1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a zoom lens and an optical apparatus including the zoom lens, for example, to a zoom lens suitable for an optical apparatus such as a silver halide film camera, a digital still camera, a video camera, a telescope, binoculars, a projector, and a copying machine.
2. Description of the Related Art
A zoom lens to be used for an optical apparatus is required to have a short total lens length (length from a first lens surface on an object side to an image plane), a small optical system size as a whole, and high optical performance. Besides, the zoom lens is required to have a small change in optical performance even under an environmental change (temperature change, pressure change, humidity change, or the like). In general, when the entire system size is intended to be more reduced in the zoom lens, various aberrations, for example, chromatic aberrations such as an axial chromatic aberration and a lateral chromatic aberration frequently occur to greatly lower the optical performance. Moreover, a variation in aberration more frequently occurs in zooming. As a result, it becomes more difficult to obtain high optical performance over the entire zoom range.
An optical system using an optical element (lens) made of an optical material having a high anomalous partial dispersion characteristic, for example, an organic material, has been proposed to reduce the occurrence of the chromatic aberration among the various aberrations. In U.S. Pat. No. 7,292,398, the chromatic aberration is corrected in a well-balanced manner by providing an appropriate refractive power to an optical element made of an organic material having high anomalous dispersion and using an optical element made of another material. In this manner, the chromatic aberration of the entire system is reduced. Moreover, by using a solid material, the change in optical performance depending on a temperature is reduced as compared with the case where a liquid material is used.
In general, the organic material has a larger change in optical characteristics with respect to the environmental change such as the temperature change or the humidity change as compared with glass. In order to cope with the problem of the larger change in optical characteristics, there is known an optical system which corrects the chromatic aberration and reduces the variation in optical characteristics due to the environmental change by appropriately combining optical elements respectively made of multiple optical materials. In U.S. Pat. No. 7,864,453, the change in optical performance with respect to the temperature change is reduced by appropriately setting a focal length, an Abbe number of a material, and an anomalous partial dispersion characteristic of an optical element made of a resin having the anomalous partial dispersion characteristic, and a focal length and an Abbe number of a material of an optical element made of a resin without an anomalous partial dispersion characteristic. In U.S. Pat. No. 8,203,799, a variation in the chromatic aberration is reduced by appropriately using a refractive index and an Abbe number of an organic material for setting.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens, including multiple lens units in which a distance between adjacent ones of the multiple lens units changes for zooming, in which:
when an average value of a change in refractive index with respect to a temperature change within a temperature range of from 0° C. to 40° C. is ΔNav, at least one lens unit L of the multiple lens units includes multiple optical elements A made of materials satisfying the following conditional expression:
|ΔNav|>5.0×10−5;
when an anomalous partial dispersion ratio for a g-line and an F-line is ΔθgFΔθ, at least one optical element Aθ of the multiple optical elements A satisfies the following conditional expression:
|ΔθgFAθ|>0.0272; and
when i indicates an order of the at least one optical element Aθ in the at least one lens unit L counted from a light incident side, an i-th optical element Aθ in the at least one lens unit L counted from the light incident side is an i-th optical element, j indicates an order of the multiple optical elements A in the at least one lens unit L counted from the light incident side, a j-th optical element A in the at least one lens unit L counted from the light incident side is a j-th optical element, a focal length of the i-th optical element is fi, a focal length of the at least one lens unit L is fL, an average value of a change in a refractive power φpj of a positive lens of the j-th optical element with respect to the temperature change within the temperature range of from 0° C. to 40° C. is Δφpj, and an average value of a change in a refractive power φnj of a negative lens of the j-th optical element with respect to the temperature change within the temperature range of from 0° C. to 40° C. is Δφnj, the following conditional expressions are satisfied:
|1/(Σ(1/fi)×fL)|<2.2; and
−1.5<Σ(Δφpj)/Σ(Δφnj)<−0.66.
Further features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail in accordance with the accompanying drawings.
A zoom lens and an optical apparatus having the zoom lens according to the present invention are described. The zoom lens according to the present invention includes multiple lens units. For zooming, a distance between the adjacent lens units changes. An average value of a change in refractive index with respect to a temperature change within a temperature range from 0° C. to 40° C. is set to ΔNav. In this case, at least one lens unit L among the multiple lens units includes multiple optical elements A respectively made of materials which satisfy a conditional expression:
|ΔNav|>5.0×10−5 (1)
When an anomalous partial dispersion ratio for a g-line and an F-line is ΔθgFAθ, at least one optical element Aθ among the multiple optical elements A satisfies a conditional expression:
|ΔθgFAθ|>0.0272 (2)
In each of the aberration diagrams, a d-line and a g-line are indicated by d and g, respectively. A meridional image surface and a sagittal image surface are indicated by M and S, respectively. A distortion is represented by the d-line. A chromatic aberration of magnification is represented by the g-line. F number is indicated by Fno and a half angle of view is indicated by ω.
The zoom lens of each of the embodiments is a photographing lens (photographing optical system) used for an image pickup device such as a video camera or a digital camera or a projection lens (projection optical system) used for an image projection device (projector). On each of the lens sectional views, the left is a light incident side (enlargement conjugate side; object side; front side), whereas the right is a light emitting side (reduction conjugate side; image side; rear side). When the zoom lens is used for the projector, the left is a screen side, whereas the right is a projected image side (image display element side). The lens sectional views illustrate the zoom lens L0.
In each of the lens sectional views, i indicates the order of the lens unit counted from the light incident side, and Li indicates the i-th lens unit. Each of the lens sectional views also illustrates a lens portion LF for focusing, an aperture stop SP, and an image plane IP which corresponds to an original image (projected image) on a solid image pickup element (photo-electric conversion element) or a liquid crystal panel (image display element) which receives light of an image.
The arrow for each of the lens units indicates a direction of movement (moving trajectory) of the lens unit when zooming is performed from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. Here, the wide angle end and the telephoto end are respectively zoom positions when the lens unit for magnification is located at each end of a range in which the lens unit is movable on an optical axis in view of mechanism. The arrow for FO indicates a direction of movement of the lens portion LF for focusing from infinity (a far distance) to a near distance.
The zoom lens illustrated in
For zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the first to sixth lens units L1 to L6 move on the optical axis so as to change a distance between the adjacent lens units as indicated by the arrows. The seventh lens unit L7 is immobile for zooming. The aperture stop SP is located on the image side of the third lens unit L3, and moves integrally with the third lens unit L3 for zooming.
The zoom lens illustrated in
For zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the second lens unit L2, the third lens unit L3, and the fourth lens unit L4 move toward the object so as to change a distance between the adjacent lens units, as indicated by the arrows. Specifically, the distance between the adjacent lens units changes for zooming. Focusing from a far distance to a near distance is performed by moving the lens portion LF which corresponds to a part of the first lens unit L1 toward the original image IP.
In general, in the zoom lens, it is difficult to successfully correct a chromatic aberration over the entire zoom range only by using a material having a small absolute value |ΔθgF| of an anomalous partial dispersion ratio (definition thereof is described later) as a material. Specifically, it is difficult to simultaneously correct a chromatic aberration between the g-line and the F-line (between wavelengths of the g-line and the F-line) and a chromatic aberration between the F-line and a C-line (between wavelengths of the F-line and the C-line) in a well-balanced manner.
However, if the chromatic aberration between the g-line and the F-line can be successfully corrected by using the material having a large absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio, a correction balance for the chromatic aberration can be changed by using another material in the zoom lens. Therefore, as a result, the chromatic aberration between the F-line and the C-line can also be corrected successfully. Then, the chromatic aberration can be successfully corrected over a wide wavelength band between the g-line and the C-line (between the wavelengths of the g-line and the C-line). As the material having a large absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio, for example, there is fluorite which has a high anomalous partial dispersion characteristic.
Although fluorite has a larger absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio than those of common materials, the absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio of fluorite is not sufficiently large. If the chromatic aberration is intended to be positively corrected by using a low dispersion material having a large Abbe number as in the case of fluorite, a lens formed by using the material as described above is required to have a larger refractive power. As a result, various aberrations other than the chromatic aberration, such as spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, frequently occur.
Hitherto, it is known that the use of an organic material having a large absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio is effective as a method of effectively correcting the chromatic aberration. However, in general, the organic material such as a resin or a plastic has a larger change in refractive index with respect to a temperature change as compared with glass. For example, when a ratio of a change do in refractive index at the d-line at 23° C. to a temperature change dT is dn/dT, a value thereof is about 10 to 200 times as large as that of glass. Therefore, when the optical element made of the organic material having a large refractive power is used, it is important to reduce a fluctuation in focusing of the optical system and a variation in aberration with respect to the temperature change.
In order to reduce the fluctuation in the optical performance with respect to the temperature change, there is a method of appropriately combining organic materials under predetermined conditions. It is necessary to increase the refractive power of the lens made of the organic material having a large absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio to enhance performance and reduce the entire system size while sufficiently compensating for the temperature. In addition, the temperature is required to be compensated for with higher accuracy.
Therefore, in the zoom lens of the present invention, lenses made of multiple organic materials are used in the same lens unit. In this manner, a change in refractive power in the lens unit with respect to the temperature change is suppressed.
The organic materials used in the present invention are not all required to be materials having a large absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio. Only at least one of the materials needs to have a large absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio. In this case, the optical element made of a material having a large absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio assumes a role of correcting the chromatic aberration, whereas the optical element made of another optical material assumes a role of compensating for a change in optical characteristics of the material having a large absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio, which is caused with the temperature change.
In general, when the optical element Aθ made of an organic material is used in the optical system so as to correct the chromatic aberration, a refractive index of the material or a lens shape changes with respect to the environmental change such as the temperature change. In such a case, an aberration occurring on each lens surface of the optical element Aθ varies. Moreover, as a result of a change in refractive power of the optical element Aθ, a height from the optical axis, at which an on-axis paraxial ray or a pupil paraxial ray passes through the lens surface, and an incident angle on the lens surface change. Thus, the aberration occurring on other lens(es) also varies.
In the present invention, multiple materials, each having characteristics greatly varying with respect to the environmental change as in the case of the organic materials, are combined to suppress the variation in aberration due to the temperature change. For example, by providing the multiple organic materials closer to each other in the optical axis direction, the sum of changes in refractive power is reduced. In this manner, a change of a ray path with respect to the temperature change can be reduced to reduce the amount of variation in aberration. In the zoom lens, the above-mentioned condition is required to be satisfied over the entire zoom range. If the multiple organic materials are respectively provided to different lens units, however, it becomes difficult to satisfy the above-mentioned condition. Thus, the multiple organic materials are required to be provided in the same lens unit.
In the zoom lens of the present invention, one lens unit L of the lens units constructing the zoom lens includes the multiple optical elements A made of materials which satisfy Conditional Expression (1). Moreover, the multiple optical elements A include at least one optical element Aθ made of a material which satisfies Conditional Expression (2). In this case, when a refractive index of the material forming the optical element Aθ at the d-line is ndAθ, a refractive index at the g-line is ngAθ, a refractive index at the C-line is nCAθ, and a refractive index at the F-line is nFAθ, an Abbe number νdAθ, a partial dispersion ratio θgFAθ, and an anomalous partial dispersion ratio ΔθgFAθ of the material are defined by the following expressions.
νdΔθ=(ndΔθ−1)/(nFΔθ−nCΔθθ)
θgFΔθ=(ngAθ−nFAθ)/(nFAθ−nCAθ)
ΔθgFΔθ=θgFΔθ−(−1.665×10−7×νdΔθ3+5.213×10−5×νdΔθ2−5.656×10−3×νdΔθ+7.278×10−1)
where i indicates the order of the optical element Aθ in the lens unit L counted from the light incident side. The i-th optical element Aθ in the lens unit L counted from the light incident side is denoted as the i-th optical element. When a focal length of the i-th optical element is fi, a conditional expression
|1/(Σ(1/fi)×fL)|<2.2 (3)
is satisfied. In this expression,
holds. Here, j indicates the order of the optical element A in the lens unit L counted from the light incident side, and the j-th optical element A in the lens unit L counted from the light incident side is denoted as the j-th optical element. An average value of changes in refractive power φpj of a positive lens of the j-th optical element with respect to a temperature change within the temperature range of from 0° C. to 40° C. is Δφpj and an average value of changes in refractive power φnj of a negative lens of the j-th optical element with respect to a temperature change within the temperature range of from 0° C. to 40° C. is Δφnj.
In this case, a condition expressed by:
−1.5<Σ(Δφpj)/Σ(Δφnj)<−0.66 (4)
is satisfied.
Next, technical meaning of each of the above-mentioned conditional expressions is described. Conditional Expression (1) defines the ratio dn/dt of the change do in refractive index of the material of the optical element A with respect to a temperature change dt. As specific examples of the material (optical material) satisfying Conditional Expression (1), there are organic materials which are generally frequently used as materials such as acrylic, PC, a fluorene resin, and polystyrene. The material to be used is not limited to those described above as long as Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied. For a material generally used as the optical material, the average value |ΔNav| is about 20.0×10−5 at a maximum.
It is known that the materials which satisfy Conditional Expression (1) include a large number of materials (optical materials) which also satisfy Conditional Expression (2). Conditional Expression (2) expresses the anomalous partial dispersion characteristic of the optical element Aθ. By using the optical element Aθ made of the material which satisfies Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) in the zoom lens, it becomes easy to successfully correct the chromatic aberrations of the entire system. If the absolute value of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio ΔθgFAθ becomes equal to or smaller than the value (0.0272) in Conditional Expression (2), it becomes difficult to successfully correct the chromatic aberration. The range expressed by Conditional Expression (2) is shown in
As specific examples of the material (optical material) which satisfies Conditional Expression (2), there are organic materials such as an acrylic UV-curable resin (nd=1.635, νd=22.7, θgF=0.69) and N-polyvinyl carbazole (nd=1.696, νd=17.7, θgF=0.69). The material to be used is not limited to those described above as long as Conditional Expression (2) is satisfied.
As a material (optical material) having characteristics different from those of general glass materials, there is a mixture obtained by dispersing inorganic oxide nanoparticles described below in a synthetic resin. Specifically, there are TiO2 (nd=2.758, νd=9.54, θgF=0.76), ITO (nd=1.857, νd=5.69, θgF=0.29), and the like. When particles of TiO2 (nd=2.758, νd=9.54, θgF=0.76) or ITO (nd=1.857, νd=5.69, θgF=0.29) are dispersed in a synthetic resin at an appropriate volume ratio, a material which satisfies Conditional Expression (2) is obtained.
TiO2 is a material which is used for a variety of applications, and is used as a material for vapor deposition for forming an optical thin film such as an anti-reflective film in the field of optics. Besides, TiO2 is also used as a photocatalyst and a white pigment. Moreover, TiO2 particles are used as a cosmetic material. ITO is known as a material for forming a transparent electrode, and is generally used for a liquid crystal display element, an electroluminescent (EL) element, or the like. Moreover, as other applications, ITO is also used for an infrared-ray shielding element or an ultraviolet-ray shielding element.
A mean diameter of the particles to be dispersed in the resin in each of the embodiments is preferably about 2 nm to 50 nm in view of the effects of scattering or the like. A dispersant may be added so as to prevent condensation. As a medium material in which the particles are to be dispersed is preferably a polymer. With the polymer, high mass productivity can be obtained by photopolymerization molding or heat polymerization molding using a molding die or the like. A dispersion characteristic N(λ) of the mixture in which nanoparticles are dispersed can be easily calculated by the following expression derived from the well-known Drude's formula.
Specifically, the refractive index N(λ) at a wavelength λ is:
N(λ)=[1+V{Npar(λ)2−1}+(1−V){Npoly(λ)2−1}]1/2
In this expression, λ is an arbitrary wavelength, Npar is a refractive index of particles, Npoly is a refractive index of a polymer, and V is a fraction of a total volume of the particles to a polymer volume. The material to be used is not limited to those described above as long as Conditional Expression (2) is satisfied. In consideration of the use of the material as an optical material, |ΔθgFAθ| is generally about 0.1 at a maximum.
Conditional Expression (3) relates to the refractive power of the optical element Aθ. When the value of the left side (|1/(Σ(1/fi)×fL)| of Conditional Expression (3) becomes equal to or larger than the value (2.2) in Conditional Expression (3), the chromatic aberration is insufficiently corrected. Thus, the above-mentioned case is not preferred. In particular, as the size of the entire system of the zoom lens is intended to be further reduced, it becomes more difficult to successfully correct the chromatic aberration unless the refractive power of the i-th optical element is increased. In order to successfully correct the chromatic aberration, it is preferred to satisfy Conditional Expression (3).
Further, in order to reduce the change in optical performance with respect to the temperature change over the entire zoom range, it is preferred to compensate for the temperature change in the same lens unit, as described above. Here, “the same lens unit” means a lens unit in which all the lenses move integrally for zooming. Conditional Expression (3) is more preferably set as follows.
|1/(Σ(1/fi)×fL)|<1.8 (3a)
Conditional Expression (3a) is further preferably set as follows.
|1/(Σ(1/fi)×fL)|<1.4 (3b)
Conditional Expression (4) relates to the refractive power of the j-th optical element in the lens unit L. When only a material having a small change in refractive index with respect to the temperature change is used as in the case of general materials, the optical performance of each of the lenses has a small change with respect to the environmental change such as the temperature change or the humidity change. Therefore, the variation in aberration is sufficiently small.
In order to successfully correct the color aberration, however, it is preferred to use an organic material having a large absolute value |ΔθgF| of the anomalous partial dispersion ratio. In such a case, multiple organic materials need to be provided so as to be located closer to each other along the optical axis direction to reduce the sum of changes in refractive power, as described above. In this manner, a change of the ray path with respect to the temperature change can be reduced. As a result, the amount of variation in aberration can be suppressed for the entire system. It is necessary for the zoom lens to reduce the change of the ray path in the entire zoom range. Therefore, it is preferred to arrange the multiple organic materials in the same lens unit. In this case, the amount of variation in aberration for the entire system can be successfully suppressed by satisfying Conditional Expression (4).
When the value of Σ(Δφpj)/Σ(Δφnj) becomes equal to or larger than the upper limit value (−0.66) of the range expressed by Conditional Expression (4), the change in refractive power of the negative lens of the j-th optical element becomes too large. On the other hand, when the value of Σ(Δφpj)/Σ(Δφnj) becomes equal to or smaller than the lower limit value (−1.5) of the range expressed by Conditional Expression (4), the change in refractive power of the positive lens of the j-th optical element becomes too large. As a result, it becomes difficult to successfully correct the variation in aberration with respect to the temperature change. Thus, both the above-mentioned cases are not preferred. Conditional Expression (4) is an expression for making the changes in refractive power closer for the positive lens and the negative lens. Conditional Expression (4) is more preferably set as follows.
−1.47<Σ(Δφpj)/Σ(Δφnj)<−0.68 (4a)
As described above, according to the present invention, the zoom lens which is capable of successfully correcting the chromatic aberration and also successfully correcting the variation in optical performance with respect to the temperature change in the range of from −10° C. to 40° C. as shown in each of the aberration charts can be obtained.
The zoom lens of the present invention is further preferred to satisfy at least one of conditional expressions described below. As a result, the zoom lens with a further reduced change in optical performance with respect to the environmental change, in particular, the temperature change while maintaining high optical performance can be obtained. Specifically, the j-th optical element in the lens unit L counted from the light incident side is the j-th optical element, an equivalent Abbe number of the material of the positive lens of the j-th optical element is νp, and an equivalent Abbe number of the material of the negative lens of the j-th optical element is νn.
Then, the conditional expression:
|νp−∥n|<38 (5)
is to be satisfied. The refractive index of the material at the d-line is indicated by nd, and the Abbe number of the material is indicated by νd. Then, at least one optical element of the optical elements A and the at least one optical element of the optical elements Aθ both satisfy Conditional Expressions (6):
nd<6.667×10−4νd2−5.000×10−2νd+2.533 (when νd≦35)
nd<1.6 (when νd>35) (6)
Here,
hold. Next, technical meaning of Conditional Expressions (5) and (6) is described. Conditional Expression (5) relates to the Abbe number of the material of the j-th optical element in the lens unit L. When the absolute value of the difference of the equivalent Abbe number of the negative lens from the equivalent Abbe number of the positive lens becomes equal to or larger than the upper limit value (38) expressed by Conditional Expression (5), a difference between a change in chromatic aberration of the positive lens of the j-th optical element and a change in chromatic aberration of the negative lens of the j-the optical element becomes larger. As a result, the chromatic aberration sometimes remains. Thus, the above-mentioned case is not preferred. Conditional Expression (5) is more preferably set as follows.
|νp−νn|<20 (5a)
Conditional Expression (5a) is further preferably set as follows.
|νp−νn|<16 (5b)
Conditional Expressions (6) relate to the refractive index and the Abbe number of the material of the at least one of the optical elements A and the material of the at least one of optical elements Aθ. As the material which is located out of the range expressed by Conditional Expressions (6) although Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied, there is a mixture obtained by dispersing inorganic oxide nanoparticles into a synthetic resin. In this case, the amount of mixed inorganic oxide nanoparticles is too large. Therefore, the above-mentioned mixture is not preferred as the optical element because of a low transmittance or the like. The range expressed by Conditional Expressions (6) is shown in
As described above, according to the present invention, the zoom lens capable of successfully correcting the variation in optical performance with respect to the temperature change in the range from −10° C. to 40° C. as shown in each of the aberration charts while successfully correcting the chromatic aberration can be obtained.
The zoom lens of the present invention includes the aperture stop. In the zoom lens, the first lens unit among the multiple lens units counted from the light incident side to the light emitting side has the negative refractive power. The optical element Aθ is located on the light incident side of the aperture stop. Alternatively, the zoom lens of the present invention includes the aperture stop. In the zoom lens, the first lens unit among the multiple lens units counted from the light incident side to the light emitting side has the negative refractive power. The optical element Aθ is located on the light emitting side of the aperture stop. Further alternatively, the zoom lens of the present invention includes the aperture stop. In the zoom lens, the first lens unit among the multiple lens units counted from the light incident side to the light emitting side has the positive refractive power. The optical element Aθ is located on the light incident side of the aperture stop.
Next, a lens configuration according to each of the embodiments is described.
A lens configuration of the zoom lens L0 according to the first embodiment, which is illustrated in
The first lens unit L1 includes four lenses. The two lenses on the light emitting side construct the focusing portion LF which moves for focusing. The focusing portion LF moves to the light incident side in the optical axis direction as indicated by the arrow FO for focusing from infinity to a near distance. The lens unit L is the fourth lens unit L4 in this embodiment. The third optical element Aθ in the fourth lens unit L4 counted from the light incident side is made of a thermoplastic resin 1 having optical characteristics shown in Table 1, and has the anomalous partial dispersion characteristic. By using the optical element Aθ located at a position on the light emitting side of the aperture stop SP, at which an incident height of an off-axis principal ray is high, a lateral chromatic aberration is successfully corrected over the entire zoom range.
The fifth optical element A in the fourth lens unit L4 counted from the light incident side is made of a thermoplastic resin 2 having optical characteristics shown in Table 1. In this manner, variations in various aberrations in the optical element Aθ with respect to the temperature change are successfully compensated for.
A lens configuration of the zoom lens L0 according to the second embodiment, which is illustrated in
The sixth lens unit L6 constructs the lens portion LF for focusing in this embodiment. For focusing from infinity to a near distance, the lens portion LF moves in the optical axis direction to the light emitting side as indicated by the arrow FO. The lens unit L is the third lens unit in this embodiment. The fourth optical element Aθ in the third lens unit L3 counted from the light incident side is made of a thermoplastic resin 1, and has the anomalous partial dispersion characteristic. By using the optical element Aθ located at a position on the light incident side of the aperture stop SP, at which an incident height of an on-axis paraxial ray is high, an axial chromatic aberration is successfully corrected over the entire zoom range, in particular, at the wide angle side.
The third optical element A in the third lens unit L3 counted from the light incident side is made of a thermoplastic resin 2. In this manner, variations in various aberrations in the optical element Aθ with respect to the temperature change are successfully compensated for.
A lens configuration of the zoom lens L0 according to the third embodiment, which is illustrated in
The lens unit L is the first lens unit L1 in this embodiment. The third optical element Aθ in the first lens unit L1 counted from the light incident side is made of the thermoplastic resin 1, and has the anomalous partial dispersion characteristic. By using the optical element Aθ located on the light incident side of the aperture stop SP, in particular, at a position at which an incident height of an off-axis principal ray is high, the lateral chromatic aberration is successfully corrected over the entire zoom range. The fourth optical element A in the first lens unit L1 counted from the light incident side is made of the thermoplastic resin 2. In this manner, variations in various aberrations in the optical element Aθ with respect to the temperature change are successfully compensated for.
A lens configuration of the zoom lens L0 according to the fourth embodiment, which is illustrated in
The fifth optical element A in the fourth lens unit L4 counted from the light incident side is made of a thermoplastic resin 3 having optical characteristics shown in Table 1. In this manner, variations in various aberrations in the optical element Aθ with respect to the temperature change are successfully compensated for.
A lens configuration of the zoom lens L0 according to the fifth embodiment, which is illustrated in
The third optical element A in the fourth lens unit L4 counted from the light incident side is made of a thermoplastic resin 2 having optical characteristics shown in Table 1. In this manner, variations in various aberrations in the optical element Aθ with respect to the temperature change are successfully compensated for. In each of the embodiments described above, the zoom lens is described. By using only a focal distance at a specific zoom position, however, the zoom lens can also be treated as a single focal length lens system.
Hereinafter, Numerical Examples 1 to 5 respectively corresponding to the first to fifth embodiments of the present invention are described. In each of Numerical Examples, i indicates the order of a surface counted from the light incident side, ri is a curvature radius (mm) of the i-th surface counted from the light incident side, di is a distance (mm) on the axis between the i-th surface and the i+1-th surface counted from the light incident side, ndi is a refractive index of a material of the i-th optical element, and νdi is an Abbe number of the material of the i-th optical element.
Values of the focal length f, the F number Fno, the half angle of view (degree) are those obtained when focus is on an object at infinity. Moreover, BF is a backfocus, and a total lens length is an equivalent air distance from a first lens surface to a paraxial image plane. An aspherical surface is denoted by the symbol * following the surface number. When X is a displacement amount from a surface apex in the optical axis direction, h is a height from the optical axis in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, R is a paraxial curvature radius, k is a conic constant, and A4, A6, A8, A10, and A12 are respectively aspherical coefficients, an aspherical shape is expressed by the expression:
Moreover, for example, the notation “e±Z” means “10±z”. The relationship between the conditional expressions described above and various numerical values in Numerical Examples is shown in Table 2.
Although the exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. Various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist of the invention. Table 1 shows optical characteristics of the materials used in the embodiments. Table 2 shows numerical values corresponding to Conditional Expressions (1) to (5) for Numerical Expressions.
Next, an embodiment in which the zoom lens according to the present invention is applied to an image pickup device (camera system) as one of optical apparatus is described referring to
The camera main body 20 also includes a photosensitive surface 7, on which a solid image pickup element (photo-electric conversion element) such as a CCD sensor or a CMOS sensor and a silver halide film are to be provided. At the time of photographing, the instant return mirror 3 retracts from a light path, so that an image is formed by the image pickup lens 10 on the photosensitive surface 7. In this manner, by applying the zoom lens according to the first to fifth embodiments to an image pickup device such as a photographing camera, a video camera, or a digital still camera, the image pickup device having excellent optical characteristics and the effect of correcting the chromatic aberrations is realized. Moreover, in comparison with an image pickup optical system using a conventional optical element made of an organic material, a change in optical performance due to an environmental change, in particular, a temperature change, is reduced.
The present invention is also applicable to a single-lens reflex camera without an instant return mirror. Moreover, the present invention is also applicable to a projection lens of an optical apparatus such as a projector in a similar manner.
While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. The scope of the following claims is to be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent structures and functions.
This application claims the benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-144453, filed Jul. 10, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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2013-144453 | Jul 2013 | JP | national |