Claims
- 1. A zoom lens system comprising, from an object side:
- a first lens unit having a positive refractive power as a whole, said first lens unit comprising, from the object side, a first lens element, a second lens element having a negative refractive power and an object side surface convex to the object side, a third lens element having a positive refractive power, said first lens unit being provided at a most object-side end of the zoom lens system, and
- a second lens unit having a negative refractive power,
- wherein, during zooming from a shortest-focal length state to a longest-focal length state, a distance between said first and second lens units is decreased, and,
- wherein the zoom lens system fulfills the following condition:
- 0.15<.phi.1.times.T23<0.25
- .phi.1 corresponding to the composite refractive power of the first lens unit, and T23 corresponding to an air gap between the second and the third lens element.
- 2. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first lens element is made of plastic.
- 3. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first lens element has at least one aspherical surface.
- 4. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first lens element has a negative refractive power.
- 5. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, a diaphragm is provided between said first and second lens units.
- 6. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second lens unit has at least one aspherical lens surface.
- 7. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second lens unit has at least one plastic lens element.
- 8. A zoom lens system comprising, from an object side:
- a first lens unit having a positive refractive power as a whole, said first lens unit comprising, from the object side, a first lens element, a second lens element having a negative refractive power and an image side surface concave to the image side, a third lens element having a positive refractive power, said first lens unit being provided at a most object-side end of the zoom lens system, and;
- a second lens unit having a negative refractive power,
- wherein, during zooming from a shortest-focal length state to a longest-focal length state, a distance between said first and second lens units is decreased, and
- wherein the zoom lens system fulfils the following condition:
- 0.15<.phi.1.times.T23<0.25
- .phi.1corresponding to the composite refractive power of the first lens unit, and T23 corresponding to an air gap between the second and the third lens element.
- 9. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first lens element is made of plastic.
- 10. The zoom lcns system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first lens clement has at cast one aspherical surface.
- 11. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first lens element has a negative refractive power.
- 12. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 8, further comprising, a diaphragm provided between said first and second lens units.
- 13. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said second lens unit has at least one aspherical lens surface.
- 14. The zoom lens system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said second lens unit has at least one plastic lens element.
Priority Claims (5)
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7-239632 |
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7-258571 |
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8-026608 |
Feb 1996 |
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8-026609 |
Feb 1996 |
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8-222426 |
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RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/712,257, filed on Sep. 11, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,815,324.
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Divisions (1)
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