Zoom lens

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] This application claims benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-250577 filed in Japan on 8.22.200, the contents of which are incorporated by this reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates generally to a zoom lens, and more particularly to a high-aperture-ratio, high zoom-ratio zoom lens system including a wide-angle zone which has a phototaking field angle of at least 700 suitable for cameras in general, and video cameras or digital cameras in particular.

[0003] In recent years, attention has been paid on digital cameras (electronic cameras) which are potential next-generation cameras superseding silver-salt 135 mm film (usually called Leica size) cameras. For digital cameras for general users, single-focus lenses having a diagonal field angle of about 600 or zoom lenses of about 3 magnifications using the same at wide-angle ends go mainstream. For high-class users, on the other hand, zoom lenses must be further extended to the wide-angle or telephoto end, and be compatible with TTL optical finders as well. As a matter of course, such zoom lenses are required to have ever higher performance. For zoom lenses having a diagonal field angle of about 750 at the wide-angle end and about 7 to 10 magnifications and compatible with TTL optical finders, some are now commercially available for the aforesaid silver-salt 135 mm film cameras. However, wide-angle, high-zoom-ratio zoom lenses, which are well suitable for image-pickup formats considerably smaller in size than the film camera formats and are fast as expressed by an F-number of about 2.0 to 2.8 at the wide-angle end, are little known except those for TV cameras and other commercial purposes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0004] The state of the art being like this, an object of the present invention is to provide a wide-angle, high-zoom-ratio zoom lens, and especially a zoom lens system which is compatible with a TTL optical finder having a diagonal field angle of at least 700 at the wide-angle end and about 7 to 10 magnifications, and is fast as well, as expressed by an F-number of about 2.0 to 2.8 at the wide-angle end.

[0005] To achieve this object, the present invention basically provides

[0006] a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of the zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of the zoom lens system along the optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups or, alternatively,

[0007] a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of the zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of the zoom lens system along the optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and a rear group which is located subsequent to the second lens group and has at least two spacings variable during zooming.

[0008] Such constructions are favorable for achieving high zoom ratios while various aberrations are minimized. The present invention having such basic constructions has the following characteristic features.

[0009] According to the first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of the zoom lens system during zooming and having positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of the zoom lens system along the optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens system and a rear lens group having at least two spacings variable during zooming, wherein a focal length f1 of the first lens group satisfies the following condition (1):

6<f1/L<20 (1)

[0010] where L is a diagonal length of an effective image pickup surface located in the vicinity of an image-formation plane.

[0011] When the lower limit of 6 to condition (1) is not reached, spherical aberrations remain under-corrected at the telephoto end. When the upper limit to 20 is exceeded, the amount of zooming movement of the movable groups increases, and so the overall size of the zoom lens system tends to increase.

[0012] More preferably, condition (1) should be reduced to

6.5<f1/L<16 (1′)

[0013] Most preferably, condition (1) should be reduced to

7<f1/L<12 (1″)

[0014] According to the second embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of the zoom lens system during zooming and having positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of the zoom lens system along the optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens system and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of the zoom lens system during zooming and having positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of the zoom lens system along the optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens system and a rear lens group having at least two spacings variable during zooming, wherein a focal length f1 of the first lens group and anomalous dispersion ΔθgF of a medium of at least one positive lens in the first lens group satisfy the following conditions:

6<f1/L<20 (1)

0.015<ΔθgF<0.1 (2)

[0015] where L is a diagonal length of an effective image pickup surface located in the vicinity of an image-formation plane.

[0016] It is here noted that the anomalous dispersion ΔθgF of each medium (vitreous material) is defined by

θgFAgF+BgF·νd+ΔθgF

[0017] with the proviso that θgF=(ng−nF)/(nF−nc) and νd=(nd−1)/(nF−nc) wherein nd, nF, nc and ng are refractive indices with respect to d-line, F-line, C-line and g-line, respectively, and AgF and BgF are each a linear coefficient determined by two vitreous material types represented by glass code 511605 (available under the trade name of NSL7, Ohara Co., Ltd. with θgF=0.5436 and νd=60.49) and glass code 620363 (available under the trade name of PBM2, Ohara Co., Ltd. with θgF=0.5828 and νd=36.26); that is, AgF is 0.641462485 and BgF is −0.001617829.

[0018] When the lower limit of 0.015 to condition (2) is not reached, short wavelength longitudinal chromatic aberrations remain under-corrected at the telephoto end, and so colors are likely to bleed out at the edges of a subject having a large luminance difference. Any inexpensive medium exceeding the upper limit of 0.1 is little available, and opposite chromatic aberrations occur above 0.1.

[0019] More preferably, conditions (2) and (3) should be reduced to

6.5<f1/L<16 (1′)

0.020<ΔθgF<0.08 (2′)

[0020] Most preferably, conditions (2) and (3) should be reduced to

7<f1/L<12 (1″)

0.025<ΔθgF<0.06 (2″)

[0021] According to the third embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of the zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of the zoom lens system along the optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to an image side of the second lens group, or three negative lens elements located nearest to an object side of the second lens group while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to the image side of the second lens group, with any one of surfaces in the second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of the zoom lens system during zooming, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of the zoom lens system along the optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and a rear lens group having at least two spacings variable during zooming, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to an amount of movement Δz1 of the first lens group from the wide-angled end to the telephoto end when the zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement Δz2 of the second lens group from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end when the zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:

3<(Δz2−Δz1)/L<9 (3)

[0022] where the movement of each lens group toward the image side is assumed to be positive and L is a diagonal length of an effective image pickup surface located in the vicinity of an image-formation plane.

[0023] For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, the second lens group is relatively moved away from the first lens group, as already explained. Especially for a high-zoom-ratio zoom lens system, there must be a space large enough for the movement of the second lens group because that amount of movement is large. This is particularly true as the field angle of the zoom lens system becomes wide. As a result, the diameter of the first lens group often becomes too large. When the upper limit of 9 to condition (3) is exceeded, the diameter of the first lens group becomes too large and so the size of the zoom lens system becomes large. When the lower limit of 3 is not reached, there is an increased load of zooming on the rear lens group, which may result in large fluctuations of spherical aberrations upon zooming.

[0024] More preferably, condition (3) should be reduced to

3.2<(Δz2−Δz1)/L<8 (3′)

[0025] Most preferably, condition (3) should be reduced to

3.4<(Δz2−Δz1)/L<7(3″)

[0026] When a zoom lens system has a wide-angle, high-zoom-ratio arrangement, the largest load is applied on the second lens group. In addition, even the magnitude of the diameter of the first lens group is determined by the power, amount of movement, and arrangement of the second lens group. In consideration of the diameter of the first lens group alone, it is favorable to locate the principal point of the second lens group as close to the object side as possible. Thus, it is preferable that the second lens group is constructed of a front subgroup having negative refracting power and a rear subgroup having positive refracting power. In this case, however, barrel distortion is likely to occur due to the wide-angle, high-zoom-ratio arrangement and difficulty is involved in making correction for astigmatism all over the zooming zone. These problems can substantially be eliminated if the second lens group is constructed of at least three negative lenses and a positive lens located nearest to the image side thereof, or three negative lenses located nearest to the object side thereof and a positive lens located on the image side, or a negative lens and two positive lenses located nearest to the image side thereof, with any one of the surfaces in the second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface.

[0027] When the number of lenses in the rear lens group is less than 6, severe conditions are added to correction of chromatic aberrations and spherical aberrations. When more than 11 lenses are used, on the other hand, the entire rear lens group becomes too thick to secure ample zooming space.

[0028] The rear lens group has a plurality of subgroups. In view of chromatic aberrations, spherical aberrations, coma and increased aperture, it is more preferable to construct the rear lens group of at least two subgroups having positive refracting power, wherein the subgroup located nearest to the image side thereof and having positive refracting power and the subgroup located nearest to the image side thereof and having positive refracting power are each composed of at least three lenses.

[0029] According to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of the zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of the zoom lens system along the optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to an image side of the second lens group, or three negative lens elements located nearest to an object side of the second lens group while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to the image side of the second lens group, with any one of surfaces in the second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of the zoom lens system during zooming, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of the zoom lens system along the optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and a rear lens group having at least two spacings variable during zooming, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to an amount of movement Δz1 of the first lens group from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end when the zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement ΔZ2 of the second lens group from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end when the zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:

−1.0<(Δz1/Δz2<0.5 where Δz2>0 (4)

[0030] where the movement of each lens group toward the image side is assumed to be positive.

[0031] This is the condition for making a proper locus of an image point defined by a composite first-and-second lens group system upon zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end. By this locus, the magnification-variable zone and focal length of the rear lens group are determined to some extent. When the upper limit of 0.5 to condition (4) is exceeded, the magnification of the rear lens group becomes low or the focal length of the rear lens group becomes long and, hence, the entire size of the zoom lens system tends to become large relative to the value of L. When the lower limit of −1.0 is not reached, on the contrary, the entire size of the zoom lens system becomes small relative to the value of L. However, when the value of L is small and the F-number is small, it is difficult to make correction for spherical aberrations and comas.

[0032] It is acceptable to meet condition (4) and condition (3) simultaneously.

[0033] More preferably, condition (4) should be reduced to

−0.9<(Δz1/Δz2<0.4 where Δz2>0 (4′)

[0034] Most preferably, condition (4) should be reduced to

−0.8<(Δz1/Δz2<0.3 where Δz2>0 (4″)

[0035] According to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and a rear lens group having at least two spacings variable during zooming, wherein said first lens group moves toward said image side in a convex reciprocation locus and an amount of movement Δz1WM of said first lens group from said wide-angle end to an intermediate focal length of said zoom lens system, given by fM(={square root}{square root over ( )}(fW·fT)), is positive where fW is a composite focal length of said zoom lens system when focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity and fT is a composite focal length of said zoom lens system when focused at said telephoto end on an object point at infinity, with the proviso that the movement of said first lens group lens toward said image side is assumed to be positive and fM is the geometric mean of fW and fT. It is here noted that upon zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, the second lens group moves relatively away from the first lens group and the rear lens group moves in such a way that its principal point position goes off an image plane. It is also noted that the position of the image plane is kept constant.

[0036] When an electronic image pickup device or a viewing frame having a small value for L, the magnification of the rear lens group is particularly small or nearly one even at the telephoto end, because the ratio of the focal length of the first lens group to that of the zoom lens system becomes very large. At the same time, since the focal length of the rear lens group is longer than that of the second lens group, it is required that a locus of an image point defined by a composite first-and-second lens group system upon zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end change considerably sharply toward the image side in the vicinity of the wide-angle end, and change considerably gently at the telephoto end. In other words, it is preferable that such a locus as mentioned above is taken by the first lens group.

[0037] According to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, there is a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and a rear lens group having at least two spacings variable during zooming, wherein said first lens group moves toward said image side in a convex reciprocation locus and only the aforesaid condition (4) or both conditions (3) and (4) are satisfied.

[0038] In this embodiment, too, the effects mentioned with reference to the fourth and fifth embodiments are obtainable.

[0039] According to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lenses while a positive lens is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lenses located nearest to said object side while a positive lens is located on said image side or a negative lens while two positive lenses are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and a rear lens group having at least two spacings variable during zooming.

[0040] When a zoom lens system has a wide-angle, high-zoom-ratio arrangement, the largest load is applied on the second lens group. In addition, even the magnitude of the diameter of the first lens group is determined by the power, amount of movement, and arrangement of the second lens group. In consideration of the diameter of the first lens group alone, it is favorable to locate the principal point of the second lens group as close to the object side as possible. Thus, it is preferable to locate a positive lens nearest to the image side of the second lens group. In this case, however, barrel distortion is likely to occur due to the wide-angle, high-zoom-ratio arrangement and difficulty is involved in making correction for astigmatism all over the zooming zone. These problems can substantially be eliminated if the second lens group is constructed of at least three negative lenses, wherein at least one surface is formed by an aspheric surface. In particular, it is preferable that the aspheric surface is of such a shape that off and off the center of the aspheric surface, its divergence becomes weaker or its convergence becomes stronger as compared with its longitudinal curvature. Even when the second lens group is constructed of three negative lenses located nearest to the object side thereof with a positive lens located on the image side thereof or constructed of a negative lens with two positive lenses located nearest to the image side thereof, similar effects are obtainable as already mentioned.

[0041] Furthermore in this embodiment, the following conditions should preferably be satisfied with respect to a β2T/β2W ratio Δβ2 where β2T is the magnification of the second lens group at the telephoto end and β2W is the magnification of the second lens group at the wide-angle end when the zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and the focal length f2 of the second lens group.

0.3<log (Δβ2) /log (γ)<0.8 (5)

5<γ<15 (6)

[0042] Here γ is the zoom ratio of the zoom lens system from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end.

[0043] When a zoom lens system has a wide-angle, high-zoom-ratio arrangement, the largest load is applied on the second lens group, as already mentioned. In addition, even the magnitude of the diameter of the first lens group is determined by the power, amount of movement, and arrangement of the second lens group. It is thus preferable to allocate the zooming function to the rear lens group as much as possible. Condition (5) is provided to define the proportion of the zoom ratio of the second lens group all over the zooming zone. When the upper limit of 0.8 is exceed, the load of the zooming function on the second lens group becomes too large to make correction for the aforesaid off-axis aberrations and reduce the diameter of the first lens group. When the lower limit of 0.3 is not reached, on the contrary, the load of the zooming function on the rear lens group becomes too large and, hence, it is difficult to achieve large aperture because spherical aberrations, coma and so on become instable all over the zooming zone. Condition (6) represents the zoom ratio range wherein condition (5) is effective. Any departure from this range causes condition (5) to be ineffective. In other words, when the upper limit of 15 to condition (6) is exceeded, it is preferable to reduce the degree of allocation of the zooming function to the second lens group to below the lower limit to condition (5). When the lower limit of 5 is not reached, on the other hand, it is acceptable to increase the degree of allocation of the zooming function to the second lens group to greater than the upper limit to condition (5) because influences of aberrations diminish. However, any sufficient zoom ratio is not obtainable.

[0044] More preferably, the aforesaid conditions should be

0.35<log (Δβ2)/log (γ)<0.65 (5′)

9<γ<15 (6′)

[0045] or

0.5<log (Δβ2)/log (γ)<0.8 (5″)

5<γ<9 (6″)

[0046] According to the eighth embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lenses while a positive lens is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lenses located nearest to said object side while a positive lens is located on said image side or a negative lens while two positive lenses are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and a rear lens group having at least two spacings variable during zooming, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to the composite magnification βrW of the rear lens group when the zoom lens system is focused at the wide-angle end on an object point at infinity.

−0.6<βrW<−0.1 (7)

[0047] As already mentioned, when an image pickup device or a film viewing frame having a small value for L (the diagonal length of an effective image pickup surface) is used, the ratio of the focal length of the first lens group to that of the zoom lens system becomes very large. For instance, this is because the simple proportional coefficient multiple of an optical system for 135 mm format or APS format cannot be physically applied to mechanical construction or lens machining. For this reason, it is impossible to reduce the focal length of each lens group, and especially the composite focal length of the first and second lens groups. In other words, the magnification of the rear lens group must be smaller than that of an optical system for the aforesaid formats. When the lower limit of −0.6 to condition (7) is not reached, the focal length of the composite first-and-second lens group system tends to become short and, hence, the edge thickness, center thickness and air space of each lens tend to become extremely small. An attempt to secure these make the Petzval sum of the optical system negative and, at the same time, renders it difficult to secure off-axis aberrations such as distortion, astigmatism and coma all over the zooming zone. When the upper limit of −0.1 is exceeded, the lens system tends to become huge.

[0048] It is preferable that the aforesaid rear lens group is composed of at least three subgroups, each having a variable axial relative distance, and three such subgroups have positive, negative, and positive power in order from the object side of the rear lens group.

[0049] Alternatively, it is preferable that the rear lens group is composed of a plurality of subgroups, each having a variable axial relative distance, and all subgroups in the rear lens group have each at least one doublet component. Still alternatively, it is preferable that the rear lens group is composed of at least three subgroups, each having a variable axial relative distance and all subgroups in the rear lens group have each at least one doublet component.

[0050] It is more preferable that when 9<γ<15 (6′), −0.5<βrW<−0.1 (7′), or when 5<γ<9 (6″), −0.6<βrW<−0.2 (7″).

[0051] According to the ninth embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lenses while a positive lens is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lenses located nearest to said object side while a positive lens is located on said image side or a negative lens while two positive lenses are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and a rear lens group having at least two spacings variable during zooming, wherein focusing is effected by any one of subgroups located nearer to an image side of said rear lens group than a positive subgroup of subgroups having negative magnification, said positive subgroup located nearest to an object side of said rear lens group, and the following condition is satisfied with respect to a magnification βRRW of said positive subgroup located nearest to the image side of said rear lens group when said zoom lens system is focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity:

−0.4<βRRW<0.9 (8)

[0052] In the present invention, focusing is effected by moving a subgroup or subgroups in the rear lens group on the optical axis, and zooming is effected by the second lens group and the rear lens group. Actually, however, only the subgroup of a plurality of subgroups constituting the rear lens group, which subgroup has positive refracting power and negative magnification and is located nearest to the object side of the rear lens group, contributes to zooming. Other subgroups are designed to have magnifications far away from −1, so that focusing can be done by one or more of the subgroups. It is particularly preferable to effect focusing with a positive subgroup located nearest to the image side of the rear lens group, because there are little fluctuations of aberrations with focusing. Condition (8) is provided to define the magnification βRRW of the positive subgroup located nearest to the image side of the rear lens group. Falling below the lower limit of −0.4 is not preferable because of increased fluctuations of the paraxial amount and the amount of aberrations. Exceeding the upper limit of 0.9 is again not preferable because the amount of movement of the focusing subgroup becomes too large and so this subgroup tends to interfere with the adjacent subgroup before focusing is achieved from an object point at infinity to a close-up object point.

[0053] It is preferable that focusing is effected by the positive subgroup located nearest to the image side of the rear lens group and/or a negative subgroup located on the object side of the rear lens group, because fluctuations of aberrations with focusing can be so reduced that proper focusing and proper sensitivity can be obtained.

[0054] More preferably, condition (8) should be reduced to

−0.3<βRRW<0.8 (8′)

[0055] Most preferably, condition (8) should be reduced to

−0.2<βRRW<0.7 (8″)

[0056] According to the tenth embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lenses while a positive lens is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lenses located nearest to said object side while a positive lens is located on said image side or a negative lens while two positive lenses are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and a rear lens group having at least two spacings variable during zooming, wherein the following conditions are satisfied with respect to an amount of movement ΔzRF of a subgroup of said subgroups in said rear lens group, said subgroup having positive refracting power and located nearest to an object side of said rear lens group, from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement ΔzRR of a positive subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:

−0.4<ΔzRR/ΔzRF<0.8 (9)

0.3<|ΔzRF|/L<4.0 (10)

[0057] where L is a diagonal length of an effective image pickup surface located in the vicinity of an image-formation plane.

[0058] Of the subgroups constituting the rear lens group, the positive subgroup located nearest to the object side of the rear lens group contributes actually to zooming. Consequently, this subgroup moves monotonously toward the object side of the zoom lens system from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end thereof. Other subgroups have magnifications far away from −1, and move or act substantially to make correction for displacements of focusing positions due to zooming and aberrations. On the other hand, as the positive subgroup located nearest to the image side of the rear lens group moves toward the object side of the zoom lens system than required, the position of an exit pupil comes close to the image plane. For this reason, when an electronic image pickup device is used, shading is likely to occur. When the upper limit of 0.8 to condition (9) is exceeded, the exit pupil comes close to the image plane on the telephoto side, and so the angle of light rays incident on the perimeter of a screen becomes too large. When the lower limit of −0.4 is not reached, the total thickness of the rear lens group increases and so the overall size of the optical system becomes large. When the upper limit of 4.0 to condition (10) is exceeded, it is likely that the overall length of the optical system becomes long or fluctuations of aberrations with zooming become noticeable. When the lower limit of 0.3 is not reached, the diameter of the first lens group is likely to become large. These are true even when at least one subgroup is placed midway between the aforesaid two positive subgroups. Especially when that subgroup is a negative one, it is preferable to satisfy

−2<ΔzRN/L<1 ( 11)

[0059] Here ΔzRN is the amount of movement of the negative subgroup from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end when the zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity. When the lower limit of −2 to this condition is not reached, the total thickness of the rear lens group increase and so the overall size of the optical system becomes large. When the upper limit of 1 is exceeded, it is likely that the subgroups interfere during focusing on a nearby object point at the telephoto end. This holds true even when a negative subgroup is located on the object side with respect to the aforesaid positive subgroups and on the image side with respect to the second lens group.

[0060] More preferably, the following conditions should be satisfied independently or simultaneously.

−0.3<ΔzRR/ΔzRF<0.7 (9′)

0.5<|ΔzRF|/L<3.5 (10′)

−1.5<ΔzRN/L<0.7 (11′)

[0061] Most preferably, the following conditions should be satisfied independently or simultaneously.

−0.2<ΔzRR/ΔzRF<0.6 (9″)

0.7<|ΔzRF|/L<3.0 (10″)

−1<ΔzRN/L<0.5 (11″)

[0062] It is also preferable that the positive subgroup located nearest to the object side of the rear lens group has negative magnification in view of its contribution to zooming.

[0063] According to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lenses while a positive lens is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lenses located nearest to said object side while a positive lens is located on said image side or a negative lens while two positive lenses are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lenses inclusive, said rear lens group comprising a subgroup having positive refracting power and negative magnification and a positive subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group which vary in relative positions thereof during zooming, or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and a rear lens group having a plurality of subgroups, said rear lens group comprising a subgroup having positive refracting power and negative magnification and a positive subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group with a negative subgroup located between said two positive subgroup, while said three subgroup vary in relative positions thereof during zooming, wherein said two positive subgroups have each at least one doublet component, at least one aspheric surface and at least one lens formed of a vitreous material with ν>80 where ν is an Abbe constant. Since the chromatic aberrations, spherical aberrations and comas of each lens group are in good condition, satisfactory images can be obtained from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end. It is here preferable that the negative subgroup located midway between the two positive subgroups includes a doublet.

[0064] According to the twelfth embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lenses while a positive lens is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lenses located nearest to said object side while a positive lens is located on said image side or a negative lens while two positive lenses are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable positive subgroups and comprising a total of 7 to 11 lenses inclusive, or a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and a rear lens group having at least three spacings variable during zooming, wherein a subgroup located nearest to an object side of said rear lens group has negative refracting power.

[0065] In the zoom lens system according to the present invention, when a finder optical path-splitting member is inserted between the subgroup located nearest to the image side of the rear lens group and the image lance, a long back focus is needed. In other words, an attempt to forcibly ample back focus makes the Petzval sum of the zoom lens system likely to become negative. It is thus preferable that a negative lens subgroup is located nearest to the object side of the rear lens group. It is here noted that the negative subgroup located nearest to the object side of the rear lens group may be made up of one lens component or fixed in the vicinity of a stop. By the “lens component” used herein is intended a lens with no air separation between the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof, which are in contact with air, or specifically a single lens or a doublet.

[0066] It is preferable that a negative subgroup and an aperture stop are located on the object side with respect to the two positive subgroup and on the image side with respect to the second lens group, with a spacing being at most three times as large as the thickness of that negative subgroup on the optical axis of the zoom lens system.

[0067] When a subgroup having negative refracting power is located nearest to the object side of the rear lens group, it is preferable to construct the rear lens group of seven or more lenses in all.

[0068] In the eleventh embodiment of the invention, it is preferable that the zoom lens system comprises, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis thereof during zooming and positive refracting power, a second lens group which is movable along the optical axis and has negative refracting power, and a rear lens group located subsequent thereto and having variable refracting power, while at least one of the following three conditions is satisfied.

2.0<FBW/fW<5.0 (12)

1.4<FW<3.5 (13)

2<ENP/L<5 (14)

[0069] Here FBW is the back focus (calculated on an air basis) when the zoom lens system is focused at the wide-angle end on an object point at infinity, FW is the minimum F-number when the zoom lens system is focused at the wide-angle end on an object point at infinity, and ENP is the position of an entrance pupil at the wide-angle end.

[0070] The present invention is found to be effective for lens systems that satisfy one of these conditions. In particular, the present invention is best suited for image pickup systems using electronic image pickup devices. Especially when the present invention is applied to an image-formation optical system for phototaking systems (cameras, video movies, etc.) including a high-pixel image pickup device with a pixel interval a represented by

1.0×10−4×L<a<6.0×10−4×L (mm)

[0071] it is possible to achieve an image pickup system making effective use of the image quality of a high-pixel arrangement.

[0072] Two or more of the conditions mentioned above with reference to the present zoom lens system should preferably be satisfied simultaneously. More preferably, two or more of the requirements for the present invention should be satisfied at the same time. The more the number of the requirements met, the better the results are.

[0073] In each of the embodiments of the present invention, it is preferable that the second lens group comprises at least three negative lenses while a positive lens is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lenses located nearest to said object side while a positive lens is located on said image side or a negative lens while two positive lenses are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface. When the rear lens group has at least two spacings variable during zooming, it is preferable that the rear lens group is made up of 7 to 11 lenses in all. More preferably, the rear lens group is made up of 7 to 9 lenses inclusive in all while two aspheric surfaces are used, because an arrangement favorable in view of size is achievable while high image-formation capability is maintained.

[0074] By the combined use of two or more of the aforesaid embodiments, it is possible to obtain ever higher effects.

[0075] Still other objects and advantages of the invention will be in part be obvious and will in part be apparent from the specification.

[0076] The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0077]
FIG. 1 is a sectional view for the lens arrangement of Example 1 of the zoom lens system according to the invention when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0078]
FIG. 2 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 2 of the zoom lens system.

[0079]
FIG. 3 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 3 of the zoom lens system.

[0080]
FIG. 4 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 4 of the zoom lens system.

[0081]
FIG. 5 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 5 of the zoom lens system.

[0082]
FIG. 6 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 6 of the zoom lens system.

[0083]
FIG. 7 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 7 of the zoom lens system.

[0084]
FIG. 8 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 8 of the zoom lens system.

[0085]
FIG. 9 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 9 of the zoom lens system.

[0086]
FIG. 10 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 10 of the zoom lens system.

[0087]
FIG. 11 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 11 of the zoom lens system.

[0088]
FIG. 12 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 12 of the zoom lens system.

[0089]
FIG. 13 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 13 of the zoom lens system.

[0090]
FIG. 14 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 14 of the zoom lens system.

[0091]
FIG. 15 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 15 of the zoom lens system.

[0092]
FIG. 16 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 16 of the zoom lens system.

[0093]
FIG. 17 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 17 of the zoom lens system.

[0094]
FIG. 18 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 18 of the zoom lens system.

[0095]
FIG. 19 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 19 of the zoom lens system.

[0096]
FIG. 20 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 20 of the zoom lens system.

[0097]
FIG. 21 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 21 of the zoom lens system.

[0098]
FIG. 22 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 22 of the zoom lens system.

[0099]
FIG. 23 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 23 of the zoom lens system.

[0100]
FIG. 24 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 24 of the zoom lens system.

[0101]
FIG. 25 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 1, of the lens arrangement of Example 25 of the zoom lens system.

[0102] FIGS. 26(a), 26(b) and 26(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 1 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0103] FIGS. 27(a), 27(b) and 27(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 2 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0104] FIGS. 28(a), 28(b) and 28(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 3 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0105] FIGS. 29(a), 29(b) and 29(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 4 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0106] FIGS. 30(a), 30(b) and 30(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 5 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0107] FIGS. 31(a), 31(b) and 31(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 6 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0108] FIGS. 32(a), 32(b) and 32(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 7 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0109] FIGS. 33(a), 33(b) and 33(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 8 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0110] FIGS. 34(a), 34(b) and 34(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 9 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0111] FIGS. 35(a), 35(b) and 35(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 10 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0112] FIGS. 36(a), 36(b) and 36(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 11 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0113] FIGS. 37(a), 37(b) and 37(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 12 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0114] FIGS. 38(a), 38(b) and 38(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 13 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0115] FIGS. 39(a), 39(b) and 39(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 14 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0116] FIGS. 40(a), 40(b) and 40(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 15 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0117] FIGS. 41(a), 41(b) and 41(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 16 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0118] FIGS. 42(a), 42(b) and 42(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 17 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0119] FIGS. 43(a), 43(b) and 43(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 18 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0120] FIGS. 44(a), 44(b) and 44(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 19 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0121] FIGS. 45(a), 45(b) and 45(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 20 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0122] FIGS. 46(a), 46(b) and 46(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 21 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0123] FIGS. 47(a), 47(b) and 47(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 22 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0124] FIGS. 48(a), 48(b) and 48(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 23 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0125] FIGS. 49(a), 49(b) and 49(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 24 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0126] FIGS. 50(a), 50(b) and 50(c) are aberration diagrams for Example 25 when focused on an object point at infinity.

[0127]
FIG. 51 is illustrative of the diagonal length of an effective image pickup surface for phototaking on an image pickup device.

[0128]
FIG. 52 is illustrative of the diagonal length of an effective image pickup surface for phototaking on a phototaking film.

[0129]
FIG. 53 is a front perspective view illustrative of the outside shape of a digital camera with the inventive zoom lens built therein.

[0130]
FIG. 54 is a rear perspective view of the digital camera.

[0131]
FIG. 55 is a sectional view of the FIG. 53 digital camera.

[0132]
FIG. 56 is a conceptual illustration of a single-lens reflex camera's objective optical system with the inventive zoom lens incorporated therein.

[0133]
FIG. 57 is a front perspective view illustrative of an uncovered personal computer in which the inventive zoom lens is incorporated as an objective optical system.

[0134]
FIG. 58 is a sectional view of a phototaking optical system for a personal computer.

[0135]
FIG. 59 is a sectional view of the FIG. 57 state.

[0136] FIGS. 60(a), 60(b) and 60(c) are a front and a side view of a portable telephone in which the inventive zoom lens is incorporated as an objective optical system and a sectional view of a phototaking optical system therefore.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0137] Set out below are Examples 1 to 25 of the zoom lens system according to the present invention. FIGS. 1 to 25 are sectional views illustrative of the lens arrangements of these examples when focused on an object point at infinity. Throughout the drawings, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lens groups are shown at G1, G2, G3, G4, G5 and G6, respectively. A plane-parallel plate group comprising a finder optical path-splitting prism (a plane-parallel plate), an optical low-pass filter with an infrared cutting coat applied thereon and a cover glass for an electronic image pickup device such as a CCD is shown at P and an image plane at I. The plane-parallel plate group P is fixedly located between the final lens group and the image plane I. In FIGS. 1 to 25, the locus of movement of each lens group from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end is schematically depicted by an arrow. Numerical data on each example will be enumerated below.

[0138] As shown in FIG. 1, the zoom lens system of Example 1 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end when the system is focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocating locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 remains fixed with an aperture stop integrated therewith on the image side, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the image side, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocating locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow, and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the image side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, for focusing at 0.3 m from an infinite object distance at the wide-angle end, on the one hand, the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in such a way that the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 changes from 8.26323 mm to 8.10753 mm. For focusing at 1.284 m (with a magnification of {fraction (1/20)}) from an infinite object distance at the telephoto end, on the other hand, the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in such a way that the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 changes from 5.08574 mm to 1.45116 mm.

[0139] In Example 1, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on the object side thereof, a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on the object side thereof, the second lens group G2 is made up of a double-concave lens, a double-concave lens with an object-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer, thereby making this surface aspheric, and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on the image side thereof and a positive meniscus lens convex on the image side thereof, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on the image side thereof and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on the object side thereof and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on the object side thereof, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on the image side thereof. Three aspheric surfaces are used, one for the object-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0140] As shown in FIG. 2, the zoom lens system of Example 2 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end when the zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 remains fixed with an aperture stop integrated therewith on the image side, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the image side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and then somewhat wide, and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the image side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 7.7998 mm and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 2.2730 mm.

[0141] In Example 2, the first lens group G1 is made up of two lenses, i.e., a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a double-concave lens, a double-concave lens with an image-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer, thereby making that surface aspheric and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its mage side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are used, one for the image-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0142] As shown in FIG. 3, the zoom lens system of Example 3 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end where the system is focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 remains fixed with an aperture stop integrated therewith on its image side, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the image side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and then somewhat wide, and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 7.6726 mm and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 3.1112 mm.

[0143] In Example 3, the first lens group G1 is made up of two lenses, i.e., a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens, a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side with an image-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer, thereby making that surface aspheric, and a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are used, one for the image-side resin layer surface of the positive meniscus lens in the second lens group G2, said lens convex on its object side, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the image-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0144] As shown in FIG. 4, the zoom lens system of Example 4 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a fixed aperture stop, a third lens group G3 having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having negative refracting power and a fifth lens group G5 having positive refracting. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 moves toward the object side, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 becomes wide and then somewhat narrow, and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the fifth lens group G5 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 is set at 3.0843 mm and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 is set at 2.2572 mm.

[0145] In Example 4, the first lens group G1 is made up of two lenses, i.e., a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens and a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side and a double-concave lens and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3, with the fixed aperture stop located between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3, is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side and a double-concave lens, and the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are used, one for the object-side surface of the doublet in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the third lens group G3 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fifth lens group G5.

[0146] As shown in FIG. 5, the zoom lens system of Example 5 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a fixed aperture stop, a third lens group G3 having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having negative refracting power and a fifth lens group G5 having positive refracting. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 moves toward the object side, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 becomes wide and then somewhat narrow. For focusing on a nearby subject, the fifth lens group G5 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 is set at 4.2063 mm and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 is set at 2.006 mm.

[0147] In Example 5, the first lens group G1 is made up of two lenses, i.e., a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens, a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side and a double-concave lens and a double-convex lens. The third lens group G3, with the fixed stop located between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3, is made up of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side and a double-concave lens, and the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side. Three aspheric surfaces are used, one for the object-side surface of the doublet in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the third lens group G3 and one for the image-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fifth lens group G5.

[0148] As shown in FIG. 6, the zoom lens system of Example 6 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end of the zoom lens system where it is located nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which is integrally provided with an aperture stop on its image side, moves toward the image side while the spacing between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomes narrow, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the image side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow, and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side of the system. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby substance at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 7.9681 mm and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 1.7655 mm.

[0149] In Example 6, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a double-concave lens, a double-concave lens with an object-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer, thereby making that surface aspheric, and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the object-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0150] As shown in FIG. 7, the zoom lens system of Example 7 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which is integrally provided with an aperture stop on its image side, moves toward the image side while the spacing between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomes narrow, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, and the fifth lens group G5 moves together with the sixth lens group G6 in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 7.4249 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 3.9201 mm.

[0151] In Example 7, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens with an object-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer thereby making that surface aspheric, and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the object-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0152] As shown in FIG. 7, the zoom lens system of Example 7 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located on the object side of the system with respect to the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which is integrally provided with an aperture stop on its image side, moves toward the image side while the spacing between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomes narrow, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, and the fifth lens group G5 moves together with the sixth lens group G6 in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat on the object side with respect to the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move toward the object side. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 7.4249 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 3.9201 mm.

[0153] In Example 7, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens with an object-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer thereby making that surface aspheric, and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the object-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0154] As shown in FIG. 8, the zoom lens system of Example 8 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located neater to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 is integrally provided with an aperture stop on its object side and remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 remains fixed, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the zoom lens system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 8.5198 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 1.3741 mm.

[0155] In Example 8, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a double-concave lens, a double-concave lens with an object-side surface therein provided with a thin resin layer thereby making that surface aspheric, and a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3 is made up of a stop and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the object-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0156] As shown in FIG. 9, the zoom lens system of Example 9 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a fixed aperture stop, a third lens group G3 having positive refracting power and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves to the image side of the system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 moves toward the object side, and the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the third lens group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 becomes wide. For focusing on a nearby subject, the fourth lens group G4 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the third lens group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 is set at 1.3397 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the third lens group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 is set at 15.0854 mm.

[0157] In Example 9, the first lens group G1 is made of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens with an image-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer thereby making that surface aspheric, and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3, with the fixed stop located between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3, is made up of a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, and the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a double-concave lens. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the image-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the positive meniscus lens in the third lens group G3 and one for the object-side surface of the positive meniscus lens in the fourth lens group G4.

[0158] As shown in FIG. 10, the zoom lens system of Example 10 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located neater to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which is integrally provided with an aperture stop on its image side, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the image side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a concave reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat neater to the image side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side of the zoom lens system. More specifically, when the zoom lens system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 8.1246 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 2.3175 mm.

[0159] In Example 10, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a double-concave lens with an image-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer thereby making that surface aspheric, a double-concave lens, a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and two double-convex lenses, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the image-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0160] As shown in FIG. 11, the zoom lens system of Example 11 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which is integrally provided with an aperture stop on its image side, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side of the system, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and then slightly wide and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side of the zoom lens system. More specifically, when the zoom lens system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 6.6911 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 3.0700 mm.

[0161] In Example 11, the first lens group G1 is made up of two lenses, i.e., a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, two double-concave lenses and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are used, one for the image-side surface of the double-convex lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the image-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0162] As shown in FIG. 12, the zoom lens system of Example 12 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves to the image side, the third lens group G3, which has an aperture stop on its image side as an integral piece, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and then slightly wide, and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side of the system. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 6.0167 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 2.1156 mm.

[0163] In Example 12, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and two positive meniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, two double-concave lenses and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3 is made up of a double-concave lens and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side. Three aspheric surfaces are used, one for the object-side surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the image-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0164] As shown in FIG. 13, the zoom lens system of Example 13 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which has an aperture stop on its object side as an integral piece, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the zoom lens system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 7.3354 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 1.7386 mm.

[0165] In Example 13, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and two positive meniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens, a double-concave lens with an object-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer thereby making that surface aspheric and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3 is made up of a stop and a double-convex lens, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are used, one for the object-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0166] As shown in FIG. 14, the zoom lens system of Example 14 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a fixed aperture stop, a third lens group G3 having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having negative refracting power and a fifth lens group G5 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a concave reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 moves toward the object side, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, and the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 becomes narrow. For focusing on a nearby subject, the fifth lens group G5 is designed to move out toward the object side of the zoom lens system. More specifically, when the zoom lens system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 is set at 7.5416 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 is set at 0.5503 mm.

[0167] In Example 14, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and two positive meniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens, a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double- convex lens, the third lens group G3, with the fixed stop located between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3, is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are used, one for the object-side surface of the doublet in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the third lens group G3 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fifth lens group G5.

[0168] As shown in FIG. 15, the zoom lens system of Example 15 is made up of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a fixed aperture stop, a third lens group G3 having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having negative refracting power and a fifth lens group G5 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 moves toward the object side, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, and the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 becomes narrow. For focusing on a nearby subject, the fifth lens group G5 is designed to move out toward the object side of the zoom lens system. More specifically, when the zoom lens system is focused on a nearby subject on the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 is set at 7.8923 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject on the telephoto end, the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 is set at 2.3128 mm.

[0169] In Example 15, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and two positive meniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens, a double-concave lens with an object-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer thereby making that surface aspheric and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3, with the fixed stop located between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3, is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the object-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the third lens group G3 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fifth lens group G5.

[0170] As shown in FIG. 16, the zoom lens system of Example 16 is composed of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which has an aperture stop on its image side as an integral piece, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and then slightly wide and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side of the system. More specifically, when the zoom lens system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 7.6961 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 3.0968 mm.

[0171] In Example 16, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and two positive meniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens, a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side, the third lens group G3 is made up of a double-concave lens and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the object-side surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the image-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0172] As shown in FIG. 17, the zoom lens system of Example 17 is composed of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which has an aperture stop on its image side as an integral piece, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side than the location of the wide-angle end, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and then slightly wide, and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side of the zoom lens system. More specifically, when the zoom lens system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 6.0079 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 2.6039 mm.

[0173] In Example 17, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and two positive meniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, two double-concave lenses and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are used, one for the object-side surface of the second double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the image-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0174] As shown in FIG. 18, the zoom lens system of Example 18 is composed of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a fourth lens group G6. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which has an aperture stop on its image side as an integral piece, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and then slightly wide and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby object, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move toward the object side. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 6.0177 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 2.2983 mm.

[0175] In Example 18, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and two positive meniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, two double-concave lenses and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3 is made up of a plano-concave lens and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Four aspheric surfaces are used, one for the object-side surface of the second double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the image-side surface of the plano-concave lens in the third lens group G3, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the image-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0176] As shown in FIG. 19, the zoom lens system of Example 19 is composed of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a fixed aperture stop, a third lens group G3 having positive refracting power and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 moves toward the object side, and the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the third lens group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 becomes wide. For focusing on a nearby subject, the fourth lens group G4 is designed to move out toward the object side of the system.

[0177] In Example 19, the first lens group G1 is made up of a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens and two double-convex lenses. The fixed stop is located between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3. The third lens group G3 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side and a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the image-side surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the third lens group G3 and one for the surface located nearest to the image side in the fourth lens group G4.

[0178] As shown in FIG. 20, the zoom lens system of Example 20 is composed of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a fixed aperture stop, a third lens group G3 having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having negative refracting power and a fifth lens group G5. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3 moves toward the object side, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the third lens group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 becomes wide, and the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 becomes narrow and then slightly wide. For focusing on a nearby subject, the fifth lens group G5 is designed to move out toward the object side.

[0179] In Example 20, the first lens group G1 is made up of a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens. The fixed stop is located between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3. The third lens group G3 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side and a double-concave lens, and the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a double-convex lens and a double-convex lens. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the image-side surface of the negative meniscus lens in the second lens group G2, one for the surface of the doublet in the third lens group G3, which is located nearest to the object side, and one for the surface of the doublet in the fifth lens group G5, which is located nearest to the image side.

[0180] As shown in FIG. 21, the zoom lens system of Example 21 is composed of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group C2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G5 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the image side than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which has an aperture stop on its object side as an integral piece, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the spacing between the fourth lens group G4 and the fifth lens group G5 becomes wide, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes slightly wide and then slightly narrow. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side.

[0181] In Example 21, the first lens group G1 is made up of a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, two double-concave lenses and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3 is made up of a stop and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side and a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a double-convex lens. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the image-side surface of the negative meniscus lens in the second lens group G2, one for the surface of the doublet in the fourth lens group G4, which is located nearest to the image side, and one for the image-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0182] As shown in FIG. 22, the zoom lens system of Example 22 is composed of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which has an aperture stop on its image side as an integral piece, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the image side, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the zoom lens system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 10.6679 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 1.0776 mm.

[0183] In Example 22, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens with an image-side surface thereof provided with a thin resin layer thereby making that surface aspheric and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the object-side resin layer surface of the double-concave lens in the second lens group G2, the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0184] As shown in FIG. 23, the zoom lens system of Example 23 is composed of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the system than at the location of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which has an aperture stop on its image side as an integral piece, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the image side, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the location of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 9.3998 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 0.9516 mm.

[0185] In Example 23, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and two positive meniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the object-side surface of the negative meniscus lens in the second lens group G2, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0186] As shown in FIG. 24, the zoom lens system of Example 24 is composed of a first lens group having positive refracting power, a second lens group G2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the system than at the position of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which has an aperture stop on its image side as an integral piece, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the image side, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side in a convex reciprocation locus while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the object side than at the position of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side of the system. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 9.73471 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 0.8531 mm.

[0187] In Example 24, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its image side, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the image-side surface of the negative meniscus lens in the second lens group G2, which lens is convex on its image side, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4, and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0188] As shown in FIG. 25, the zoom lens system of Example 25 is composed of a first lens group G1 having positive refracting power, a second lens group C2 having negative refracting power, a third lens group G3 having negative refracting power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G5 having negative refracting power and a sixth lens group G6 having positive refracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system when focused on an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 moves toward the image side of the zoom lens system in a convex reciprocation locus and reaches the telephoto end where it is located nearer to the object side of the zoom lens system than at the position of the wide-angle end, the second lens group G2 moves toward the image side, the third lens group G3, which has an aperture stop on its image side as an integral piece, remains fixed, the fourth lens group G4 moves toward the object side, the fifth lens group G5 moves toward the image side, and the sixth lens group G6 moves toward the object side while the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 becomes narrow and reaches the telephoto end where it is located somewhat nearer to the image side than at the position of the wide-angle end. For focusing on a nearby subject, the sixth lens group G6 is designed to move out toward the object side. More specifically, when the system is focused on a nearby subject at the wide-angle end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 7.9914 mm, and when focused on a nearby subject at the telephoto end, the spacing between the fifth lens group G5 and the sixth lens group G6 is set at 1.4726 mm.

[0189] In Example 25, the first lens group G1 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-convex lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, the second lens group G2 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens and a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a double-convex lens, the third lens group G3 is made up of a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side and a stop, the fourth lens group G4 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a double-convex lens, the fifth lens group G5 is made up of a doublet consisting of a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side, and the sixth lens group G6 is made up of a double-convex lens and a doublet consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscus lens convex on its image side. Three aspheric surfaces are provided, one for the surface of the doublet in the second lens group G2, which is located nearest to the image side, one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the fourth lens group G4 and one for the object-side surface of the double-convex lens in the sixth lens group G6.

[0190] Throughout Examples 1 to 25, it is acceptable to make the amount of focusing movement larger than exemplified above, thereby focusing the system on a more nearby subject.

[0191] Enumerated below are the data on each example. However, it is noted that the symbols used hereinafter but not hereinbefore have the following meanings.

[0192] f is the focal length of the zoom lens system, ω is the half field angle of the system, FNO is the F-number of the system, W is the wide-angle end of the system, WS is an intermediate state between the wide-angle end and a standard state (the geometric means of the wide-angle end and the standard state), S is the standard state, ST is an intermediate state between the standard state and the telephoto end of the system, T is the telephoto end of the system, r1, r2 . . . are the radii of curvature of the respective lens surfaces, d1, d2 . . . are the spacing between adjacent lens surfaces, nd1, nd2 . . . are the d-line refractive indices of the respective lenses, and νd1, νd2 . . . are the Abbe constants of the respective lenses. Here let x stand for an optical axis where the direction of propagation of light is positive and y represent a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. Then, aspheric surface shape is given by

x
=(y2/r)/[1+{1−(K+1) (y/r)2}½]+A4y4+A6y6+A8y8+A10y10

[0193] where r is a paraxial radius of curvature, K is a conical coefficient, and A4, A6, A8 and A10 are the fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth aspherical coefficients.

1Example 1 r1 = 144.6796 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 82.7855 d2 = 0.2000 r3 = 86.4734 d3 = 6.6250 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = −587.8788 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 67.2317 d5 = 4.9655 nd3 = 1.69680 νd3 = 55.53 r6 = 245.5595 d6 = (Variable) r7 = −2.080 × 104 d7 = 1.7000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 17.9014 d8 = 8.5657 r9 = 66.4539 d9 = 0.2000 nd5 = 1.53508 νd5 = 40.94(Aspheric)r10 = −145.6382d10 = 1.3000 nd6 = 1.77250 νd6 = 49.60r11 = 275.5575d11 = 4.1902r12 = −23.6269d12 = 1.1790 nd7 = 1.48749 νd7 = 70.23r13 = −120.2094d13 = 4.4826 nd8 = 1.84666 νd8 = 23.78r14 = −36.0216d14 = (Variable)r15 = −13.3441d15 = 1.3000 nd9 = 1.77250 νd9 = 49.60r16 = 14.7782d16 = 1.0476r17 = ∞ (Stop)d17 = (Variable)r18 = 22.2411d18 = 5.1519nd10 = 1.49700νd10 = 81.54(Aspheric)r19 = −44.3261d19 = 0.1026r20 = 66.0894d20 = 1.1010nd11 = .80610νd11 = 40.92r21 = 17.8460d21 = 5.1279nd12 = 449700νd12 = 81.54r22 = 87.9421d22 = (Variable)r23 = −55.9458d23 = 0.9000nd13 = 45l633νd13 = 64.14r24 = 13.4125d24 = 3.2354nd14 = 1.84666νd14 = 23.78r25 = 19.3681d25 = (Variable)r26 = 26.8826d26 = 4.2125nd15 = 1.49700νd15 = 81.54(Aspheric)r27 = −27.8744d27 = 0.1500r28 = 279.7814d28 = 4.1538nd16 = 1.61800νd16 = 63.33r29 = −15.8089d29 = 1.0000nd17 = 1.84666νd17 = 23.78r30 = 57.4983d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd18 = 4.51633νd18 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 2.6000nd19 = 4.54771νd19 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0000r36 = ∞d35 = 0.7500nd20 = 1.51633νd20 = 64.14r37 = ∞d36 = 1.2400Aspherical Coefficients9th surface K = 0 A4 = 2.1263 × 10−5 A6 = 1.5727 × 10−8 A8 = 3.9610 × 10−11A10 = 0.000018th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.9875 × 10−5 A6 = −1.3029 × 10−8 A8 = 5.1888 × 10−11A10 = 0.000026th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.7061 × 10−5 A6 = −8,7539 × 10−9 A8 = 1.1345 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.2600012.9999923.2999741.7298474.74939FNO2.80003.37953.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.45.13.04.4.12d61.6886910.5670129.8576447.1396157.82811d1444.7656923.2831412.259746.308422.57394d1719.0023211.350268.661006.270170.99971d221.500007.8391511.9794716.0405022.86634d258.263238.968156.466945.082225.08574d304.692465.300466.350606.065124.50622Example 2 r1 = 82.4483 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 4.846661 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 57.4502 d2 = 0.1000 r3 = 57.9164 d3 = 7.1329 nd2 = 4.497002 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = 284.4315 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 69.2991 d5 = 5.3163 nd3 = 4.603112 νd3 = 60.64 r6 = 400.4019 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 1559.7350 d7 = 1.5000 nd4 = 4.772502 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 18.3563 d8 = 8.8487 r9 = −51.0656 d9 = 1.3643 nd5 = 4.77250 νd5 = 49.60r10 = 89.9326d10 = 0.2000 nd6 = 4.53508 νd6 = 40.94r11 = 56.6440d11 = 2.9409(Aspheric)r12 = −70.2481d12 = 1.1135 nd7 = 4.48749 νd7 = 70.23r13 = −351.6349d13 = 3.8722 nd8 = 4.84666 νd8 = 23.78r14 = −41.4750d14 = (Variable)r15 = −21.7766d15 = 1.0673 nd9 = 4.69680 νd9 = 55.53r16 = −24.1145d16 = 1.4225r17 = ∞ (Stop)d17 = (Variable)r18 = 21.1358d18 = 5.4704nd10 = 1.49700νd10 = 81.54(Aspheric)r19 = −79.1895d19 = 0.1774r20 = 47.1634d20 = 1.1410nd11 = 1.80440νd11 = 39.59r21 = 15.0512d21 = 3.4835nd12 = 4.61800νd12 = 63.33r22 = −184.9380d22 = (Variable)r23 = 74.7571d23 = 0.9000nd13 = 1.51633νd13 = 64.14r24 = 11.7718d24 = 1.9155nd14 = 4.84666νd14 = 23.78r25 = 17.1123d25 = (Variable)r26 = 37.8693d26 = 3.4588nd15 = 1.497002νd15 = 81.54(Aspheric)r27 = −21.7737d27 = 0.1500r28 = −131.6293d28 = 3.7575nd16 = 1.61800νd16 = 63.33r29 = −12.5491d29 = 1.0000nd17 = 4.84666νd17 = 23.78r30 = 38.2936d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd18 = 1.51633νd18 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 2.6000nd19 = 1.54771νd19 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0000r35 = ∞d35 = 0.7500nd20 = 1.51633νd20 = 64.14r36 = ∞d36 = 1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients11th surface K = 0 A4 = −2.3956 × 10−5 A6 = 1.1363 × 10−8 A8 = −2.9304 × 10−11A10 = 0.000018th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.9310 × 10−5 A6 = −5.6603 × 10−9 A8 = −5.6829 × 10−11A10 = 0.000026th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.9084 × 10−5 A6 = 8.1108 × 10−9 A8 = 2.2527 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.259912.9999823.2999441.7297774.74923FNO2.80003.07733.40403.50003.5000ω (°)38.47.13.05.4.09d62.0412912.0345630.3570047.3170758.11117d1452.0835923.8013512.151205.171372.10989d1615.9675411.837668.877426.747171.12789d221.500004.355767.4981110.6419317.10388d257.961977.072845.580794.445195.93947d304.693396.856638.166588.288615.95167Example 3 r1 = 79.8928 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 56.5419 d2 = 0.0932 r3 = 56.8568 d3 = 7.2921 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = 279.2946 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 71.4740 d5 = 5.1087 nd3 = 1.603112 νd3 = 60.64 r6 = 368.5676 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 297.1098 d7 = 1.5000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 16.7226 d8 = 8.2214 r9 = −58.5814 d9 = 1.3643 nd5 = 1.772502 νd5 = 49.60r10 = 42.9833d10 = 2.8172r11 = 44.9540d11 = 2.4853 nd6 = 1.688932 νd6 = 31.07r12 = 67.5910d12 = 0.5000 nd7 = 1.53508 νd7 = 10.94r13 = 60.4446d13 = 2.4132(Aspheric)r14 = −152.6589d14 = 2.7489 nd8 = 1.846662 νd8 = 23.78r15 = −43.1824d15 = (Variable)r16 = 1521.7545d16 = 1.2383 nd9 = 1.696802 νd9 = 55.53r17 = 103.2631d17 = 1.3581r18 = ∞ (Stop)d18 = (Variable)r19 = 19.8319d19 = 6.0797nd10 = 1.49700νd10 = 81.54(Aspheric)r20 = −98.1431d20 = 0.1774r21 = 41.2385d21 = 1.1410nd11 = 1.80440νd11 = 39.59r22 = 13.6120d22 = 5.6638nd12 = 1.60311νd12 = 60.64r23 = −105.3016d23 = (Variable)r24 = −60.3378d24 = 0.9000nd13 = 1.51633νd13 = 64.14r25 = 11.2684d25 = 2.0556nd14 = 1.84666νd14 = 23.78r26 = 16.0592d26 = (Variable)r27 = 57.5023d27 = 3.0046nd15 = 1.497002νd15 = 81.54r28 = −29.3958d28 = 0.1500(Aspheric)r29 = 60.6802d29 = 4.8459nd16 = 1.60311νd16 = 60.64r30 = −12.9748d30 = 1.0000nd17 = 484666νd17 = 23.78r31 = 47.6191d31 = (Variable)r32 = ∞d32 = 16.0000nd18 = −1.51633νd18 = 64.14r33 = ∞d33 = 1.0000r34 = ∞d34 = 2.6000nd19 = 1.54771νd19 = 62.84r35 = ∞d35 = 1.0000r36 = ∞d36 = 0.7500nd20 = 1.51633νd20 = 64.14r37 = ∞d37 = 1.2400r38 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients13th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.4437 × 10−5 A6 = 2.9795 × 10−9 A8 = −9.7997 × 10−12A10 = 0.000019th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.9829 × 10−5 A6 = −1.2490 × 10−8 A8 = 9.5912 × 10−12A10 = 0.000028th surface K = 0 A4 = −8.0968 × 10−6 A6 = −1.4115 × 10−8 A8 = −3.7788 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.2600213.0000323.3000841.7303374.75116FNO2.80033.08383.47423.50033.5007ω (°)38.42.13.05.4.11d61.3600612.4983430.2182447.7433258.25431d1554.9639924.8999212.036114.747291.70314d1817.1433612.832909.248216.812491.02608d231.500003.505706.357328.9213016.08346d267.833567.528706.607335.981906.80232d315.025767.635389.289819.786997.59082Example 4 r1 = 81.6544 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 54.5219 d2 = 0.0918 r3 = 55.1373 d3 = 6.6789 nd2 = 1.60311 νd2 = 60.64 r4 = 170.0871 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 63.9518 d5 = 5.5295 nd3 = 1.603112 νd3 = 60.64 r6 = 261.7938 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 135.9397 d7 = 1.5000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 18.6691 d8 = 7.1069 r9 = −77.9436 d9 = 1.3643 nd5 = 1.772502 νd5 = 49.60r10 = 29.3916d10 = 3.6128r11 = −136.6311d11 = 2.6052 nd6 = 1.68893 νd6 = 31.07(Aspheric)r12 = −93.2719d12 = 1.2000 nd7 = 1.772502 νd7 = 49.60r13 = 48.4132d13 = 0.1500r14 = −40.2538d14 = 5.6753 nd8 = 1.688932 νd8 = 31.07r15 = 41.2699d15 = (Variable)r16 = ∞ (Stop)d16 = (Variable)r17 = 20.5800d17 = 3.1262 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r18 = −89.3640d18 = 0.1500r19 = 221.1623d19 = 3.2743nd10 = 1.48749νd10 = 70.23r20 = −22.6962d20 = 1.0743nd11 = 1.69895νd11 = 30.13r21 = −65.3546d21 = (Variable)r22 = −44.1685d22 = 2.2362nd12 = 1.846662νd12 = 23.78r23 = −17.9114d23 = 0.9000nd13 = 1.51633νd13 = 64.14r24 = 19.1017d24 = (Variable)r25 = 26.6661d25 = 3.6847nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54(Aspheric)r26 = −34.1574d26 = 0.1500r27 = −52.2108d27 = 4.2853nd15 = −1.49700νd15 = 81.54r28 = −14.7656d28 = 1.2000nd16 = 1.80518νd16 = 25.42r29 = −55.0799d29 = (Variable)r30 = ∞d30 = 16.0000nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r31 = ∞d31 = 1.0000r32 = ∞d32 = 2.6000nd18 = 1.54771νd18 = 62.84r33 = ∞d33 = 1.0000r34 = ∞d34 = 0.7500nd19 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r35 = ∞d35 = 1.2400r36 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients11th surface K = 0 A4 = 1.0139 × 10−5 A6 = 3.2872 × 10−9 A8 = −1.1023 × 10−11A10 = = 0.000017th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.7036 × 10−5 A6 = −1.7437 × 10−8 A8 = 4.5946 × 10−11A10 = 0.000025th surface K = 0 A4 = 3.4248 × 10−6 A6 = 1.4711 × 10−8 A8 = 4.5298× 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.25999.23.29992.74.74889FNO2.8000.3.5801.3.5000ω (°)38.54.13.22.4.14d61.0000014.8979331.0552147.1274259.32091d1552.3055629.1376615.907127.484622.50000d1620.2371412.060387.383505.166251.27216d213.727675.352708.3203610.8953115.89787d243.242867.151166.720195.063105.57919d264.692117.335549.4757310.775139.15056Example 5 r1 = 78.1210 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 52.5351 d2 = 0.0776 r3 = 53.2073 d3 = 6.8025 nd2 = 1.60311 νd2 = 60.64 r4 = 159.3705 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 65.8776 d5 = 5.5331 nd3 = 1.60311 νd3 = 60.64 r6 = 303.8063 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 163.0022 d7 = 1.5000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 19.60 r8 = 17.9806 d8 = 6.9388 r9 = −95.4021 d9 = 1.3643 nd5 = 1.77250 νd5 = 49.60r10 = 31.9739d10 = 3.3248r11 = −83.4161d11 = 2.2162 nd6 = 1.68893 νd6 = 31.07(Aspheric)r12 = −51.8821d12 = 1.2000 nd7 = 1.77250 νd7 = 49.60r13 = 110.2656d13 = 0.1500r14 = 52.7805d14 = 4.8751 nd8 = 1.68893 νd8 = 31.07r15 = −44.3555d15 = (Variable)r16 = ∞ (Stop)d16 = (Variable)r17 = 20.3453d17 = 4.8644 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r18 = −18.1397d18 = 0.1995r19 = −17.0247d19 = 0.9865nd10 = 1.58144νd10 = 10.75r20 = −41.9737d20 = (Variable)r21 = −34.7870d21 = 1.6000nd11 = 1.84666νd11 = 23.78r22 = −15.2340d22 = 0.9000nd12 = 1.51633νd12 = 64.14r23 = 20.7010d23 = (Variable)r24 = 21.6523d24 = 1.2000nd13 = 1.80518νd13 = 25.42r25 = 11.8448d25 = 5.1050nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54r26 = 282.0413d26 = 0.1500r27 = 18.6629d27 = 5.4207nd15 = 1.49700νd15 = 81.54r28 = −35.6003d28 = 0.1500(Aspheric)r29 = 45.1746d29 = 1.0526nd16 = 1.80518νd16 = 25.42r30 = 26.6635d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = ∞1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = ∞2.6000nd18 = 1.54771νd18 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = ∞1.0000r35 = ∞d35 = ∞0.7500nd19 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r36 = ∞d36 = ∞1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients11th surface K = 0 A4 = 7.1125 × 10−6 A6 = 2.0512 × 10−8 A8 = −5.1595 × 10−11A10 = 0.000017th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.5184 × 10−5 A6 = −2.3566 × 10−8 A8 = 3.4360 × 10−10A10 = 0.000028th surface K = 0 A4 = 3.1780 × 10−5 A6 = −9.9597 × 10−8 A8 = −5.2192 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.25999.23.29997.74.75182FNO2.8000.3.5778.3.5000ω (°)38.52.13.19.4.13d61.0454615.0284631.0988946.1676359.30495d1552.0823729.2179616.445477.468482.50000d1619.8377012.093027.118004.382851.23876d202.855105.906249.1359311.3221515.45881d234.364417.151166.720195.063105.57919d305.494427.401219.5775111.7835310.27488Example 6 r1 = 141.6786 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 82.2770 d2 = 0.2054 r3 = 86.0098 d3 = 6.6214 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = −623.7275 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 66.9330 d5 = 4.9709 nd3 = 1.69680 νd3 = 5.53 r6 = 242.1492 d6 = (Variable) r7 = −1681.4393 d7 = 1.7000 nd4 = 177250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 17.8527 d8 = 8.5980 r9 = −59.5314 d9 = 0.2000 nd5 = 1.53508 νd5 = 10.94(Aspheric)r10 = −119.6362d10 = 1.3000 nd6 = 1.77250 νd6 = 19.60r11 = 342.3608d11 = 4.1895r12 = −24.2842d12 = 1.1790 nd7 = 1.48749 νd7 = 70.23r13 = −101.8680d13 = 4.5574 nd8 = 1.84666 νd8 = 23.78r14 = −33.5232d14 = (Variable)r15 = −17.5269d15 = 1.3000 nd9 = 1.77250 νd9 = 19.60r16 = −20.0488d16 = 1.0127r17 = ∞ (Stop)d17 = (Variable)r18 = 21.3027d18 = 5.1829nd10 = 1.49700νd10 = 81.54(Aspheric)r19 = −71.1108d19 = 0.0740r20 = 64.9416d20 = 1.1010nd11 = 1.80610νd11 = 40.92r21 = 16.9316d21 = 5.1171nd12 = 1.49700νd12 = 81.54r22 = −53.3840d22 = (Variable)r23 = −52.6066d23 = 0.9000nd13 = 1.51633νd13 = 64.14r24 = 13.9038d24 = 3.2142nd14 = 1.84666νd14 = 23.78r25 = 21.1652d25 = (Variable)r26 = 30.4474d26 = 5.0612nd15 = 1.49700νd15 = 81.54(Aspheric)r27 = −27.3044d27 = 0.1500r28 = 172.6100d28 = 4.5076nd16 = 1.61800νd16 = 63.33r29 = −16.2580d29 = 1.0000nd17 = 1.84666νd17 = 23.78r30 = −61.9158d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd18 = 4.51633νd18 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 2.6000nd19 = 1.54771νd19 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0000r35 = ∞d35 = 0.7500nd20 = 1.51633νd20 = 64.14r36 = ∞d36 = 1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients9th surface K = 0 A4 = 2.2129 × 10−5 A6 = 6.5725 × 10−10 A8 = 7.2804 × 10−11A10 = 0.000018th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.8979 × 10−6 A6 = 8.7960 × 10−9 A8 = −1.5301 × 10−10A10 = 0.000026th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.7277 × 10−5 A6 = 3.9898× 10−9 A8 = −5.5382 × 10−11A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.2600213.0000323.3001341.7306974.75304FNO2.80003.40613.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.45.13.03.4.12d61.6999010.5661129.9568447.1401057.75352d1438.8384618.701639.093724.720002.59257d1725.0005515.7775411.574557.615041.02237d221.491937.8521511.9577016.0334223.12571d258.124068.997106.587945.198265.37687d304.611215.360976.516416.389664.90755Example 7 r1 = 133.2906 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 2378 r2 = 79.7190 d2 = 0.4683 r3 = 88.0849 d3 = 6.7955 nd2 = 1.497002 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = −928.2450 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 61.1424 d5 = 5.7149 nd3 = 1.603112 νd3 = 60.64 r6 = 290.9980 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 858.6153 d7 = 1.7000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 17.2556 d8 = 8.7043 r9 = −65.5194 d9 = 0.2000 nd5 = −1.53508 νd5 = 40.94(Aspheric)r10 = −103.0065d10 = 1.3000 nd6 = 4.77250 νd6 = 49.60r11 = 207.4789d11 = 3.9972r12 = −29.5057d12 = 1.2706 nd7 = 4.60311 νd7 = 60.64r13 = −3.472× 104d13 = 4.4191 nd8 = 4.84666 νd8 = 23.78r14 = −39.4285d14 = (Variable)r15 = −14.2222d15 = 1.3000 nd9 = 1.77250 νd9 = 49.60r16 = −15.6911d16 = 0.9994r17 = ∞ (Stop)d17 = (Variable)r18 = 29.1466d18 = 5.3713nd10 = 1.49700νd1081.54(Aspheric)r19 = −55.2100d19 = 0.1000r20 = −2878.6841d20 = 1.0357nd11 = 1.69895νd11 = 30.13r21 = 26.7931d21 = 5.3045nd12 = 1.61800νd12 = 63.33r22 = 52.9610d22 = (Variable)r23 = −72.6679d23 = 0.9000nd13 = 1.51633νd13 = 64.14r24 = 14.0385d24 = 3.1899nd14 = 1.84666νd14 = 23.78r25 = 23.1764d25 = (Variable)r26 = 34.1187d26 = 4.0924nd15 = 1.49700νd15 = 81.54(Aspheric)r27 = −27.1159d27 = 0.1500r28 = −179.2221d28 = 4.5403nd16 = 1.61800νd16 = 63.33r29 = −13.8901d29 = 1.0000nd17 = 1.84666νd17 = 23.78r30 = −48.2993d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd18 = 1.51633νd18 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 2.6000nd19 = 1.54771νd19 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0000r35 = ∞d35 = 0.7500nd20 = 1.51633νd20 = 64.14r36 = ∞d36 = 1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients9th surface K = 0 A4 = 2.2685 × 10−6 A6 = −9.9328 × 10−9 A6 = 6.5515 × 10−11A10 = 0.000018th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.5955 × 10−5 A6 = 1.0315 × 10−8 A8 = −9.0638 × 10−11A10 = 0.000026th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.7668 × 10−5 A6 = −1.6378 × 10−9 A8 = 5.8919 × 10−11A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.2599412.9997923.2996041.7293574.74958FNO2.80003.27363.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.48.13.03.4.10d61.5761310.5869329.6608247.2203157.38048d1435.3362414.675757.057283.954472.57253d1727.9022518.4622913.505529.051771.02205d222.012276.5060411.6408016.2232923.37367d257.591117.591117.591117.591117.59111d304.350606.309376.831546.238475.63660Example 8 r1 = 154.0084 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 85.1308 d2 = 0.2000 r3 = 89.0506 d3 = 6.8812 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = −500.6640 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 71.0865 d5 = 4.9871 nd3 = 1.69680 νd3 = 55.53 r6 = 321.2628 d6 = (Variable) r7 = −1661.3349 d7 = 1.7000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 18.0950 d8 = 8.8337 r9 = −62.2296 d9 = 0.2000 nd5 = 1.53508 νd5 = 40.94(Aspheric)r10 = −129.5877d10 = 1.3000 nd6 = 1.77250 νd6 = 49.60r11 = 1178.5652d11 = 3.1344r12 = −33.4282d12 = 1.1790 nd7 = 1.48749 νd7 = 70.23r13 = 90.9167d13 = 4.3569 nd8 = 1.84666 νd8 = 23.78r14 = 65.5020d14 = (Variable)r15 = ∞(Stop)d15 = 2.6661r16 = −14.4489d16 = 0.9955 nd9 = 1.77250 νd9 = 19.60r17 = 16.4057d17 = (Variable)r18 = 29.3239d18 = 5.3050nd10 = 1.80610νd10 = 40.74(Aspheric)r19 = 422.7477d19 = 0.4857r20 = 93.3084d20 = 1.0357nd11 = 1.69895νd11 = 30.13r21 = 16.2156d21 = 5.2656nd12 = 4.49700νd12 = 81.54r22 = −38.2018d22 = (Variable)r23 = −65.0932d23 = 0.9000nd13 = 1.51633νd13 = 64.14r24 = 13.7958d24 = 2.9478nd14 = 4.84666νd14 = 23.78r25 = 19.9898d25 = (Variable)r26 = 26.7797d26 = 4.1503nd15 = 1.49700νd15 = 81.54(Aspheric)r27 = 33.3863d27 = 0.1500r28 = −66.7328d28 = 4.3835nd16 = 1.61800νd16 = 63.33r29 = −18.3728d29 = 1.0000nd17 = 4.80518νd17 = 25.42r30 = 118.1096d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd18 = 4.51633νd18 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 2.6000nd19 = 1.54771νd19 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0000r35 = ∞d35 = 0.7500nd20 = 4.51633νd20 = 64.14r36 = ∞d36 = 1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients9th surface K = 0 A4 = 1.7476 × 10−5 A6 = 1.7656 × 10−8 A8 = 2.5483× 10−11A10 = 0.000018th surface K = 0 A4 = −7.2819 × 10−6 A6 = 1.5490 × 10−8 A8 = −1.0251 × 10−10A10 = 0.000026th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.2862 × 10−5 A6 = −1.1215 × 10−8 A8 = 2.6887 × 10−11A10 = = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.2600013.0000423.3000041.7301074.75000FNO2.80003.24523.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.43.13.04.4.11d61.5181310.7671729.8451047.3589258.73695d1443.6222120.6789210.311385.776941.73681d1719.3497013.115049.545255.965950.99829d222.581488.8161412.3859315.9652220.93289d258.674907.434405.563585.043385.18729d304.282155.522657.393467.913667.76975Example 9 r1 = 125.4804 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 73.9280 d2 = 0.6131 r3 = 82.0053 d3 = 7.1121 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = −2731.9228 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 73.7403 d5 = 6.0707 nd3 = 1.69680 νd3 = 55.53 r6 = 689.0297 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 327.5056 d7 = 1.7000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 14.2610 d8 = 8.5253 r9 = −89.4120 d9 = 1.3000 nd5 = 1.77250 νd5 = 49.60r10 = 38.2328d10 = 0.2000 nd6 = 1.53508 νd6 = 40.94r11 = 28.4986d11 = 2.5230(Aspheric)r12 = 47.5033d12 = 1.1790 nd7 = 1.48749 νd7 = 70.23r13 = 34.1694d13 = 3.2934 nd8 = 1.84666 νd8 = 23.78r14 = −324.6493d14 = (Variable)r15 = ∞ (Stop)d15 = (Variable)r16 = 16.9572d16 = 7.2692 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r17 = 452.6400d17 = 0.1000nd10 = 1.80610νd10 = 40.92r18 = 136.4678d18 = 1.1010nd11 = 1.49700νd11 = 81.54r19 = 15.7221d19 = 5.6961r20 = −38.5697d20 = (Variable)r21 = 58.4853d21 = 3.0175nd12 = 1.84666νd12 = 23.78r22 = −202.3168d22 = 1.4952nd13 = 1.51633νd13 = 64.14r23 = 15.1757d23 = 8.9786r24 = −49.4262d24 = 5.1311nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54(Aspheric)r25 = −19.2986d25 = 0.1500r26 = 18.4543d26 = 5.9364nd15 = 1.61800νd15 = 63.33r27 = −38.6487d27 = 1.0000nd16 = 1.84666νd16 = 23.78r28 = 76.9096d28 = (Variable)r29 = ∞d29 = 16.0000nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r30 = ∞d30 = 1.0000r31 = ∞d31 = 2.6000nd18 = 1.54771νd18 = 62.84r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 0.7500nd19 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r34 = ∞d34 = 1.2400r35 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients11th surface K = 0 A4 = −2.9080 × 10−5 A6 = −4.7003 × 10−8 A8 = 1.3039 × 10−11A10 = 0.000016th surface K = 0 A4 = −2.6940 × 10−5 A6 = −2.6991 × 10−8 A8 = −4.1850 × 10−11A10 = 0.000024th surface K = 0 A4 = 4.8837 × 10−6 A6 = 4.0251 × 10−8 A8 = 5.0375 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.2601013.0001023.3000041.7293974.74571FNO2.80003.23113.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.37.13.00.4.12d41.2238210.5752130.8611247.1725560.33060d1444.4162922.3976112.107355.550002.52402d1518.029449.251346.752303.909331.06282d201.563096.2630910.1879514.9460918.74913d282.000005.884188.7956811.119149.89434Example 10 r1 = 127.5747 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 76.5681 d2 = 0.6108 r3 = 87.0503 d3 = 6.7061 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = −906.1216 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 65.5756 d5 = 5.1656 nd3 = 1.69680 νd3 = 5553 r6 = 257.9868 d6 = (Variable) r7 = −841.7430 d7 = 1.7000 nd4 = 4.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 20.7672 d8 = 0.1181 nd5 = 1.53508 νd5 = 40.94 r9 = 17.4318 d9 = 8.3674(Aspheric)r10 = −69.0347d10 = 1.3000 nd6 = 1.77250 νd6 = 49.60r11 = 50.8067d11 = 3.5790r12 = −34.9364d12 = 1.2000 nd7 = 1.48749 νd7 = 70.23r13 = −206.9525d13 = 0.7359r14 = 131.5379d14 = 2.9312 nd8 = 1.68893 νd8 = 31.07r15 = 65.1273d15 = 0.2838r16 = 446.1597d16 = 3.4504 nd9 = 1.84666 νd9 = 23.78r17 = −111.5214d17 = (Variable)r18 = −89.0223d18 = 1.2751nd10 = 1.73400νd10 = 51.47r19 = −5156.0079d19 = 1.0546r20 = ∞ (Stop)d20 = (Variable)r21 = 20.4978d21 = 5.4824nd11 = 1.49700νd11 = 81.54(Aspheric)r22 = −55.0155d22 = 0.4103r23 = 42.1503d23 = 1.1010nd12 = 1.80610νd12 = 40.92r24 = 14.0853d24 = 5.1806nd13 = 1.49700νd13 = 81.54r25 = −75.3872d25 = (Variable)r26 = −29.7893d26 = 0.9000nd14 = 1.51633νd14 = 64.14r27 = 14.3985d27 = 3.2881nd15 = 1.84666νd15 = 23.78r28 = 28.0747d28 = (Variable)r29 = 117.1492d29 = 4.3053nd16 = 1.49700νd16 = 81.54(Aspheric)r30 = −21.7875d30 = 0.1500r31 = −78.2931d31 = 5.0168nd17 = 4.61800νd17 = 133.33r32 = −14.1145d32 = 1.0000nd18 = 1.84666νd18 = 23.78r33 = −50.2289d33 = (Variable)r34 = ∞d34 = 16.0000nd19 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r35 = ∞d35 = 1.0000r36 = ∞d36 = 2.6000nd20 = 1.547712νd20 = 62.84r37 = ∞d37 = 1.0000r38 = ∞d38 = 0.7500nd21 = 1.51633νd21 = 64.14r39 = ∞d39 = 1.2400r40 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients9th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.8060 × 10−5 A6 = −1.5653 × 10−8 A8 = −3.1402 × 10−10A10 = 0.000021th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.9350 × 10−5 A6 = 8.1535 × 10−9 A8 = −1.1537 × 10−10A10 = 0.000029th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.4723 × 10−5 A6 = −4.3194 × 10−9 A8 = 1.8719 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.2600013.0000023.3000841.7305974.75291FNO2.80003.45123.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.48.12.85.4.11d61.6478710.5888330.0482247.1187058.44456d1744.7217422.7941811.481175.950853.03382d2018.9146411.567778.331115.339471.07479d251.848978.0314311.9578316.1382022.70498d288.282648.782146.880405.854835.87377d334.710295.375206.587196.424034.10299Example 11 r1 = 89.8312 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 63.9685 d2 = 0.0006 r3 = 64.1053 d3 = 9.1675 nd2 = 1.49700 νhd d2 = 81.54 r4 = 79.8472 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 75.2405 d5 = 6.4325 nd3 = 1.60311 νd3 = 60.64 r6 = 342.9922 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 959.9708 d7 = 1.8000 nd4 = 1.81600 νd4 = 46.62 r8 = 18.8418 d8 = 5.3800 r9 = 472.5238 d9 = 1.1000 nd5 = 1.73400 νd5 = 51.47r10 = 28.9390d10 = 5.9081r11 = −29.2098d11 = 1.2000 nd6 = 171300 νd6 = 53.87r12 = 100.5460d12 = 0.1500r13 = 49.3222d13 = 7.5695 nd7 = 1.63980 νd7 = 34.46r14 = −24.6810d14 = (Variable)(Aspheric) r15 = 1133.4292d15 = 1.2000 nd8 = 1.78472 νd8 = 25.68r16 = 106.5968d16 = 0.2500r17 = ∞ (Stop)d17 = (Variable)r18 = 20.1552d18 = 5.1000 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r19 = −94.7419d19 = 0.1774r20 = −36.0051d20 = 1.1410nd10 = 1.80440νd10 = 39.59r21 = 13.5064d21 = 5.5328nd11 = 1.60311νd11 = 60.64r22 = −1129.4923d22 = (Variable)r23 = −72.5596d23 = 0.9000nd12 = 1.51633νd12 = 64.14r24 = 11.8049d24 = 2.9338nd13 = 1.84666νd13 = 23.78r25 = 16.8009d25 = (Variable)r26 = 91.9126d26 = 2.9663nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54r27 = 29.0231d27 = 0.1500(Aspheric)r28 = 48.8627d28 = 5.1022nd15 = 1.60311νd15 = 60.64r29 = −13.3197d29 = 0.8500nd16 = 1.84666νd16 = 23.78r30 = −48.0006d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 2.6000nd18 = 1.54771νd18 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0000r35 = ∞d35 = 0.7500nd19 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r36 = ∞d36 = 1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients14th surface K = 0 A4 = −8.9550 × 10−9 A6 = 8.4748 × 10−9 A8 = 1.6761 × 10−11A10 = 0.000018th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.7592 × 10−5 A6 = 4.4455 × 10−9 A8 = −1.3451 × 10−10A10 = 0.000027th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.4716 × 10−6 A6 = 1.5442 × 10−9 A8 = −2.3629 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.3384513.1032123.2894038.8914574.68837FNO2.80003.18593.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.12.13.01.4.08d61.3600612.6403031.0748248.1796461.33273d1454.2637025.0469311.104995.198241.70314d1717.4169812.142108.862146.815381.02608d221.500004.149806.858039.3403916.90092d256.856407.478956.179725.743526.81559d304.460207.592298.383109.824685.35600Example 12 r1 = 82.2399 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 60.0259 d2 = 0.1000 r3 = 60.6829 d3 = 7.7500 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = 307.4605 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 72.7643 d5 = 5.8500 nd3 = 1.60311 νd3 = 60.64 r6 = 328.6935 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 266.6699 d7 = 1.8000 nd4 = 1.81600 νd4 = 16.62 r8 = 18.3068 d8 = 6.0269 r9 = −91.9091 d9 = 1.1000 nd5 = 1.73400 νd5 = 51.47r10 = 31.9296d10 = 5.1735r11 = −33.4696d11 = 1.2000 nd6 = 1.71300 νd6 = 53.87(Aspheric)r12 = 1.387 × 104d12 = 0.1500r13 = 76.1645d13 = 6.2143 nd7 = 1.69895 νd7 = 30.13r14 = −29.0944d14 = (Variable)r15 = −256.8086d15 = 1.0000 nd8 = 1.78472 νd8 = 25.68r16 = 217.7610d16 = 0.2030r17 = ∞ (Stop)d17 = (Variable)r18 = 19.3410d18 = 15.5508 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r19 = 61.9647d19 = 0.1774r20 = 28.8671d20 = 1.1410nd10 = 1.80440νd10 = 39.59r21 = 13.5945d21 = 5.8000nd11 = 1.49700νd11 = 81.54r22 = 5392.6719d22 = (Variable)r23 = −154.6780d23 = 0.9000nd12 = 1.51633νd12 = 64.14r24 = 11.7076d24 = 3.6031nd13 = 1.84666νd13 = 23.78r25 = 15.0847d25 = (Variable)r26 = 50.4757d26 = 3.2775nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54r27 = −50.8313d27 = 0.1500(Aspheric)r28 = −45.8348d28 = 5.5505nd15 = 1.60311νd15 = 60.64r29 = −13.2011d29 = 0.8500nd16 = 1.84666νd16 = 23.78r30 = −38.4178d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 2.6000nd18 = 4.54771νd18 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0000r35 = ∞d35 = 0.7500nd19 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r36 = ∞d36 = 1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients11th surface K = 0 A4 = 2.1955 × 10−6 A6 = 7.9776 × 10−10 A8 = 4.2465 × 10−12A10 = 0.000018th surface K = 0 A4 = −2.2173 × 10−5 A6 = −5.2442 × 10−10 A8 = −1.3172 × 10−10A10 = 0.000027th surface K = 0 A4 = −4 3385 × 10−6 A6 = −5.8507 × 10−9 A8 = −3.8312 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.3525313.1415523.3004440.5897074.68803FNO2.80003.19433.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.09.13.06.4.10d61.3600612.8824531.0049549.0568759.99418d1452.4057325.2992611.478015.292111.70314d1717.4744512.092159.078296.896881.02608d221.500003.822436.290798.7222016.22424d256.188796.989005.582235.342605.88322d301.191557.724215.356009.527203.22100Example 13 r1 = 128.1845 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 4.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 77.8836 d2 = 0.1422 r3 = 79.5351 d3 = 8.7726 nd2 = 1.60311 νd2 = 60.64 r4 = 1.760 × 105 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 60.5207 d5 = 7.8199 nd3 = 4.49700 νd3 = 81.54 r6 = 225.3888 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 87.0813 d7 = 1.5000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 15.7852 d8 = 8.9335 r9 = −28.4093 d9 = 1.3643 nd5 = 4.77250 νd5 = 49.60r10 = 61.5066d10 = 2.4804r11 = −48.6469d11 = 0.2000 nd6 = 4.53508 νd6 = 40.94(Aspheric)r12 = −200.0000d12 = 1.2000 nd7 = 1.693502 νd7 = 53.20r13 = 96.2114d13 = 0.2000r14 = 68.6685d14 = 6.7199 nd8 = 1.68893 νd8 = 31.07r15 = −32.7420d15 = (Variable)r16 = ∞ (Stop)d16 = 0.4000r17 = 312.4731d17 = 0.9972 nd9 = 1.60342 νd9 = 38.03r18 = −144.3938d18 = (Variable)r19 = 18.9253d19 = 3.6985nd10 = 1.49700νd10 = 81.54(Aspheric)r20 = −1.054 × 107d20 = 0.1774r21 = 58.8544d21 = 1.1208nd11 = 1.77250νd11 = 49.60r22 = 15.9897d22 = 4.9136nd12 = 1.49700νd12 = 81.54r23 = −68.6413d23 = (Variable)r24 = −73.7867d24 = 0.9000nd13 = 1.516332νd13 = 64.14r25 = 17.0943d25 = 1.8262nd14 = 1.846661νd14 = 23.78r26 = −22.4714d26 = (Variable)r27 = 37.0884d27 = 4.8733nd15 = 1.49700νd15 = 81.54(Aspheric)r28 = −23.1086d28 = 0.1500r29 = −909.2556d29 = 3.3951nd16 = 1.49700νd16 = 81.54r30 = −18.5310d30 = 1.0265nd17 = 1.84666νd17 = 23.78r31 = −50.0749d31 = (Variable)r32 = ∞d32 = 16.0000nd18 = 1.51633νd18 = 64.14r33 = ∞d33 = 1.0000r34 = ∞d34 = 2.6000nd19 = 1.54771νd19 = 62.84r35 = ∞d35 = 1.0000r36 = ∞d36 = 0.7500nd20 = 1.51633νd20 = 64.14r37 = ∞d37 = 1.2400r38 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients11th surface K = 0 A4 = 9.2934 × 10−6 A6 = −4.3005 × 10−9 A8 = −6.0577 × 10−10A10 = 0.000019th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.5515 × 10−5 A6 = −1.5901 × 10−9 A8 = −1.9683 × 10−10A10 = 0.000027th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.7557 × 10−5 A6 = −2.2661 × 10−9 A8 = 1.2023 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.2769913.1348323.3015641.8583874.69868FNO2.80003.00963.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.47.13.07.4.13d61.0000012.3246329.1205747.1425558.02772d156.7204327.0053213.693087.482552.50000d1820.3844313.6855410.296747.226031.55935d230.867343.003626.203808.9125714.79711d267.498198.313945.779535.094995.49059d315.531909.1381611.986708.6359212.42630Example 14 r1 = 117.1093 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 78.9815 d2 = 0.2900 r3 = 83.6308 d3 = 7.1360 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = 8.136 × 10−4 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 64.0026 d5 = 7.2854 nd3 = 1.49700 νd3 = 81.54 r6 = 406.9074 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 173.0596 d7 = 1.5000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 19.60 r8 = 14.7807 d8 = 8.6963 r9 = 33.4479 d9 = 1.3643 nd5 = 1.77250 νd5 = 19.60r10 = 82.7642d10 = 1.5769r11 = −78.1187d11 = 20.4088 nd6 = 1.66680 νd6 = 33.05(Aspheric)r12 = 518.9177d12 = 1.2000 nd7 = 1.69350 νd7 = 53.20r13 = −55.8817d13 = 0.0065r14 = 43.1420d14 = 5.9081 nd8 = 1.68893 νd8 = 31.07r15 = −31.8050d15 = (Variable)r16 = ∞ (Stop)d16 = (Variable)r17 = 21.9025d17 = 3.3063 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r18 = 1.082 × 106d18 = 0.2991r19 = 30.2359d19 = 1.1208nd10 = 1.77250νd10 = 49.60r20 = 14.9061d20 = 5.0481nd11 = 4.49700νd11 = 81.54r21 = −81.9434d21 = (Variable)r22 = −101.2030d22 = 0.9000nd12 = 1.51633νd12 = 64.14r23 = −15.4168d23 = 1.8234nd13 = 1.84666νd13 = 23.78r24 = 20.2251d24 = (Variable)r25 = 42.9650d25 = 4.1635nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54(Aspheric)r26 = −21.2353d26 = 0.1500r27 = −231.8094d27 = 2.6973nd15 = 1.49700νd15 = 81.54r28 = −16.2244d28 = 1.2276nd16 = 4.84666νd16 = 23.78r29 = −47.0800d29 = (Variable)r30 = ∞d30 = 16.0000nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r31 = ∞d31 = 1.0000r32 = ∞d32 = 2.6000nd18 = 1.54771νd18 = 62.84r33 = ∞d33 = 1.0000r34 = ∞d34 = 0.7500nd19 = 4.51633νd19 = 64.14r35 = ∞d35 = 1.2400r36 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients11th surface K = 0 A4 = 8.8203 × 10−6 A6 = 9.5199 × 10−9 A8 = −4.6923 × 10−11A10 = 0.000017th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.2806 × 10−5 A6 = −2.1296 × 10−9 A8 = −2.5132 × 10−11A10 = 0.000025th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.7844 × 10−5 A6 = 8.4598 × 10−10 A8 = 1.3070 × 1010A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.3366813.2473723.3007842.1381574.69414FNO2.80003.09023.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.27.13.00.4.12d61.0000011.4212430.9406148.2903959.30210d1555.5966225.8569213.753656.563392.50000d1620.1877214.5307511.358447.512831.55935d212.764264.806247.1571110.1640416.30729d247.718567.833896.047204.979054.27440d294.705608.3110010.793208.5697413.14420Example 15 r1 = 132.6548 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 79.4364 d2 = 0.4361 r3 = 85.8501 d3 = 6.6634 nd2 = 1.60311 νd2 = 60.64 r4 = 4.060 × 104 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 59.6705 d5 = 6.1756 nd3 = 1.497002 νd3 = 81.54 r6 = 294.2591 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 98.7402 d7 = 1.5000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 14.8930 d8 = 9.4296 r9 = −32.3971 d9 = 1.3643 nd5 = 1.77250 νd5 = 19.60r10 = 70.8620d10 = 2.0091r11 = −72.3210d11 = 0.2000 nd6 = 1.53508 νd6 = 10.94(Aspheric)r12 = −200.0000d12 = 1.2000 nd7 = 1.69350 νd7 = 53.20r13 = 67.0853d13 = 0.2000r14 = 44.8428d14 = 6.9613 nd8 = 1.68893 νd8 −31.07r15 = −35.6841d15 = (Variable)r16 = ∞ (Stop)d16 = (Variable)r17 = 21.0081d17 = 2.9255 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r18 = −9.840 × 10−5d18 = 0.1774r19 = 34.1654d19 = 1.1208nd10 = 1.77250νd10 = 49.60r20 = 14.0687d20 = 4.9352nd11 = 4.49700νd11 = 81.54r21 = −74.9646d21 = (Variable)r22 = −61.8007d22 = 0.9000nd12 = 1.51633νd12 = 64.14r23 = 16.0108d23 = 1.8375nd13 = 1.84666νd13 = 23.78r24 = 22.5570d24 = (Variable)r25 = 32.5943d25 = 4.3313nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54(Aspheric)r26 = −33.8655d26 = 0.1500r27 = 53.1963d27 = 1.1524nd15 = 1.84666νd15 = 23.78r28 = 18.3125d28 = 3.6734nd16 = 4.49700νd16 = 81.54r29 = −121.7913d29 = (Variable)r30 = ∞d30 = 6.0000nd17 = 4.51633νd17 = 64.14r31 = ∞d31 = 1.0000r32 = ∞d32 = 2.6000nd18 = 1.54771νd18 = 62.84r33 = ∞d33 = 1.0000r34 = ∞d34 = 0.7500nd19 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r35 = ∞d35 = 1.2400Aspherical Coefficients11th surface K = 0 A4 = = 5.6253 × 10−6 A6 = = 8.1204 × 10−9 A8 = −1.5465 × 10−10A10 = = 0.000017th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.0911 × 10−5 A6 = −8.6347 × 10−10 A8 = −3.2657 × 10−11A10 = 0.000025th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.8333 × 10−5 A6 = −3.1998 × 10−9 A8 = 1.0415 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.2863813.0918323.2994241.5511074.69787FNO2.80003.09333.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.41.13.04.4.13d61.0000012.0168729.5289147.0979958.40761d1556.6022727.2510213.504697.099692.50000d1620.2094614.0992710.842987.369031.55935d212.229754.071456.738469.2992814.66227d248.057398.703386.543606.015916.08811d296.194209.2233012.553308.6063914.38620Example 16 r1 = 80.0460 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 57.3690 d2 = 0.0798 r3 = 56.8758 d3 = 6.9751 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = 362.0517 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 73.3775 d5 = 4.4654 nd3 = 1.60311 νd3 = 60.64 r6 = 289.7112 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 177.0825 d7 = 1.5000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 19.60 r8 = 16.8427 d8 = 7.9000 r9 = −29.2679 d9 = 1.3643 nd5 = 1.77250 νd5 = 19.60(Aspheric)r10 = 67.6142d10 = 3.5642r11 = 117.8157d11 = 4.8943 nd6 = 1.72825 νd6 = 28.46r12 = −31.3298d12 = 0.5000r13 = 63.4774d13 = 1.0000 nd7 = 1.74400 νd7 = 14.78r14 = −239.8825d14 = (Variable)r15 = −435.4231d15 = 1.2680 nd8 = 1.72825 νd8 = 28.46r16 = −514.6994d16 = 1.3139r17 = ∞ (Stop)d17 = (Variable)r18 = 20.0387d18 = 5.6776 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r19 = −73.1240d19 = 0.1774r20 = 46.3298d20 = 1.1410nd10 = 1.80440νd10 = 39.59r21 = −13.8759d21 = 5.4223nd11 = 1.60311νd11 = 60.64r22 = −120.0020d22 = (Variable)r23 = −55.7471d23 = 0.9000nd12 = 1.51633νd12 = 64.14r24 = 11.2108d24 = 1.8651nd13 = 1.84666νd13 = 23.78r25 = 15.9872d25 = (Variable)r26 = 55.1052d26 = 2.9459nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54r27 = −28.6459d27 = 0.1500(Aspheric)r28 = −69.1964d28 = 4.5501nd15 = 1.60311νd15 = 60.64r29 = −13.8791d29 = 1.0000nd16 = 1.84666νd16 = 23.78r30 = −46.4615d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 2.6000nd18 = 1.547712νd18 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0000r35 = ∞d35 = 0.7500nd19 = 1.516332νd19 = 64.14r36 = ∞d36 = 1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients9th surface K = 0 A4 = 8.8395 × 10−6 A6 = 5.0711 × 10−9 A8 = −1.9545 × 10−11A10 = 0.000018th surface K = 0 A4 = −2.0678 × 10−5 A6 = −6.4243 × 10−9 A8 = 2.3028 × 10−11A10 = 0.000027th surface K = 0 A4 = −3.0971 × 10−6 A6 = −9.4407 × 10−9 A8 = 1.9644 × 10−11A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WSTf (mm)7.2718523.2974974.69992FNO2.80003.50003.5000ω (°)40.1713.974.40d61.3600630.1291258.31748d1454.7045612.246251.70314d1717.263019.523911.02608d221.500006.5358516.09191d257.857996.358246.81641d304.640008.846007.32400Example 17 r1 = 84.5614 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 60.9235 d2 = 0.1000 r3 = 60.9993 d3 = 7.7500 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = 411.3180 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 69.8137 d5 = 5.8500 nd3 = 1.603111 νd3 = 60.64 r6 = 273.9185 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 326.8029 d7 = 1.8000 nd4 = 1.816002 νd4 = 46.62 r8 = 18.4614 d8 = 5.8823 r9 = −86.8945 d9 = 1.1000 nd5 = 4.734002 νd5 = 51.47r10 = 32.9914d10 = 5.2210r11 = −30.1936d11 = 1.2000 nd6 = 1.71300 νd6 = 53.87(Aspheric)r12 = 3.111 × 104d12 = 0.1500r13 = 94.9186d13 = 6.1767 nd7 = 71.69895 νd7 = 30.13r14 = 27.0373d14 = (Variable)r15 = −754.3167d15 = 0.8000 nd8 = 1.784721 νd8 = 25.68r16 = 50.7584d16 = 2.0000 nd9 = 1.68893 νd9 = 31.07r17 = 699.9122d17 = 0.7000r18 = ∞ (Stop)d18 = (Variable)r19 = 19.3389d19 = 5.5976nd10 = 1.49700νd10 = 81.54(Aspheric)r20 = −64.3089d20 = 0.1774r21 = −36.8090d21 = 1.1410nd11 = 1.80440νd11 = 39.59r22 = 15.7560d22 = 4.3000nd12 = 1.49700νd12 = 81.54r23 = 6909.3107d23 = (Variable)r24 = −213.9678d24 = 0.9000nd13 = 1.51633νd13 = 64.14r25 = 11.9504d25 = 3.6757nd14 = 1.84666νd14 = 23.78r26 = −15.7330d26 = (Variable)r27 = 56.9085d27 = 3.2663nd15 = 1.49700νd15 = 81.54r28 = −49.9335d28 = 0.1500(Aspheric)r29 = 48.3454d29 = 5.3103nd16 = 1.60311νd16 = 60.64r30 = −12.9112d30 = 0.8500nd17 = 1.84666νd17 = 23.78r31 = −36.0617d31 = (Variable)r32 = ∞d32 = 16.0000nd18 = 1.51633νd18 = 64.14r33 = ∞d33 = 1.0000r34 = ∞d34 = 2.6000nd19 = 1.54771νd19 = 62.84r35 = ∞d35 = 1.0000r36 = ∞d36 = 0.7500nd20 = 1.51633νd20 = 64.14r37 = ∞d37 = 1.2400r38 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients11th surface K = 0 A4 = 3.5442 × 10−6 A6 = −1.0145 × 10−8 A8 = 4.1292 × 10−11A10 = 0.000019th surface K = 0 A4 = −2.3122 × 10−5 A6 = −1.0925 × 10−9 A8 = −1.2640 × 10−10A10 = 0.000028th surface K = 0 A4 = −2.8818 × 10−6 A6 = −5.4227 × 10−9 A8 = −2.8339 × 10−10A10 = = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WSTf (mm)7.2721223.2991574.69940FNO2.80003.50003.5000ω (°)38.4413.064.09d61.3600631.2364559.54246d1452.3223111.303841.70314d1817.202758.822961.02608d231.500006.6171016.48589d266.174855.371426.39230d312.400006.464003.36900Example 18 r1 = 85.6717 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 61.4682 d2 = 0.1000 r3 = 61.7093 d3 = 7.7500 nd2 = 4.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = 391.3879 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 71.8120 d5 = 5.8500 nd3 = 1.60311 νd3 = 30.64 r6 = 318.2499 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 360.3572 d7 = 1.8000 nd4 = 4.81600 νd4 = 46.62 r8 = 18.8770 d8 = 5.9565 r9 = −91.8447 d9 = 1.1000 nd5 = 1.73400 νd5 = 51.47r10 = 33.5783d10 = 5.2551r11 = −31.3548d11 = 1.2000 nd6 = 1.71300 νd6 = 53.87(Aspheric)r12 = 4.805 × 104d12 = 0.1500r13 = 97.5840d13 = 6.2516 nd7 = 1.69895 νd7 = 30.13r14 = −27.8035d14 = (Variable)r15 = ∞d15 = 1.8000 nd8 = 4.78472 νd8 = 25.68r16 = 268.7641d16 = 1.0000(Aspheric)r17 = ∞ (Stop)d17 = (Variable)r18 = 18.6304d18 = 5.6253 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r19 = −57.6238d19 = 0.1774r20 = 34.9774d20 = 1.1410nd10 = 1.80440νd10 = 39.59r21 = 14.9385d21 = 4.3000nd11 = 1.49700νd11 = 81.54r22 = 4295.3319d22 = (Variable)r23 = −226.3830d23 = 0.9000nd12 = 4.51633νd12 = 64.14r24 = 11.9132d24 = 3.6481nd13 = 4.84666νd13 = 23.78r25 = 15.2759d25 = (Variable)r26 = 54.3162d26 = 3.3130nd14 = 4.49700νd14 = 81.54r27 = −51.5747d27 = 0.1500(Aspheric)r28 = 49.4131d28 = 5.2625nd15 = 4.60311νd15 = 60.64r29 = −13.1129d29 = 0.8500nd16 = 1.84666νd16 = 23.78r30 = −36.5139d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 2.6000nd18 = 1.54771νd18 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0000r35 = ∞d35 = 0.7500nd29 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r36 = ∞d36 = 1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients11th surface K = 0 A4 = 3.5400 × 10−6 A6 = −7.6377 × 10−9 A8 = 4.0209 × 10−11A10 = 0.000016th surface K = 0 A4 = −4.0343 × 10−7 A6 = 2.7672 × 10−8 A8 = −2.5380 × 10−10A10 = 0.000018th surface K = 0 A4 = −2.6388 × 10−5 A6 = −1.7329 × 10−9 A8 = −1.6305 × 10−10A10 = 0.000027th surface K = 0 A4 = −3.4938 × 10−6 A6 = −5.9935 × 10−9 A8 = −2.8356 × 10−10A10 = = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WSTf (mm)7.2724423.3003274.70039FNO2.80003.50003.5000ω (°)38.4513.054.09d61.3600631.1540359.61613d1452.2899811.328341.70314d1717.277948.929191.02608d221.500006.4491216.47111d256.184895.464326.07561d302.397006.509003.82700Example 19 r1 = 102.8951 d1 = 2.2000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 61.5389 d2 = 11.0000 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r3 = −641.2805 d3 = 0.2750 r4 = 51.4180 d4 = 6.1875 nd3 = 1.69680 νd3 = 55.53 r5 = 146.6226 d5 = (Variable) r6 = 148.7220 d6 = 1.9010 nd4 = 1.83400 νd4 = 37.16 r7 = 15.1960 d7 = 8.2500 r8 = −17.1556 d8 = 1.6500 nd5 = 1.80610 νd5 = 40.92 r9 = 15.0399 d9 = 2.0625(Aspheric) r10 = 58.8129d10 = 3.4375 n6 = 1.68893 νd6 = 31.07r11 = −74.3150d11 = 0.2062r12 = 241.0544d12 = 4.8125 nd7 = 1.68893 νd7 = 31.07r13 = −21.3830d13 = (Variable)r14 = ∞ (Stop)d14 = (Variable)r15 = 37.4279d15 = 3.4375 n8 = 1.49700 νd8 = 81.54(Aspheric) r16 = −462.8778d16 = 0.2062r17 = 15.8702d17 = 5.5000 nd9 = 1.59551 νd9 = 39.24r18 = 79.4628d18 = 1.3750nd10 = 1.80610νd10 = 40.92r19 = 14.4884d19 = (Variable)r20 = 26.6553d20 = 4.1250nd11 = 1.83400νd11 = 37.16r21 = 147.2888d21 = 0.4125r22 = 142.7176d22 = 1.3750nd12 = 1.84666νd12 = 23.78r23 = −17.8989d23 = 6.1875nd13 = 1.49700νd13 = 81.54r24 = −22.9886d24 = (Variable)(Aspheric)r25 = ∞d25 = 23.3750nd14 = 1.51633νd14 = 64.14r26 = ∞d26 = 1.3750r27 = ∞d27 = 2.2000nd15 = 1.54771νd15 = 62.84r28 = ∞d28 = 1.3750r29 = ∞d29 = 1.0313nd16 = 4.52300νd16 = 55.00r30 = ∞d30 = 3.2468r31 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients9th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.4335 × 10−4 A6 = 3.6008 × 10−7 A8 = −1.5707 × 10−9A10 = 0.000015th surface K = 0 A4 = −8.3514 × 10−6 A8 = −6.4776 × 10−10 A8 = −1.3217 × 10−11A10 = 0.000024th surface K = 20 A4 = 2.1082 × 10−5 A6 = 9.2526 × 10−8 A8 = −1.4509 × 10−9A10 = 6.8600 × 10−12Zooming Data (∞)WSTf (mm)7.1543618.8367250.05002FNO2.04822.35362.5012ω (°)38.3815.786.16d51.3750023.1002444.56543d1353.6260519.093896.13762d1423.1950910.317873.56923d197.0058012.7088218.49477d241.198217.554509.33878Example 20 r1 = 155.9824 d1 = 1.7875 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 61.8424 d2 = 11.0000 nd2 = 1.61800 νd2 = 63.33 r3 = −600.9530 d3 = 0.2750 r4 = 47.5178 d4 = 6.1875 nd3 = 4.69680 νd3 = 55.53 r5 = 121.5999 d5 = (Variable) r6 = 119.2914 d6 = 1.3750 nd4 = 1.80610 νd4 = 40.92 r7 = 13.2227 d7 = 8.2500(Aspheric) r8 = −32.4710 d8 = 1.6500 nd5 = 1.83400 νd5 = 37.16 r9 = 39.0123 d9 = 1.3750r10 = 165.6443d10 = 1.3750 nd6 = 1.57501 νd6 = 41.50r11 = 20.0406d11 = 7.1500 nd7 = 1.75520 νd7 = 27.51r12 = −48.8507d12 = (Variable)r13 = ∞ (Stop)d13 = (Variable)r14 = 30.8548d14 = 3.4375 nd8 = 1.80518 νd8 = 25.42r15 = 89.0085d15 = 0.2062r16 = 38.9337d16 = 4.4000 nd9 = 1.80610 νd9 = 40.92(Aspheric)r17 = −94.3851d17 = 1.3750nd10 = 1.84666νd10 = 23.78r18 = 32.5308d18 = (Variable)r19 = −57.6645d19 = 2.7500nd11 = 1.77250νd11 = 49.60r20 = −47.1601d20 = 1.3750nd12 = 1.60342νd12 = 38.03r21 = 30.6668d21 = (Variable)r22 = −228.3337d22 = 1.3750nd13 = 1.84666νd13 = 23.78r23 = 19.0716d23 = 6.1875nd14 = 1.497002νd14 = 81.54r24 = −31.2823d24 = 0.2062(Aspheric)r25 = 36.1622d25 = 6.1875nd15 = 21.69350νd15 = 53.21r26 = −35.8359d26 = (Variable)r27 = ∞d27 = 23.3750nd16 = 1.51633νd16 = 64.14r28 = ∞d28 = 1.3750r29 = ∞d29 = 2.2000nd17 = 1.54771νd17 = 62.84r30 = ∞d30 = 1.3750r31 = ∞d31 = 1.0313nd18 = 1.52300νd18 = 55.00r32 = ∞d32 = 3.2377r33 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients7th surface K = 0 A4 = −2.0811 × 10−5 A6 = −9.3584 × 10−10 A8 = −9.2039 × 10−10A10 = 0.000016th surface K = 0 A4 = −9.0277 × 10−6 A6 = 2.1013 × 10−8 A8 = −5.4554 × 10−10A10 = 2.6012 × 10−1224th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.8657 × 10−6 A6 = 2.3003 × 10−8 A8 = −5.0119 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WSTf (mm)7.1620618.8363150.04733FNO2.02902.36732.8226ω (°)38.3415.986.16d51.3750020.3927942.36136d1249.9878014.959687.89768d1320.7415012.472664.81483d182.756925.6140410.58915d217.737725.383516.87877d262.750009.9048011.70852Example 21 r1 = 104.3405 d1 = 2.2000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 59.5725 d2 = 11.0000 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r3 = 4321.3547 d3 = 0.2750 r4 = 47.5960 d4 = 6.1875 nd3 = 1.69680 νd3 = 55.53 r5 = 136.8909 d5 = (Variable) r6 = 140.6680 d6 = 1.9010 nd4 = 1.80610 νd4 = 40.92 r7 = 13.7491 d7 = 6.1875(Aspheric) r8 = −60.0958 d8 = 1.6500 nd5 = 1.83400 νd5 = 37.16 r9 = 61.9207 d9 = 4.1250r10 = −21.5206d10 = 1.3750 nd6 = 1.63930 νd6 = 44.87r11 = 56.5075d11 = 3.4375r12 = 96.6074d12 = 5.5000 nd7 = 1.80100 νd7 = 34.97r13 = −25.9673d13 = (Variable)r14 = ∞ (Stop)d14 = 2.7500r15 = −40.0734d15 = 1.2375 nd8 = 1.60311 νd8 = 60.64r16 = 78.4453d16 = (Variable)r17 = 34.7554d17 = 4.8125 nd9 = 1.80809 νd9 = 22.76r18 = 1028.4306d18 = 0.2062r19 = 60.9355d19 = 4.4000nd10 = 1.80610νd10 = 40.92(Aspheric)r20 = −29.1117d20 = 1.3750nd11 = 1.84666νd11 = 23.78r21 = 127.3373d21 = (Variable)r22 = 32.2756d22 = 2.7500nd12 = 1.60342νd12 = 38.03r23 = 145.1897d23 = 1.3750nd13 = 1.77250νd13 = 49.60r24 = 16.7202d24 = (Variable)r25 = 33.5170d25 = 7.5625nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54r26 = −27.9038d26 = 0.2062(Aspheric)r27 = 69.1174d27 = 1.3750nd15 = 1.84666νd15 = 23.78r28 = −19.6221d28 = 6.1875nd16 = 1.49700νd16 = 81.54r29 = −57.6668d29 = (Variable)r30 = = ∞d30 = 23.3750nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r31 = ∞d31 = 1.3750r32 = ∞d32 = 2.2000nd18 = 1.54771νd18 = 62.84r33 = ∞d33 = 1.3750r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0313nd19 = 1.52300νd19 = 55.00r35 = ∞d35 = 3.2477r36 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients7th surface K = 0 A4 = −9.7269 × 10−6 A6 = −1.1309 × 10−7 A8 = 6.4969 × 10−10A10 = 0.000019th surface K = 0 A4 = −7.1713 × 10−6 A6 = −1.9289 × 10−9 A8 = −3.9414 × 10−11A10 = 2.4197 × 10−1326th surface K = 0 A4 = −5.4190 × 10−7 A6 = −2.7019 × 10−8 A8 = −3.8924 × 10−11A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WSTf (mm)7.1457118.8552250.04974FNO2.00472.36612.8509ω (°)38.4415.986.16d51.3750021.9458342.47373d1350.6575414.254865.45806d1621.3352012.382235.88901d212.747315.1878110.57000d247.029077.050196.86418d292.750009.0105010.53508Example 22 r1 = 131.8770 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.846662 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 77.6142 d2 = 0.2000 r3 = 80.8510 d3 = 6.3796 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = 2977.8302 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 67.0321 d5 = 5.0727 nd3 = 1.69680 νd3 = 55.53 r6 = 266.3144 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 1181.5043 d7 = 1.7000 nd4 = 1.772502 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 17.1175 d8 = 8.6482 r9 = 77.8867 d9 = 0.2000 nd5 = 1.53508 νd5 = 40.94(Aspheric)r10 = −246.1158d10 = 1.3000 nd6 = 1.77250 νd6 = 49.60r11 = 430.0786d11 = 4.1745r12 = −24.0715d12 = 1.1790 nd7 = 1.48749 νd7 = 70.23r13 = −346.5320d13 = 4.4844 nd8 = 1.84666 νd8 = 23.78r14 = −42.2965d14 = (Variable)r15 = −13.2198d15 = 1.3000 nd9 = 1.77250 νd9 = 49.60r16 = −14.9920d16 = 1.0969r17 = ∞ (Stop)d17 = (Variable)r18 = 23.9865d18 = 5.3859nd10 = 1.49700νd10 = 81.54(Aspheric)r19 = −62.7302d19 = 0.4217r20 = 65.9532d20 = 1.1010nd11 = 4.80610νd11 = 40.92r21 = 18.5852d21 = 5.1465nd12 = 1.49700νd12 = 81.54r22 = −44.8828d22 = (Variable)r23 = 97.1974d23 = 0.9000nd13 = 1.51633νd13 = 64.14r24 = 13.4425d24 = 3.0840nd14 = 1.84666νd14 = 23.78r25 = 18.2242d25 = (Variable)r26 = 22.8739d26 = 4.4524nd15 = 4.49700νd15 = 81.54(Aspheric)r27 = −32.9476d27 = 0.1500r28 = 111.9927d28 = 3.9237nd16 = 1.61800νd16 = 63.33r29 = −19.6931d29 = 1.0000nd17 = 1.84666νd17 = 23.78r30 = −150.1546d30 = (Variable)r31 = ∞d31 = 16.0000nd18 = 1.51633νd18 = 64.14r32 = ∞d32 = 1.0000r33 = ∞d33 = 2.6000nd19 = 1.54771νd19 = 62.84r34 = ∞d34 = 1.0000r35 = ∞d35 = 0.7500nd20 = 1.51633νd20 = 64.14r36 = ∞d36 = 1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients9th surface K = 0 A4 = 2.1755 × 10−5 A6 = 7.8908 × 10−8 A8 = −3.9978 × 10−10A10 = 1.3455 × 10−1218th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.6485 × 10−5 A6 = 1.0262 × 10−8 A8 = −3.9805 × 10−10A10 = 3.5368 × 10−1226th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.4825 × 10−5 A6 = −5.9281 × 10−8 A8 = 7.7542 × 10−10A10 = −4.4522 × 10−12Zooming Data (∞)WWSSSTTf (mm)7.2599412.9998123.2996241.7290974.74765FNO2.80003.36893.50003.50003.5000ω (°)38.50.13.16.4.16d61.6141710.6486230.7740047.2320558.71613d1444.7052923.2632713.317556.201752.00079d1717.5450410.444177.818325.521781.09606d221.500007.8298112.5154016.7404422.56134d2510.8240110.719847.991235.552244.75986d304.547905.423126.092006.602495.99969Example 23 r1 = 120.4727 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 73.3708 d2 = 0.2000 r3 = 76.1454 d3 = 6.5370 nd2 = 1.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = 2489.4366 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 67.2263 d5 = 5.1710 nd3 = 1.69680 νd3 = 55.53 r6 = 274.6988 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 714.7087 d7 = 1.7000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 16.1327 d8 = 8.7770 r9 = −81.5087 d9 = 1.5000 nd5 = 1.69350 νd5 = 53.20(Aspheric)r10 = −1305.7058d10 = 4.0368r11 = −20.2734d11 = 1.1790 nd6 = 1.48749 νd6 = 70.23r12 = −62.9405d12 = 4.8993 nd7 = 1.84666 νd7 = 23.78r13 = −30.8273d13 = (Variable)r14 = −15.4268d14 = 1.3000 nd8 = 1.77250 νd8 = 49.60r15 = −18.4448d15 = 1.1025r16 = ∞ (Stop)d16 = (Variable)r17 = 25.1535d17 = 5.5136 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r18 = −55.2846d18 = 1.5487r19 = 64.5304d19 = 1.1010nd10 = 1.80610r20 = −18.9507d20 = 5.1163nd11 = 1.49700νd11 = 81.54r21 = −43.1776d21 = (Variable)r22 = −77.9341d22 = 0.9000nd12 = 1.51633νd12 = 64.14r23 = 13.4277d23 = 3.4850nd13 = 1.84666νd13 = 23.78r24 = 17.9962d24 = (Variable)r25 = 21.5792d25 = 4.5936nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54(Aspheric)r26 = −34.1855d26 = 0.1500r27 = 300.7621d27 = 4.4791nd15 = 4.61800νd15 = 63.33r28 = −17.4341d28 = −1.0000nd16 = 1.84666νd16 = 23.78r29 = −75.6852d29 = (Variable)r30 = ∞d30 = 16.0000nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r31 = ∞d31 = 1.0000r32 = ∞d32 = 2.6000nd18 = 1.54771νd18 = 62.84r33 = ∞d33 = 1.0000r34 = ∞d34 = 0.7500nd19 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r36 = ∞d35 = 1.2400r37 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients9th surface K = 0 A4 = 1.8629 × 10−5 A6 = 6.9168 × 10−8 A8 = −2.7327 × 10−10A10 = 1.2121 × 10−1217th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.6089 × 10−5 A6 = −2.0073 × 10−8 A8 = 3.8142 × 10−10A10 = −2.1082 × 10−1225th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.5463 × 10−5 A6 = −2.6231 × 10−8 A8 = 2.4043 × 10−10A10 = −9.6547 × 10−13Zooming Data (∞)WSTf(mm)7.2598223.2991074.74396FNO2.80003.50003.5000ω (°)40.4114.084.46d61.5962731.9764559.22440d1344.7569212.185992.03777d1617.395648.625461.04694d211.5806211.2933521.65579d249.558376.833004.68713d294.666096.448925.81086Example 24 r1 = 128.7222 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 4.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 76.5762 d2 = 0.1990 r3 = 79.6940 d3 = 6.4626 nd2 = 4.49700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = −2955.9452 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 67.1272 d5 = 5.0669 nd3 = 4.69680 νd3 = 55.53 r6 = 263.8928 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 380.2582 d7 = 1.7000 nd4 = 4.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 15.9616 d8 = 8.7181 r9 = −59.9828 d9 = 1.5000 nd5 = 1.69350 νd5 = 53.20r10 = −301.9443d10 = 3.8167(Aspheric)r11 = −20.5627d11 = 1.1790 nd6 = 4.48749 νd6 = 70.23r12 = −59.0207d12 = 5.1126 nd7 = 4.84666 νd7 = 23.78r13 = 30.2745d13 = (Variable)r14 = 15.4364d14 = 1.3000 nd8 = 4.77250 νd8 = 49.60r15 = −18.6107d15 = 1.1009r16 = ∞ (Stop)d16 = (Variable)r17 = 25.8357d17 = 5.4824 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric)r18 = −58.3524d18 = 1.9683r19 = 67.3450d19 = 1.1010nd10 = 1.80610νd10 = 40.92r20 = 19.5738d20 = 5.1220nd11 = 4.49700νd11 = 81.54r21 = 40.5031d21 = (Variable)r22 = −94.9007d22 = 0.9000nd12 = 1.51633νd12 = 64.14r23 = 13.4666d23 = 3.4715nd13 = 1.84666νd13 = 23.78r24 = 17.9806d24 = (Variable)r25 = 20.7610d25 = 4.5646nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54(Aspheric)r26 = −34.2142d26 = 0.1500r27 = 513.7109d27 = 4.4703nd15 = 1.61800νd15 = 63.33r28 = −17.8110d28 = 1.0000nd16 = 1.84666νd16 = 23.78r29 = −83.6823d29 = (Variable)r30 = ∞d30 = 16.0000nd17 = 4.51633νd17 = 64.14r31 = ∞d31 = 1.0000r32 = ∞d32 = 2.6000nd18 = 1.54771νd18 = 62.84r33 = ∞d33 = 1.0000r34 = ∞d34 = 0.7500nd19 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r35 = ∞d35 = 1.2400r36 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients10th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.7426 × 10−5 A6 = −6.5228 × 10−8 A8 = 2.7392 × 10−10A10 = −7.9412 × 10−1317th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.6148 × 10−5 A6 = 6.2346 × 10−9 A8 = −1.2987 × 10−10A10 = 1.1435 × 10−1225th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.7043 × 10−6 A6 = −3.2560 × 10−8 A8 = 2.8184 × 10−10A10 = −1.6473 × 10−12Zooming Data (∞)WSTf (mm)7.2599923.3000574.75174FNO2.80003.50003.5000ω (°)38.4613.174.17d61.6076732.0485559.57895d1344.7113412.275592.02865d1617.181538.385261.03922d211.5000011.4173921.29066d249.893556.807454.59258d294.610286.575266.26289Example 25 r1 = 125.0583 d1 = 2.6000 nd1 = 1.84666 νd1 = 23.78 r2 = 75.8265 d2 = 0.2052 r3 = 78.8734 d3 = 6.6854 nd2 = 449700 νd2 = 81.54 r4 = −1567.5318 d4 = 0.2000 r5 = 66.2728 d5 = 5.0118 nd3 = 1.69680 νd3 = 55.53 r6 = 235.6712 d6 = (Variable) r7 = 304.4445 d7 = 1.7000 nd4 = 1.77250 νd4 = 49.60 r8 = 16.9298 d8 = 8.3012 r9 = −67.4212 d9 = 1.5000 nd5 = 1.77250 νd5 = 49.60r10 = 58.4741d10 = 4.0559r11 = −33.1641d11 = 1.1790 nd6 = 1.48749 νd6 = 70.23r12 = 123.4460d12 = 4.7343 nd7 = 1.68893 νd7 = 31.07r13 = 32.8044d13 = (Variable)(Aspheric)r14 = −13.3788d14 = 1.3000 nd8 = 1.77250 νd8 = 49.60r15 = −14.1982d15 = 0.9997r16 = ∞ (Stop)d16 = (Variable)r17 = −21.1913d17 = 5.3343 nd9 = 1.49700 νd9 = 81.54(Aspheric) r18 = −53.8005d18 = 0.3147r19 = 53.6050d19 = 1.1010nd10 = 1.80610νd10 = 40.92r20 = 16.0840d20 = 5.1135nd11 = 1.49700νd11 = 81.54r21 = −142.9938d21 = (Variable)r22 = −42.8783d22 = 0.9000nd12 = 1.51633νd12 = 64.14r23 = 13.9697d23 = 3.3288nd13 = 1.84666νd13 = 23.78r24 = 21.2945d24 = (Variable)r25 = 31.1501d25 = 4.3266nd14 = 1.49700νd14 = 81.54(Aspheric)r26 = −23.5905d26 = 0.1500r27 = 911.4978d27 = 4.2792nd15 = 1.61800νd15 = 63.33r28 = −15.3539d28 = 1.0000nd16 = 4.84666νd16 = 23.78r29 = 50.5690d29 = (Variable)r30 = ∞d30 = 16.0000nd17 = 1.51633νd17 = 64.14r31 = ∞d31 = 1.0000r32 = ∞d32 = 2.6000nd18 = 1.5477lνd18 = 62.84r33 = ∞d33 = 1.0000r34 = ∞d34 = 0.7500nd19 = 1.51633νd19 = 64.14r35 = ∞d36 = 1.2400r36 = ∞Aspherical Coefficients13th surface K = 0 A4 = −7.0043 × 10−6 A6 = −5.4249 × 10−9 A8 = 3.0262 × 10−12A10 = 0.000017th surface K = 0 A4 = −1.8414 × 10−5 A6 = −1.4788 × 10−8 A8 = 5.9114 × 10−11A10 = 0.000025th surface K = 0 A4 = −2.1192 × 10−5 A6 = −1.3690 × 10−8 A8 = 1.3573 × 10−10A10 = 0.0000Zooming Data (∞)WSTf (mm)2.80003.50003.5000FNO7.2600123.2999774.74863d61.7154230.1429158.15917d1344.9007212.400342.55088d1619.058598.366330.99888d211.5000012.2120022.72088d248.150116.363825.19171d294.659956.426504.45718

[0194] FIGS. 26 to 50 are aberration diagrams for Examples 1 to 25 upon focused on an object point at infinity. In these diagrams, SA, AS, DT and CC stand for spherical aberrations, astigmatisms, distortions and chromatic aberrations of magnification at the wide-angle end (a), the intermediate state (b) and the telephoto end of the system, respectively, with “FLY” representing an image height.

[0195] Enumerated below the values of conditions (1) to (14) in the respective examples.

2ConditionEx. 1Ex. 2Ex. 3Ex. 4Ex. 5(1)9.3039.5499.7189.6909.615(2)0.02800.02800.0280−0.0019−0.0019(3)5.1045.0975.1725.3025.296(4)−0.331−0.122−0.068−0.171−0.175(5)0.5810.5700.5570.5940.610(6)10.29610.29610.29610.29610.296(7)−0.287−0.288−0.269−0.285−0.281(8)0.0580.1820.1510.068−0.039(9)−0.0100.0850.1590.2350.257(10) 1.6371.3491.4651.7241.691(11) 0.3060.069−0.139−0.618−0.545(12) 2.8462.8462.8912.8462.956(13) 2.8002.8002.8002.8002.800(14) 2.9843.2063.1243.0603.066ConditionEx. 6Ex. 7Ex. 8Ex. 9Ex. 10(1)9.2579.3469.3119.1239.260(2)0.02800.02800.02800.02800.0280(3)5.0965.0735.2025.3735.163(4)−0.366−0.508−0.366−0.750−0.362(5)0.5920.5660.6100.6430.610(6)10.29710.29610.29610.29510.297(7)−0.274−0.297−0.275−0.326−0.257(8)0.0750.2640.0340.5240.143(9)0.0150.0570.1900.315−0.034(10) 1.7442.0591.6682.2801.622(11) 0.223−0.1170.000—0.274(12) 2.8342.7982.7892.4752.848(13) 2.8002.8002.8002.8002.800(14) 2.9402.9823.0032.8393.014ConditionEx. 11Ex. 12Ex. 13Ex. 14Ex. 15(1)9.9789.8879.75410.1429.704(2)0.02800.02800.02800.02800.0280(3)5.4525.3305.1845.3005.219(4)−0.138−0.156−0.052−0.096−0.061(5)0.5910.5760.5470.5020.539(6)10.17810.15810.26510.19110.252(7)−0.255−0.261−0.334−0.315−0.306(8)0.1770.2530.1870.3020.187(9)0.0550.1230.3660.4550.439(10) 1.4781.4951.7111.6851.696(11) −0.078−0.157−0.444−0.454−0.566(12) 2.7842.3342.9542.8183.041(13) 2.8002.8002.8002.8002.800(14) 3.2253.1223.2893.0302.986ConditionEx. 16Ex. 17Ex. 18Ex. 19Ex. 20(1)9.1109.5959.7077.4657.644(2)0.02800.02800.02800.02800.0051(3)4.8275.2895.2963.9273.727(4)−0.075−0.149−0.1530.0900.026(5)0.5420.6030.5890.7040.584(6)10.27310.27210.2726.9966.988(7)−0.286−0.270−0.264−0.294−0.346(8)0.1490.2350.2380.0450.606(9)0.1650.0600.0880.4150.562(10) 1.3761.4701.4811.7841.448(11) −0.139−0.108−0.120—−0.736(12) 2.8342.5252.5253.4543.665(13) 2.8002.8002.8002.0482.029(14) 2.8173.1033.1223.0782.989ConditionEx. 21Ex. 22Ex. 23Ex. 24Ex. 25(1)7.4099.4488.7809.3919.275(2)0.02800.02800.02800.02800.0280(3)3.7365.1914.8845.2705.131(4)0.091−0.337−0.349−0.358−0.333(5)0.6560.5780.5960.6050.585(6)7.00410.29610.29610.29610.296(7)−0.490−0.291−0.281−0.280−0.301(8)−0.1020.0770.0450.0560.054(9)0.5040.0880.0700.102−0.011(10) 1.4041.4951.3861.4671.642(11) −0.6930.4190.3160.3320.287(12) 3.6752.8262.8422.8342.841(13) 2.0052.8002.8002.8002.800(14) 3.0852.9672.7482.9222.938

[0196] It is here noted that the resin layer provided on such lens elements as exemplified above is not in itself regarded as any lens element.

[0197] While various examples corresponding to the respective embodiments of the present invention have been given, it is appreciated that many other modifications thereto may be feasible without departing the scope of the invention described herein.

[0198] For instance, the second lens group G2 in each example may be composed of, in order from its object side, a negative lens element, a negative lens element, a negative lens element, a positive lens element and a positive lens element, as shown in FIG. 10.

[0199] The best arrangement for the third through sixth lens groups G3 through G6 is composed of six lens elements as shown in FIG. 19, or ten lens elements as shown in FIG. 19. Of course, it is noted that the number of lens elements in the rear lens groups, too, may be varied in the scope disclosed herein. For instance, it is possible to replace the positive single lens element on the object side of the fourth lens group G4 shown in FIG. 17 by a doublet lens component obtained by cementing together a positive lens element and a negative lens element; that is, it is possible to construct the third through sixth lens groups with 11 lens elements.

[0200] In what follows, the diagonal length L of the effective image pickup surface and the pixel interval a are now explained. FIG. 51 is illustrative of one exemplary pixel matrix for a given image pickup device. R (red), G (green) and B (blue) pixels are arranged in a mosaic pattern at a pixel interval a. By the term “effective image pickup surface” is intended an area within a photoelectric conversion surface on an image pickup device used for the reproduction of a phototaken image (e.g., for displaying an image on a personal computer or outputting an image to a printer). The effective image pickup surface is set at an area narrower than the overall photoelectric conversion surface of the image pickup device in correspondence to the performance of an optical system (an image circle wherein the performance of the optical system can be assured). The diagonal length L of the effective image pickup surface used herein is understood to mean the diagonal length of this effective image pickup surface. While the image pickup range used for image reproduction may be optionally varied, it is noted that when the zoom lens of the present invention is used for an image pickup device having such functions, there is a change in the diagonal length L of the effective image pickup surface thereof. In such a case, the diagonal length L of the effective image pickup surface according to the present invention is defined by the maximum value in the range allowed for L.

[0201]
FIG. 52 is illustrative of the diagonal length of an effective image pickup surface in the case where a phototaking film is used instead of the image pickup device. When an image is formed on the phototaking film, the effective phototaking area is determined by the aperture of a viewing frame located just in front of the film surface. In this case, too, the shape of the viewing frame may be optionally varied. As in the case of FIG. 51, the diagonal length L of the effective phototaking surface according to the present invention is defined by the maximum value in the range allowed for L.

[0202] The inventive electronic image pickup device as explained above may be applied to phototaking devices wherein object images are formed through a zoom lens and then received on an image pickup device such as a CCD or a silver-salt film, especially digital cameras, video cameras, information processors represented by personal computers, telephone sets, convenient-to-carry portable telephones, etc., as typically explained below.

[0203] How the inventive zoom lens is incorporated in a phototaking optical system 41 of a digital camera is conceptually illustrated in FIGS. 53 through 55. FIG. 53 is a front perspective view of the outside shape of a digital camera 40, and FIG. 54 is a rear perspective view of the same. FIG. 55 is a sectional view illustrative of the construction of the digital camera 40. In this embodiment, the digital camera 40 comprises a phototaking optical system 41 having a phototaking optical path 42, a finder optical system 43 having a finder optical path 44, a shutter 45, a flash 46, a liquid crystal monitor 47, etc. As the shutter 45 attached onto the camera 40 is pressed down, an image is phototaken through the phototaking optical system 41 comprising the inventive zoom lens (roughly illustrated), e.g., the zoom lens system of Example 1. An object image formed through the phototaking optical system 41 is formed on the image pickup surface of a CCD 45 through an optical low-pass filter with an infrared cutting coat applied thereon. The object image received on the CCD 49 is displayed as an electronic image on the liquid crystal monitor 47 attached to the backside of the camera via processing means 51. If this processing means 51 is connected to recording means 52, then it is also possible to record the phototaken electronic image. It is here noted that the recording means 52 may be provided separately from the processing means 51 or, alternatively, may be constructed in such a way that images are written on floppy disks, memory cards, MOs or the like. If a silver-salt film is used instead of the CCD 49, it is then possible to construct a silver-salt camera.

[0204] Further, a finder objective optical system 53 is provided on the finder optical path 44. An object image formed by this finder objective optical system 53 is formed on a viewing frame 57 of an image erection Porro prism 55. In the rear of this Porro prism 55, there is disposed an eyepiece optical system 59 for guiding the erected image to the eyeball E of the observer. It is here noted that cover members 50 are provided on the incident sides of the phototaking optical system 45 and finder objective optical system 53, with a cover member 50 located on the exit side of the eyepiece optical system 59.

[0205] The thus constructed digital camera 40 can be achieved with high performance yet at low cost, because the phototaking optical system 41 is constructed of the inventive zoom lens which has a wide field angle and a high zoom ratio with improved aberrations and is fast with a back focus enough for receiving filters, etc.

[0206] In the FIG. 55 embodiment, plane-parallel plates are used as the cover members 50. However, it is acceptable to use powered lenses instead.

[0207] It is noted that the FIG. 55 embodiment is an example of the digital camera wherein the phototaking optical path 42 is located parallel with the finder optical path 44. If a prism for splitting the finder optical path is provided in association with an image pickup surface of the zoom lens system for the phototaking optical system 41, it is then possible to dispense with the finder objective optical system 53 and Porro prism 55 and, instead, provide a penta prism so as to guide a subject image to the eyeball E of an observer via the phototaking optical system 41.

[0208]
FIG. 56(a) is a conceptual schematic illustrative of an objective optical system for a single-lens reflex camera, in which the inventive zoom lens is incorporated. In this case, too, the zoom lens system of Example 1 is used as an objective optical system 71. An image-formation light beam passing through this objective optical system 71 is split into a phototaking optical path and a finder optical path through a half-silvered mirror prism (a beam splitter or the like) 72. It is here preferable to use a quick-return mirror in place of the half-silvered mirror prism 72, because light quantity losses are avoidable. In the phototaking optical path, there are disposed a filter F such as a low-pass filter or an infrared cut filter and a CCD 73 to form an object image on an image pickup surface of the CCD 73 thorugh the filter F. The finder optical path is provided with a screen mat 74 on a primary image plane formed at a position conjugate to its image pickup surface. This primary image is reflected by a plane mirror 75, and then relayed as a secondary image via a relay optical system 76 where it is erected into an erected image. Finally, the secondary image is guided to the eyeball E of an observer via an eyepiece lens 77.

[0209] In the finder optical path portion shown in FIG. 56(a), the plane mirror 75 and relay optical system 76 may be replaced by a concave mirror prism 78 having positive power, as shown in FIG. 56(b). With this arrangement, it is possible to achieve some reduction in the number of parts and compactness. It is here noted that this concave mirror prism 78 may be composed of an entrance surface having power and an exit surface having power as well as a reflecting surface defined by not only a rotationally symmetric surface (such as a spherical or aspheric surface) but also a non-rotationally symmetric surface such as an anamorphic or free surface. By using a silver-salt film in place of the CCD 73, it is possible to obtain a silver-salt camera with the silver-salt film loaded therein.

[0210] FIGS. 57 to 59 are illustrative of a personal computer that is one exemplary information processor in which the inventive zoom lens is incorporated as an objective optical system. FIG. 57 is a front perspective view of an uncovered personal computer 300, FIG. 58 is a sectional view of a phototaking optical system 303 in the personal computer 300, and FIG. 59 is a side view of the FIG. 57 state. As can be seen from FIGS. 57 to 59, the personal computer 300 comprises a keyboard 301 via which an operator enters information therein from outside, information processing and recording means (not shown), a monitor 302 for displaying information to the operator and a phototakig optical system 303 for phototaking the image of the operator and the images of objects therearound. The monitor 302 used may be any one of a transmission type liquid crystal display device designed to be illuminated from its backside by a backlight (not shown), a reflection type liquid crystal display device wherein images are displayed by reflecting incoming light, a CRT display, and so on. As shown, the phototaking optical system 302 is built in the right upper portion of the monitor 302. However, it is noted that this phototaking optical system 302 may be located everywhere around the monitor 302 or the keyboard 301.

[0211] This phototaking optical system 303 comprises on a phototaking optical path 304 an objective lens 112 formed of the inventive zoom lens (roughly illustrated) and an image pickup device chip 162 for receiving an image. These are built in the personal computer 300.

[0212] An optical low-pass filter is additionally applied onto the image pickup device chip 162 to form a monolithic image pickup unit 160, which can be fitted in the rear end of a barrel 113 of the objective lens 112 in one-touch simple operation. Thus, any center or surface alignment of the objective lens 112 and image pickup device chip 162 can be dispensed with, so that these can be easily assembled together. It is noted that the barrel 113 is provided at the end with a cover glass 114 for protection of the objective lens 112 and the driving mechanism for the zoom lens in the barrel 113 is not shown.

[0213] An object image received on the image pickup device chip 162 is entered in the processing means of the personal computer 300 through a terminal 166, so that it is displayed as an electronic image on the monitor 302. As an example, an image 305 phototaken of the operator is depicted. It is also possible to display this image 305 on a remote display located on the other end of the computer via the processing means and via the Internet or a telephone.

[0214] FIGS. 60(a), 60(b) and 60(c) are illustrative of a telephone, especially a convenient-to-carry portable telephone that is one exemplary information processor in which the inventive zoom lens is incorporated as a phototaking optical system. FIG. 60(a) is a front view of a portable telephone 400, FIG. 60(b) is a side view thereof, and FIG. 60(c) is a sectional view of a phototaking optical system 405. As shown in FIGS. 60(a) to 60(c), the portable telephone 400 comprises a microphone portion 401 for entering operator's voice therein as information, a speaker portion 402 for producing the voice of an operator at the other end, an input dial 403 for allowing an operator to enter information therein, a monitor 404 for displaying the image of the operator or the image of the operator at the other end and information such as telephone numbers and processing means (not shown) for processing image information, communication information, input signals and so on. The monitor 404 used herein is a liquid crystal display device. It is noted that the positions where these parts are mounted are not limited to those illustrated. This phototaking optical system 405 comprises an objective lens 112 formed of the inventive zoom lens (roughly shown) disposed on a phototaking optical path 407 and an image pickup device chip 162 for receiving an object image. These are all built in the portable telephone 400.

[0215] An optical low-pass filter is additionally applied onto the image pickup device chip 162 to form a monolithic image pickup unit 160, which can be fitted in the rear end of a barrel 113 of the objective lens 112 in one-touch simple operation. Thus, any center or surface alignment of the objective lens 112 and image pickup device chip 162 can be dispensed with, so that these can be easily assembled together. It is noted that the barrel 113 is provided at the end with a cover glass 114 for protection of the objective lens 112 and the driving mechanism for the zoom lens in the barrel 113 is not shown.

[0216] An object image received on the image pickup device chip 162 is entered in the processing means (not shown) through a terminal 166, so that it is displayed as an electronic image on the monitor 402 and/or a monitor at the other end. As an example, an image 305 phototaken of the operator is depicted. To transmit images to the operator at the other end, the processing means includes a signal processing function of converting information on the object image received on the image pickup device chip 162 to transmittable signals.

[0217] As can be appreciated from the foregoing, the present invention can provide a wide-angle, high-zoom-ratio zoom lens system which is used for cameras having a small effective image pickup surface size such as a digital camera and compatible with TTL optical finders having a diagonal field angle of at least 70° at wide-angle ends and about 7 to 10 magnifications, and is fast as well, as expressed by an F-number of about 2.0 to 2.8 at the wide-angle end.

Claims

1. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups, wherein a focal length f1 of said first lens group and anomalous dispersion ΔθgF of at least one positive lens element in said first lens group satisfy the following conditions:
2. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to an amount of movement Δz1 of said first lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement Δz2 of said second lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
3. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to an amount of movement Δz1 of said first lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement Δz2 of said second lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
4. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups, wherein said first lens group moves toward said image side in a convex reciprocation locus and an amount of movement Δz1WM of said first lens group from a wide angle end to an intermediate focal length of said zoom lens system, given by fM(={square root}{square root over ( )}(fw·fT)), is positive where fW is a composite focal length of said zoom lens system when focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity and fT is a composite focal length of said zoom lens system when focused at said telephoto end on an object point at infinity, with the proviso that the movement of said first lens group lens toward said image side is assumed to be positive.
5. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to an amount of movement Δz1 of said first lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement Δz2 of said second lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
6. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups, wherein the following conditions are satisfied with respect to an amount of movement Δz1 of said first lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement Δz2 of said second lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
7. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein the following conditions are satisfied with respect to a ratio Δβ2 (=β2T/β2W) where β2W and β2T are magnifications of said second lens group at said wide-angle end and said telephoto end, respectively, when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and a zoom ratio y from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end of said zoom lens system:
8. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to a composite magnification βrW of said rear lens group when said zoom lens system is focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity:
9. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein all said movable subgroups in said rear lens group have each at least one doublet component and the following condition is satisfied with respect to a composite magnification βrW of said rear lens group when said zoom lens system is focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity:
10. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein focusing is effected by any one of subgroups located nearer to an image side of said rear lens group than a positive subgroup of subgroups having negative magnification, said positive subgroup located nearest to an object side of said rear lens group, and the following condition is satisfied with respect to a magnification βRRW of said positive subgroup located nearest to the image side of said rear lens group when said zoom lens system is focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity:
11. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein the following conditions are satisfied with respect to an amount of movement ΔzRF of a subgroup of said subgroups in said rear lens group, said subgroup having positive refracting power and located nearest to an object side of said rear lens group, from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement ΔzRR of a positive subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
12. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein said rear lens group comprises a subgroup having positive refracting power and negative magnification and a positive subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group which vary in relative positions thereof during zooming, said two positive subgroups have each at least one doublet component, at least one aspheric surface and at least one lens element formed of a vitreous material with ν>80 where ν is an Abbe constant.
13. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein a subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group has negative refracting power.
14. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein a subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group comprises one negative lens component.
15. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein a subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group remains always fixed in the vicinity of an aperture stop and comprises one negative lens component.
16. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein a focal length f1 of said first lens group satisfies the following condition:
17. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein a focal length f1 of said first lens group and anomalous dispersion ΔθgF of at least one positive lens element in said first lens group satisfy the following conditions:
18. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to an amount of movement Δz1 of said first lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement Δz2 of said second lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
19. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to an amount of movement Δz1 of said first lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement Δz2 of said second lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
20. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein said first lens group moves toward said image side in a convex reciprocation locus and an amount of movement Δz1WM of said first lens group from a wide angle end to an intermediate focal length of said zoom lens system, given by fM(={square root}{square root over ( )}(fW·fT)) where fW is a composite focal length of said zoom lens system when focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity and fT is a composite focal length of said zoom lens system when focused at said telephoto end on an object point at infinity, with the proviso that the movement of said first lens group lens toward said image side is assumed to be positive.
21. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein said first lens group moves toward said image side in a convex reciprocation locus and the following condition is satisfied with respect to an amount of movement Δz1 of said first lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement Δz2 of said second lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
22. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power, and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein said first lens group moves toward said image side in a convex reciprocation locus and the following conditions are satisfied with respect to an amount of movement Δz1 of said first lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement Δz2 of said second lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
23. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, and has negative refracting power and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein said second lens group comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and the following conditions are satisfied with respect to a ratio Δβ2 (=β2T/β2W) where β2W and β2T are magnifications of said second lens group at said wide-angle end and said telephoto end, respectively, when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and a zoom ratio γ from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end of said zoom lens system:
24. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to a composite magnification βrW of said rear lens groups when said zoom lens system is focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity:
25. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein all said movable subgroups in said rear lens group have each at least one doublet component and the following condition is satisfied with respect to a composite magnification βrW of said rear lens group when said zoom lens system is focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity:
26. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and at least two rear lens groups which are located subsequent to said second lens group and have a spacing variable during zooming, wherein focusing is effected by any one of subgroups located nearer to an image side of said rear lens group than a positive subgroup of subgroups having negative magnification, said positive subgroup located nearest to an object side of said rear lens group, and the following condition is satisfied with respect to a magnification βRRW of said positive subgroup located nearest to the image side of said rear lens group when said zoom lens system is focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity:
27. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, has negative refracting power and comprises at least three negative lens elements while a positive lens element is located nearest to said image side, or three negative lens elements located nearest to said object side while a positive lens element is located on said image side or a negative lens element while two positive lens elements are located nearest to said image side, with any one of surfaces in said second lens group being defined by an aspheric surface, and a rear lens group having at least two movable subgroups and comprising a total of 6 to 11 lens elements inclusive, wherein the following conditions are satisfied with respect to an amount of movement ΔzRF of a subgroup of said subgroups in said rear lens group, said subgroup having positive refracting power and located nearest to an object side of said rear lens group, from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity and an amount of movement ΔzRR of a positive subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
28. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and a rear lens group having a plurality of subgroups, wherein said rear lens group comprises a subgroup having positive refracting power and negative magnification and a positive subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group, said two positive subgroups varying in relative positions thereof during zooming with a negative subgroup located therebetween, and having each at least one doublet component, at least one aspheric surface and at least one lens element formed of a vitreous material with ν>80 (ν is an Abbe constant).
29. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system and has positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and has negative refracting power and a rear lens group having a plurality of subgroups, wherein the following conditions are satisfied with respect to an amount of movement ΔzRF of a subgroup in said rear lens group from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity, said subgroup having positive refracting power and negative magnification and located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group and an amount of movement ΔzRR of a positive subgroup located nearest to an image side of said rear lens group when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity, said rear lens group has between said two positive subgroups a negative subgroup varying in a position relative thereto during zooming, and the following condition is satisfied with respect to an amount of movement ΔzRN of said negative subgroup from said wide-angle end to said telephoto end when said zoom lens system is focused on an object point at infinity:
30. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and having positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and having negative refracting power and a rear lens group which is located subsequent to said second lens group and at least three spacings variable during zooming, wherein a subgroup located nearest to an object side of said rear lens group has negative refracting power.
31. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and having positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and having negative refracting power and a rear lens group which is located subsequent to said second lens group and at least three spacings variable during zooming, wherein a subgroup located nearest to an object side of said rear lens group comprises one negative lens component.
32. A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side thereof, a first lens group which is movable along an optical axis of said zoom lens system during zooming and having positive refracting power, a second lens group which moves toward an image side of said zoom lens system along said optical axis during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lens system and having negative refracting power and a rear lens group which is located subsequent to said second lens group and at least three spacings variable during zooming, wherein a subgroup located nearest to an object side of said rear lens group remains always fixed in the vicinity of an aperture stop and comprises one negative lens component.
33. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, wherein said subgroup located nearest to said object side of said rear lens group has negative magnification.
34. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, which comprises a zoom zone including a field angle 2ω=70° at which phototaking is possible.
35. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to a back focus FBW (as calculated on an air basis) of said zoom lens system when focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity:
36. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to a minimum F-number FW of said zoom lens system when focused at said wide-angle end on an object point at infinity:
37. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, wherein the following condition is satisfied with respect to an entrance pupil position ENP of said zoom lens system at said wide-angle end:
38. The zoom lens system according to claim 1, which is used as an image-formation optical system for a phototaking system (a camera, a video movie, etc.) having an image pickup device having a pixel interval a given by
39. An image pickup system comprising an image pickup device located in the vicinity of an image-formation plane of a zoom lens system as recited in any one of claims 1 to 32.
40. The image pickup system according to claim 40, wherein an electronic image pickup device is used as said image pickup device and a low-pass filter is located between said zoom lens system and said electronic image pickup device.
41. The image pickup system according to claim 40, wherein between said zoom lens system and said electronic image pickup device there is located an optical element for splitting an observation optical path.

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2000-250577	Aug 2000	JP

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