focusing depends on a change of the focal distance in the entire lens system by moving the focusing lens group in the optical axis direction in wobbling. For example, in live view imaging, if magnification change is large in wobbling, the user feels something wrong. To reduce something wrong, focusing by a lens group backward than a diaphragm is known to be effective. In addition, downsizing of the focusing lens groups is essential for wobbling with high-speed auto focusing.
Thus, not only miniaturization of a zoom lens depending on miniaturization of an imaging apparatus and the short flange focal length in recent years but also reduction in both the outer diameter of focusing lens groups and the weight as much as possible to drive the focusing lens group high speed are demanded.
Also in a vibration-compensation lens group, reduction in both outer diameter and weight is demanded to achieve not only reduction of the influence on image degradation due to hand-shaking but also reduction of the load on a vibration-compensation drive system.
Under such technical background, for example, Japanese Patent No. 3958489 discloses a wide-angle high-magnification zoom lens composed of five group lenses of a positive, negative, positive, negative and positive arranged from the object side. Further, Japanese Patent No. 2773131 discloses a compact high-magnification change zoom lens and proposes an optical system arranged a positive, negative, positive, negative and negative in Example 7. Furthermore, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2011-247962 discloses a high-magnification change zoom lens and proposes an optical system arranged a positive, negative, positive, negative and negative in Example 2.
By the way, ensurance of the telecentric characteristic in an incident light flux into the solid imaging sensor by making an exit pupil equal to or larger than a certain level in the lens system because of a limitation in an on-chip micro-lens to effectively take the incident light in the solid imaging sensor which receives the light of an optical image and converts into an electrical image signal has been required. However, depending on improvement of the aperture ratio and the advanced flexibility in the on-chip micro-lens design in a solid imaging sensor in recent years, the limitation on the exit pupil required on the lens system has decreased. Therefore, although arrangement of a lens group having positive refracting power at the back of the zoom lens to secure the telecentric characteristic has been proposed, such limitation decreases in recent years. Therefore, even if a lens group having negative refracting power is disposed at the back of the zoom lens and there is the oblique incidence of a light flux against the solid imaging sensor, the limb darkening (shading) caused by mismatch of the pupil with the on-chip micro-lens has been less remarkable. In addition, although the distortion aberration was large in some degree and remarkable conventionally, image processing may correct distortion depending on improvement of software and camera systems.
The zoom lens disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3958489 concentrates in appropriate correction of various aberrations including the distortion aberration while achieving telecentric characteristic. Therefore, as described above, the zoom lens optical system disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3958489 is not sufficiently miniaturized as compared with a case where five group lenses of a positive, negative, positive, negative and negative are arranged from the object side and the distortion aberration is intentionally made remain since the lens group having positive refracting power is disposed at the back of the zoom lens. Further, the total length is long since the flange focal length is designed to be used in a conventional single-lens reflex camera and the back focus against the total zoom lens length is set long also.
Although the optical system is compact in the zoom lens disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2773131, as the invention relates to an optical system suitable for a film camera, the specification of a focusing lens group and the arrangement of a vibration-compensation optical system to support recent video imaging are not employed.
The zoom lens disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2011-247962 has long focal distance in five lens groups against the effective focal length and weak in refracting power. Therefore, the miniaturization and weight reduction of the zoom lens are not sufficient, and further miniaturization and weight reduction are required.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a zoom lens small in size and which keep a change in the imaging magnification due to wobbling small, especially reduce the load on a focus drive system by weight reduction of a lens system in a focusing lens group.
As a result of diligent study of the present inventors, the object is achieved by adopting a zoom lens described below.
A zoom lens according to the present invention includes 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 negative refracting power and a fifth lens group having negative refracting power in order from an object side, wherein the lens groups move in magnification change from a wide angle end to a telephoto end such that a gap between the first lens group and the second lens group increases and a gap between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases; a negative lens group disposed closer to an image focusing side than a diaphragm among all lens groups is set as a focusing lens group, and the focusing lens group moves toward the image focusing side in focusing from infinity to a close object; the zoom lens satisfies conditional expression (1); and the focus lens group is composed of a single lens block of a meniscus shape having a concave surface at image focusing side, and satisfies conditional expression (2) below. As they appear in this application, the terms “image focusing side” and “image plane side” are synonymous, and may be used interchangeably.
[Expression 1]
0.440≦β5T/β4T≦2.200 (1)
Where
β4T: Lateral magnification in telephoto end of fourth lens group
β5T: Lateral magnification in telephoto end of fifth lens group
[Expression 2]
3.10≦ra4/rb4≦210.00 (2)
Where
ra4: Curvature radius of object side surface of focus lens group
rb4: Curvature radius of image focusing side surface of focus lens group
In the zoom lens according to the present invention, it is preferable to satisfy a conditional expression (3) below.
[Expression 3]
1.00≦f1/(fw×ft)1/2≦3.00 (3)
In the zoom lens according to the present invention, it is preferable to satisfy a conditional expression (4) below.
[Expression 4]
1.30≦β4W×β5W≦3.60 (4)
Where
β4W: Lateral magnification in wide angle end of fourth lens group
β5W: Lateral magnification in wide angle end of fifth lens group
In the zoom lens according to the present invention, third lens group includes at least a vibration-compensation lens group composed of a single lens block and hand-shake compensation is performed by moving the vibration-compensation lens group in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis and satisfies conditional expression (5) below.
[Expression 5]
−1.30≦ra3/rb3≦−0.10 (5)
Where
ra3: Curvature radius of object side surface of vibration-compensation lens group
rb3: Curvature radius of image focusing side surface of vibration-compensation lens group
In the zoom lens according to the present invention, the fifth lens group is at least composed of a single lens block of a meniscus shape having a concave surface at object side and the single lens block of the meniscus shape has a negative focal distance—or negative focal length—and satisfies conditional expression (6) below. As they appear in this application, the terms “negative focal distance” and “negative focal length” are synonymous, and may be used interchangeably.
[Expression 6]
0.00<ra5/rb5≦3.00 (6)
Where
ra5: Curvature radius of object side surface of lens of meniscus shape
rb5: Curvature radius of image focusing side surface of lens of meniscus shape
An imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes the zoom lens and an imaging sensor that converts an optical image formed on the image focusing side by the zoom lens into an electrical signal.
According to the present invention, a zoom lens small in size and makes a change of the image magnification due to wobbling small, especially reduces the load on a focus drive system by weight reduction of a lens system of a focusing lens group.
Embodiments of a zoom lens and an imaging apparatus according to the present invention will be described.
1. Zoom Lens
1-1. Arrangement of Optical System
First, the arrangement and motion of an optical system of a zoom lens according to the present invention will be described. The zoom lens according to the present invention includes 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 negative refracting power and a fifth lens group having negative refracting power in order from the object side. The lens groups move in magnification change from a wide angle end to a telephoto end such that a gap between the first lens group and the second lens group increases and a gap between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases, a negative lens group disposed closer to an image focusing side than a diaphragm among all lens groups is set as a focusing lens group, and the focusing lens group moves toward the image focusing side at focusing from infinity to a close object. In addition, in the zoom lens according to the present invention, the focus lens group is composed of a single lens block of a meniscus shape having a concave surface at image focusing side.
The zoom lens according to the present invention is a zoom lens of a so-called telephoto type, the first lens group to the third lens group constituting an object side group have positive refracting power as a whole and the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group constituting an image focusing side lens group have negative refracting power as a whole. In the present invention, the total optical length at the telephoto end of the zoom lens is made shorter than the focal distance at the telephoto end of the zoom lens since the zoom lens is a telephoto type. Therefore, increase in the total optical length at the telephoto end can be hindered even if the magnification change is increased to a focal distance of 300 mm or more in terms of 35 mm film, for example.
In addition, the present invention provides the zoom lens of the telephoto type as described above and employs an arrangement in which an image focusing side lens group includes at least the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group that have negative refracting power. Therefore, the entire negative refracting power in the image focusing side lens group can be easily made stronger than that of the zoom lens of the five-group arrangement of a positive, negative, positive, negative and positive in the conventional technology. That is, the total optical length at the telephoto end can be made short against the focal distance at the telephoto end even if the magnification change is increased since it becomes easy to provide a zoom lens of a stronger telephoto tendency.
Note that one or more inner cylinders are housed in a lens barrel (cylinder) in a telescoping manner in the zoom lens. The inner cylinders are drawn to the object side in the magnification change. If a difference in the total optical length between the telephoto end and the wide angle end is large, the cylinder should house a plurality of inner cylinders to make the total length of the lens barrel short. However, if the cylinder houses the plurality of inner cylinders, the diameter of the cylinder increases depending on the thickness of the inner cylinders. Therefore, as a zoom lens of a stronger telephoto tendency as described above is employed in the present invention, increase in the total optical length at the telephoto end is hindered even if the magnification change is increased, and results hindered increase in the number of inner cylinders housed in the cylinder. Therefore, the present invention achieves miniaturization in not only the total optical length at the telephoto end but also the outer diameter of the lens barrel.
1-2 Motion
Next, focusing and zooming in the zoom lens of the arrangement will be described one by one.
(1) Focusing
First, the focusing will be described. In the zoom lens according to the present invention, a negative lens groups disposed closer to the image focusing side than a diaphragm among all lens groups is set as a focusing lens group, and focusing is performed by moving the focusing lens group toward the image focusing side in focusing from the infinity to the close object as described above. As the negative lens group disposed closer to the image focusing side than the diaphragm is set as the focusing lens group and moves toward the image focusing side, the magnification change motion caused due to wobbling is hindered in focusing.
In addition, as the negative lens group disposed closer to the image focusing side than the diaphragm is set as the focusing lens group, i.e. a rear lens group with a relatively small diameter in the zoom lens is set as the focusing lens group, high-speed auto focusing is achieved since a lens system of the focusing lens group is light weight and the load on a focus drive system is reduced. In this sense, from the viewpoint that the focusing lens group should be light weight to achieve higher-speed auto focusing, the focusing lens group is composed of a single lens block in the present invention. Note that the single lens block may be a single lens or a cemented lens composed of a plurality of lenses (the same applies hereinafter).
Note that, regarding the position of the diaphragm (aperture diaphragm), it is general to dispose it closer to the image focusing side than the second lens group, and is disposed closer to the image focusing side than the second lens group in the present invention also. However, a specific diaphragm position is not specifically limited and it can be arbitrarily disposed in an appropriate position according to a requested optical characteristics. In addition, as for the focusing lens group, any lens group is acceptable as long as it is a lens group which has negative refracting power and is disposed closer to the image focusing side than the diaphragm. For example, it is preferable to dispose the diaphragm closer to a side which is the image focusing side than the second lens group and closer to the object side than the fourth lens group, and set the fourth lens group or the fifth lens group as the focusing lens group. Selection of the focusing lens group from the negative lens groups can be suitable matter according to the specific lens arrangement in the zoom lens.
To make telephoto tendency of a zoom lens stronger, the negative refracting power of the image focusing side lens group should be strong as described above. In the conventional technology, the fourth lens group has the negative refracting power and the fifth lens group has the positive refracting power in the zoom lens of the telephoto type. Such design was employed to ensure the telecentric characteristic. However, if the fourth lens group is set as the focusing lens group, an aberration fluctuation and a magnification change motion are caused according to wobbling since the fourth lens group having strong refracting power moves along the optical axis direction in focusing. Therefore, the aberration fluctuation and the magnification change motion are hindered even if the negative lens group constituting the image focusing side lens group is set as the focusing lens group in the present invention by disposing the zoom lens provided with strong telephoto tendency by distributing negative refracting power to each of the fourth lens group and the five lens group that constitute the image focusing side lens group. For example, in an imaging apparatus without an optical viewfinder such as a mirror-less single lens reflex camera, the user performs imaging while confirming a live view image on a liquid crystal display installed in the back of the device body. Note that, if the zoom lens according to the present invention is used, display of an image in high performance as a live view image with less magnification change in focusing is made possible. Therefore, the zoom lens according to the present invention can be suitably used for the imaging apparatus such as the mirror-less single lens reflex camera.
(2) Zooming (Magnification Change)
Next, zooming will be described. In the zoom lens according to the present invention, as long as the lens groups move to make the gap between the first lens group and the second lens group increase and the gap between the second lens group and the third lens group decrease in the magnification change from the wide angle end to the telephoto end as described above, the specific motion of each lens group is not especially limited. However, from the viewpoint that the degree of freedom of aberration correction is improved and high imaging performance is acquired in the entire zoom area, it is preferable to relatively move each lens group to change the gaps between lens groups among the first to fifth lens groups in magnification change. It is because, if the gaps between the lens groups changes in magnification change, adjustment of the position of each lens group to a position preferable for aberration correction at each magnification is made easy. In the motion, the gaps between the lens groups may change by separately moving all lens groups in magnification change, or partial lens groups among all lens groups may integrally move and the remaining lens groups may separately move. Alternatively, instead of setting all lens groups as a movement group, partial lens groups may be a fixed lens group.
(3) Vibration-Compensation
In the zoom lens composed of the arrangement above, the third lens group is preferable to be hand-shake compensation lens group by providing a vibration-compensation lens group composed of a single lens block and moving the vibration-compensation lens group in the perpendicular direction against the optical axis in the present invention. As the miniaturization and weight reduction of the vibration-compensation lens group is achieved by disposing the vibration-compensation lens group in the third lens group and the vibration-compensation lens group is composed of the single lens block, load on a vibration-compensation drive system is reduced.
The zoom lens according to the present invention described above is one aspect of the zoom lens according to the present invention, and the specific lens arrangement may be arbitrarily arranged without departing from the scope of the present invention.
1-3. Conditional Expressions
Next, conditional expressions which the zoom lens according to the present invention should satisfy or is preferable to satisfy will be described. The zoom lens according to the present invention is characterized by satisfying the following conditional expression (1) and conditional expression (2), and it is preferable to satisfy conditional expression (3) to conditional expression (6) described below.
[Expression 7]
0.440≦β5T/β4T≦2.200 (1)
Where
β4T: Lateral magnification in telephoto end of fourth lens group
β5T: Lateral magnification in telephoto end of fifth lens group
[Expression 8]
3.10≦ra4/rb4≦210.00 (2)
Where
ra4: Curvature radius of object side surface of focus lens group
rb4: Curvature radius of image focusing side surface of focus lens group
1-3-1. Conditional Expression (1)
First, conditional expression (1) will be described. Conditional expression (1) specifies the ratio between the lateral magnification in the telephoto end of the fourth lens group and the lateral magnification in the telephoto end of the fifth lens group. As described above, a negative lens group disposed closer to the image focusing side than a diaphragm is set as a focus lens group and in focusing performed by moving the negative lens group toward the image focusing side, as too strong refracting power of the focus lens group makes aberration fluctuation large in focusing, the aberration fluctuation in focusing is made large and the magnification fluctuation by wobbling is made large. In contrast, too weak refracting power of the focus lens group makes the focus stroke large and hardly achieve short optical total length. To achieve the miniaturization of the zoom lens of a telephoto type, it is especially requested to make the optical total length in the telephoto end short. In this case, although enhanced lateral magnification in the telephoto ends of the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group is important, the above problems may occurs if just one of the lens groups is enhanced. Therefore, in the present invention, satisfaction of the above-mentioned conditional expression (1) makes it possible that the lateral magnification of the negative lens group disposed closer to the image focusing side than the diaphragm is made appropriate reduces the aberration fluctuation or magnification fluctuation in focusing described above.
From these viewpoints, in conditional expression (1), the numerical value in the range of (1a) listed below is preferable and the range of (1b) is more preferable.
0.445≦β5T/β4T≦2.100 (1a)
0.45≦β5T/β4T≦1.900 (1b)
1-3-2. Conditional Expression (2)
Next, conditional expression (2) will be described. In the zoom lens according to the present invention, from the viewpoints to achieve high-speed auto focusing and the miniaturization and weight reduction of the zoom lens, the focus lens group is composed of a single lens block as described above. Further, the single lens block is preferable to be a meniscus-shaped single lens or cemented lens having concave surface at the image focusing side.
The conditional expression (2) specifies the ratio between the curvature radius at the object side surface and the curvature radius of the image focusing side surface of the focusing lens group if the focusing lens group is composed of the meniscus-shaped single lens block. In conditional expression (2), if the numerical value is smaller than the lower limit value, as the total optical length may be long since the refracting power of the focusing lens group is weak and the focus stroke from the infinity object to the nearest object increases, it is not preferable since the miniaturization of the zoom lens is hardly achieved. In contrast, the numerical value of bigger than the upper limit value is not preferable since control of a focus drive system is made difficult because of too high focusing sensitivity to the movement in the optical axis of the focusing lens group, too high focusing sensitivity caused by too strong refracting power of the focusing lens group.
From these viewpoints, in conditional expression (2), the numerical value in the range of (2a) listed below is preferable and the range of (2b) is more preferable.
3.30≦ra4/rb4≦190.00 (2a)
3.50≦ra4/rb4≦170.00 (2b)
1-3-3. Conditional Expression (3)
Next, conditional expression (3) will be described. The zoom lens according to the present invention is preferable to satisfy conditional expression (3) listed below.
[Expression 9]
1.00≦f1/(fw×ft)1/2≦3.00 (3)
Conditional expression (3) specifies the focal distance of the first lens group against the effective focal length of the entire optical system of the zoom lens. In conditional expression (3), if the numerical value is smaller than the lower limit value, performance degradation against the design performance after assembly may be made large due to an influence of relative eccentricity since the refracting power of the first lens group is strong. In contrast, if the value is larger than the upper limit value, total optical length hardly be short especially in a telephoto end since the refracting power of the first lens group is weak.
From these viewpoints, in conditional expression (3), the numerical value in the range of (3a) below is preferable and in the range of (3b) is more preferable.
1.10≦f1/(fw×ft)1/2≦2.60 (3a)
1.20≦f1/(fw×ft)1/2≦2.20 (3b)
1-3-4. Conditional Expression (4)
Next, conditional expression (4) will be described. The zoom lens according to the present invention is preferable to satisfy conditional expression (4) below.
[Expression 10]
1.30≦β4W×β5W≦3.60 (4)
Where
β4W: Lateral magnification in wide angle end of fourth lens group
β5W: Lateral magnification in wide angle end of fifth lens group
The conditional expression (4) specifies the product of the lateral magnification at the wide angle end of the fourth lens group and the lateral magnification at the wide angle end of the fifth lens group. In conditional expression (4), if the numerical value is smaller than the lower limit value, the focal length from the first lens group to the third lens group are hard to be short and hardly make total optical length at the wide angle end short. In contrast, if the numerical value is bigger than the upper limit value, the lateral magnifications of the fourth lens group and fifth lens group are made large and the refracting power becomes strong, and therefore, the performance degradation against the design performance after assembly is made large due to an influence of relative eccentricity.
From these viewpoints, in conditional expression (4), the numerical value in the range of (4a) below is preferable and in the range of (4b) is more preferable.
1.40≦β4W×β5W≦3.30 (4a)
1.50≦β4W×β5W≦3.00 (4b)
1-3-5. Conditional Expression (5)
Next, conditional expression (5) will be described. In the zoom lens according to the present invention, if the third lens group includes the vibration-compensation lens group, it is preferable to satisfy conditional expression (5) below. Note that in this case, the vibration-compensation lens group is composed of a single lens block as described above and performs hand-shake compensation by moving in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and is preferable to constitute a part of the third lens group.
[Expression 11]
−1.30≦ra3/rb3≦−0.10 (5)
Where
ra3: Curvature radius of object side surface of vibration-compensation lens group
rb3: Curvature radius of image focusing side surface of vibration-compensation lens group
Conditional expression (5) specifies the ratio between the curvature radius at the object side surface of the vibration-compensation lens group and the curvature radius at the image focusing side surface of the vibration-compensation lens group. In conditional expression (5), the numerical value of smaller than the lower limit value is not preferable because the eccentric coma aberration and the eccentric astigmatism increase if the vibration-compensation lens group is made eccentric since the refracting power of the vibration-compensation lens group is too strong. In contrast, if the value is bigger than the upper limit value, as the stroke of the vibration-compensation lens group increases since the refracting power of the vibration-compensation lens group is weak, the outer diameter of the lens-barrel increases and fast driving of the vibration-compensation lens group is made difficult.
From these viewpoints, in conditional expression (5), the numerical value in the range of (5a) below is preferable and in the range of (5b) is more preferable.
−1.20≦ra3/rb3≦−0.25 (5a)
−1.10≦ra3/rb3≦−0.30 (5b)
1-3-6. Conditional Expression (6)
Next, conditional expression (6) will be described. Conditional expression (6) is an expression relating to the fifth lens group. In the zoom lens according to the present invention, it is preferable that the fifth lens group includes a single lens block of meniscus shape having concave surface at the object side. Further, the single lens block is preferable to have the meniscus shape having a negative focal distance and satisfies the conditional expression (6) described above.
[Expression 12]
0.00<ra5/rb5≦3.00 (6)
Where
ra5: Curvature radius of object side surface of lens of meniscus shape
rb5: Curvature radius of image focusing side surface of lens of meniscus shape
The conditional expression (6) specifies the ratio between the curvature radius at the object side surface and the curvature radius at the image focusing side surface if the fifth lens group includes a negative lens composed of the meniscus-shaped single lens block in which the surface at the object side is concave against the object side. In conditional expression (6), if the numerical value is equal to or smaller than the lower limit value, the lens may be a negative lens in which both surfaces are concave. Therefore, it is not preferable because the image focusing side surface should be concave against the image focusing side to make the intensity of ghost high by multipath reflection with the focusing image. In contrast, if the numerical value is bigger than the upper limit value, various aberrations such as astigmatism and the curvature of field increase since the refracting power of the negative lens is strong. That is, achievement of short total optical length is made difficult since the number of lenses constituting fifth lens group should increase for compensation.
From these viewpoints, in conditional expression (6), the numerical value in the range of (6a) below is preferable and in the range of (6b) is more preferable.
0.01≦ra5/rb5≦2.60 (6a)
0.02≦ra5/rb5≦2.20 (6b)
2. Imaging Apparatus
Next, an imaging apparatus according to the present invention will be described. The imaging apparatus according to the present invention is characterized by including the zoom lens described above and an imaging sensor that converts an optical image formed on the image focusing side by the zoom lens into an electrical signal. Note that, the imaging sensor is not specifically limited. However, the zoom lens is suitable for an imaging apparatus including a type without an optical viewfinder and a reflex mirror since the flange focal length of the zoom lens according to the present invention is short, as described above. Especially, it is preferable to apply the zoom lens according to the present invention in a small imaging apparatus mounting a small solid imaging sensor such as a so-called mirror-less single lens reflex camera since the zoom lens achieves miniaturization and high magnification change. In addition, an imaging apparatus is preferable to be able to take a moving image in the present invention since the zoom lens achieves high-speed auto focusing even in video imaging.
Next, the present invention will be specifically described with showing Examples and the Comparative Examples. However, the present invention is not limited to Examples, the lens arrangement described in the following Examples merely exemplifies the present invention, and the lens arrangement of the zoom lens according to the present invention may be arbitrarily arranged without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Next, Examples and Comparative Examples will be shown to specifically describe the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the Examples.
Examples of a zoom lens according to the present invention will be described referring to the drawing.
As shown in
In the zoom lens of Example 1, in variable magnification from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the lens groups move such that the interval between first lens group G1 and second lens group G2 increases and the interval between second lens group G2 and third lens group G3 decreases. Moreover, in the variable magnification, third lens group G3 and the fifth lens group move on the same trajectory. Moreover, in focusing from the infinity to the close-range object, the fourth lens group moves to the image focusing side. In an embodiment, an imaging sensor 100 may be operatively connected to the imaging apparatus. The imaging sensor 100 may convert an optical image formed on an image plane side by the zoom lens into an electrical signal.
The amount of movement in the direction vertical to the optical axis of vibration-compensation lens group VC in a hand-shake compensation state in the telephoto end is 0.308 mm. In a case where the imaging distance is ∞ and the zoom lens system inclines by 0.3° in the telephoto end, the image eccentricity amount is equal to the image eccentricity amount when the vibration-compensation lens group moves in parallel in the direction vertical to the optical axis. Here, even for the zoom lens of each of Examples 2 to 9, the amount of movement in the direction vertical to the optical axis of each vibration-compensation lens group is equal to the above-mentioned image eccentricity amount in a case where the zoom lens system inclines by 0.3°.
Moreover,
In each lateral aberration diagram of the primitive state, the upper part corresponds to the lateral aberration at an image point of 70% of the maximum image height, the middle part corresponds to the lateral aberration at an image point on the axis, and the lower part corresponds to the lateral aberration at an image point of −70% of the maximum image height. In each lateral aberration diagram of the hand-shake compensation state, the upper part corresponds to the lateral aberration at an image point of 70% of the maximum image height, the middle part corresponds to the lateral aberration at an image point on the axis, and the lower part corresponds to the lateral aberration at an image point of −70% of the maximum image height. Moreover, in each lateral aberration diagram, the horizontal axis shows the distance from the key light on the pupil surface, the solid line shows the d line (d-line), the short broken line shows the characteristic of the F line (F-line) and the long broken line shows the characteristic of the C line (C-line).
As is apparent in
Next, in Example 1, lens data of numerical values in Example 1 to which specific numerical values are applied is shown in Table 1. The lens data shown in Table 1 is as follows. “Surface No.” denotes the lens surface number and denotes the lens surface order counted from the object side. In addition, “r” denotes the curvature radius of the lens surface, “d” denotes the thickness of the lens or the gap between mutually adjacent lens surfaces on the optical axis, “Nd” denotes the refractive index against the d line (wavelength λ=587.6 nm) and “νd” denotes the Abbe number against the d line (wavelength λ=587.6 nm). In addition, if the lens surface is an aspheric surface, “* (asterisk)” is attached after the surface number, and the paraxial curvature radius is shown in the column of curvature radius “r.”
In addition, in the zoom lens system in Example 1, the F number (F-No.), the focal distance (f) of the entire system and the half angle of view (W (deg.)) at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are as follows. Note that, in the following expressions, the numerical values at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are shown with hyphen (-) in order from the right side.
F-No.=4.08-5.35-5.77
f=18.38-43.53-102.92
W=39.04-17.51-7.5
In addition, regarding the aspheric surface shown in Table 1, an aspheric surface coefficient if the shape is defined by the following expression z is shown in Table 2. In Table 2, “E-a” denotes “×10−a”.
z=ch2/[1+{1−(1+k)c2h2}1/2]+A4h4+A6h6+A8h8+A10h10 . . . .
Note that, in the above expression, “c” denotes the curvature (1/r), “h” denotes the height from the optical axis, “k” denotes the conical coefficient, and each of “A4,” “A6,” “A8” and “A10,” and so on, denotes the aspheric coefficient of each degree.
Table 3 shows the surface intervals in close object focusing at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end of numerical values in example 1, together with focal distance (f) in infinite object focusing.
Next, the optical system of a zoom lens in Example 2 will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, in the zoom lens system in Example 2, the F number (F-No.), the focal distance (f) of the entire system and the half angle of view (W (deg.)) at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are as follows. Note that, in the following expressions, the numerical values at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are shown with hyphen (-) in order from the right side.
F-No.=4.08-5.35-5.77
f=18.37-43.54-102.85
W=39.29-17.73-7.60
Next, the optical system of a zoom lens in Example 3 will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, in the zoom lens system in Example 3, the F number (F-No.), the focal distance (f) of the entire system and the half angle of view (W (deg.)) at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are as follows. Note that, in the following expressions, the numerical values at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are shown with hyphen (-) in order from the right side.
F-No.=4.12-4.12-4.12
f=18.36-43.50-102.77
W=38.81-16.39-6.92
Next, the optical system of a zoom lens in Example 4 will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, in the zoom lens system in Example 4, the F number (F-No.), the focal distance (f) of the entire system and the half angle of view (W (deg.)) at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are as follows. Note that, in the following expressions, the numerical values at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are shown with hyphen (-) in order from the right side.
F-No.=3.60-5.11-5.80
f=24.75-54.97-116.31
W=42.09-20.87-10.18
Next, the optical system of the zoom lens in Example 5 will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, in the zoom lens system of Example 5, the F number (F-No.), the focal distance (f) of the entire system and the half angle of view (W (deg.)) at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are as follows. Note that, in the following expressions, the numerical values at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are shown with hyphen (-) in order from the right side.
F-No.=3.60-5.27-6.46
f=28.88-90.03-290.84
W=38.16-13.09-4.17
Next, the optical system of a zoom lens in Example 6 will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, in the zoom lens system of Example 6, the F number (F-No.), the focal distance (f) of the entire system and the half angle of view (W (deg.)) at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are as follows. Note that, in the following expressions, the numerical values at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are shown with hyphen (-) in order from the right side.
F-No.=4.12-4.12-4.12
f=72.09-119.95-203.44
W=10.97-6.48-3.82
Next, the optical system of a zoom lens in Example 7 will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, in the zoom lens system of Example 7, the F number (F-No.), the focal distance (f) of the entire system and the half angle of view (W (deg.)) at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are as follows. Note that, in the following expressions, the numerical values at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are shown with hyphen (-) in order from the right side.
F-No.=4.12-4.12-4.12
f=72.14-120.11-203.68
W=11.00-6.48-3.83
Next, the optical system of a zoom lens in Example 8 will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, in the zoom lens system in Example 8, the F number (F-No.), the focal distance (f) of the entire system and the half angle of view (W (deg.)) at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are as follows. Note that, in the following expressions, the numerical values at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are shown with hyphen (-) in order from the right side.
F-No.=4.12-4.12-4.12
f=72.08-120.11-203.44
W=11.02-6.49-3.82
Next, the optical system of a zoom lens in Example 9 will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, in the zoom lens system of Example 9, the F number (F-No.), the focal distance (f) of the entire system and the half angle of view (W (deg.)) at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are as follows. Note that, in the following expressions, the numerical values at the wide angle end, the intermediate focal distance and the telephoto end are shown with hyphen (-) in order from the right side.
F-No.=4.12-4.12-4.12
f=72.10-120.03-203.58
W=10.87-6.40-3.74
Table 28 shows the numerical values corresponding to the expressions described in conditional expressions (1) to (6) of the Examples 1 to 9.
The present invention makes it possible to provide a zoom lens which is small as a whole and makes a change of the image magnification due to wobbling small, especially reduction of the load on the focus drive system by weight reduction of a lens system of the focusing lens group is achieved, reduction of the load on the vibration-compensation drive system by miniaturization and weight reduction of the vibration-compensation lens system.
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