JPH07199071A - Zoom lens - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a zoom lens having four lens groups as a whole and utilizing a rear focus system having high variable power ratio and high optical performance over the entire variable power range. CONSTITUTION:This zoom lens has a 1st lens group having positive refractive power, a 2nd lens group having negative refractive power, a 3rd lens group having positive refractive power and a 4th lens group having positive refractive power in order from an object side; and also has a diaphragm in or near the 3rd lens group. The 1st and the 3rd lens groups are fixed and the 2nd lens group is moved in one direction so as to vary power. The 4th lens group is non-linearly moved to correct the fluctuation of an image surface associated with the variable power and is moved to the object side so that focusing may be performed from an infinite object to a closest object, and the focal distances of the respective lens groups are appropriately set.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a zoom lens, and more particularly to a zoom lens which is suitable for still cameras, video cameras, broadcast TV cameras and the like and which employs a rear focus system having a high zoom ratio and a large aperture ratio. .

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2. Description of the Related Art There is a so-called four-group zoom lens as a zoom lens having a relatively high zoom ratio and a large aperture ratio, which has been conventionally used in still cameras, video cameras and the like. This 4
The group zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group for focusing, a second lens group for zooming, a third lens group for correcting image plane variation due to zooming, and a focal length of the entire system. It is composed of a fourth lens group for balancing aberration correction.
The four-group zoom lens has a configuration in which two lens groups for zooming and one lens group for focusing are moved, which is a total of three lens groups. Therefore, the lens barrel tends to be relatively complicated. Further, when focusing on a short-distance object, the diameter of the front lens tends to increase if an attempt is made to secure a sufficient off-axis light flux because the first lens group is extended toward the object side.

For this reason, various zoom lenses using a so-called rear focus system in which a lens unit other than the first lens unit is moved for focusing have been proposed.

For example, in US Pat. No. 4,364,642,
Focusing is performed by moving the third lens group in the 4-group zoom lens. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,460,251, the second lens group and the third lens group are integrally moved in the same four-group zoom lens for focusing. Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 58-136012 proposes a zoom lens in which the variable power portion is composed of three or more lens groups, and a part of these lens groups is moved for focusing. However, although the diameter of the front lens of each of these zoom lenses is small, the movement locus of the focusing lens group greatly changes between an object at infinity and an object at a short distance, so an extra space is secured in advance in the lens system. It must be kept, and the total lens length tends to increase.

In addition, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-63314, the fourth lens group of the four-group zoom lens is divided into two lens groups, and one of the lens groups is moved to perform focusing. However, this zoom lens has a total of 3
Since the two lens groups had to be moved, the lens barrel tended to be complicated.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a zoom lens using a rear focus system having a high zoom ratio and a large aperture ratio and having a simple structure for downsizing the entire lens system.

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A zoom lens according to the present invention comprises a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power in order from the object side. And having four lens groups of the fourth lens group of positive refractive power,
A diaphragm is provided in or near the third lens group, the first and third lens groups are fixed, the second lens group is moved in one direction to perform zooming, and the fourth lens The group is moved non-linearly so as to correct the image plane variation due to zooming, and the fourth lens group is moved to the object side to focus from an object at infinity to a close object, and the i-th lens When the focal length of the group is fi and the focal length at the wide-angle end of the entire system is fw 0.7 <| f2 / fw | <2.1 (1) 1.2 <f4 / fw < 4.0 (2) 1.2 <| f4 / f2 | <3.6 (3) 0.72 <f1 / f3 <2.9 -(4) 1.8 <f3 / fw <4.2 ... (5) is satisfied.

Besides, the features of the present invention are described in the embodiments.

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EXAMPLE FIG. 19 is a schematic view showing the basic arrangement of an optical system according to an example of the present invention. In the figure, I is the first of the positive refractive power
A lens group, II is a second lens group having a negative refractive power, III is a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and IV is a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power. The zooming is performed by moving the second and fourth lens groups in the directions of the arrows.

Of these, the second lens group mainly performs zooming, and the fourth lens group corrects the image plane variation due to zooming. At this time, the fourth lens group is moved non-linearly so as to have a convex locus on the object side as shown in FIG. Then, the fourth lens group is further moved to the object side to focus from an object at infinity to a close object. In addition, the first
The third lens group is fixed during zooming and focusing.

In this embodiment, the second lens group having negative refractive power, which is arranged between the first lens group having positive refractive power and the third lens group corresponding to the relay lens group, is moved in one direction. Thus, zooming is efficiently performed together with the image formation of the first and third lens groups. Then, at the time of zooming, the fourth lens group is moved non-linearly to the third lens group side as shown in the figure to correct the image plane variation, and at the same time, the space between the third lens group and the fourth lens group. We are trying to reduce the total lens length by making effective use of.

In FIG. 19, a curved line L2 shows a moving locus of an object at infinity, and a curved line L3 shows a moving locus of the fourth lens group with zooming when the object is a close object.

In the present embodiment, the first lens group is not fixed at the time of focusing, but is always fixed to prevent an increase in the lens diameter caused by moving the lens forward. When focusing, the fourth lens group, which is a part of the variable power system, is moved instead of the first lens group, thereby reducing the number of movable lens groups as a whole and simplifying the mechanism and the entire lens system. The miniaturization of That is, while making the fourth lens group have both the function of varying the magnification and the function of focusing and moving the space between the third lens group and the fourth lens group, the effective use of the space in the lens system is achieved. The overall lens length is being shortened.

It should be noted that the first and third lens groups are used to adjust paraxial quantities such as the focal length, angle of view, and back focus of the entire system, and aberration fluctuations due to the movable lens group are well corrected. Further, in this embodiment, the diaphragm is arranged in the third lens group or in the vicinity thereof so as to reduce the fluctuation of aberration due to the movable lens group, and to balance the lens diameters of the first lens group and the fourth lens group together. Good to maintain well.

Next, the technical meanings of the above conditional expressions will be described.

Conditional expression (1) relates to the refracting power of the second lens group. If the refracting power of the second lens group becomes stronger beyond the lower limit, it is desirable for downsizing the lens system, but the Petzval sum is negative. And the field curvature becomes larger. When the refractive power of the second lens group becomes weaker than the upper limit, the aberration variation due to zooming decreases, but the amount of movement for obtaining a predetermined zoom ratio must be increased and the total lens length becomes long. Is coming.

Conditional expression (2) relates to the refracting power of the fourth lens group. If the lower limit value is exceeded and the refracting power of the fourth lens group becomes strong, axial spherical aberration on the wide-angle side is insufficiently corrected, and the total magnification change is achieved. A lot of outward coma is generated over the range. If the upper limit is exceeded and the refracting power of the fourth lens unit becomes weak, the amount of movement associated with zooming increases, the total lens length increases, and aberration variation during focusing increases.

Conditional expression (3) relates to the refractive power ratio between the second lens group and the fourth lens group, and when the lower limit is exceeded and the refractive power of the fourth lens group becomes too strong, fluctuations in aberration during zooming will occur. It becomes difficult to correct well, and conversely, if the upper limit value is exceeded and the refracting power of the fourth lens group becomes too weak, the amount of movement increases, and the back focus becomes longer than necessary. It is not preferable because the total optical length to the surface becomes too long.

Conditional expression (4) relates to the refractive power ratio between the first lens group and the third lens group, and if the refractive power of the first lens group becomes too strong beyond the lower limit value, the axial aberration on the telephoto side is corrected. If the refractive power of the first lens group becomes too weak when the upper limit is exceeded and the refractive power of the first lens group becomes too weak, the distance between the first lens group and the third lens group becomes too wider than the movement amount of the second lens group, which is unnecessary. This is not preferable because it creates a space.

Conditional expression (5) relates to the refracting power of the third lens group. If the lower limit value is exceeded and the refracting power of the third lens group becomes strong, spherical aberration on the wide angle side tends to be undercorrected, and further, the fourth lens group. It is necessary to weaken the refracting power of the first lens group and the moving amount of the fourth lens group increases accordingly. If the upper limit is exceeded and the refractive power of the third lens group becomes too weak, spherical aberration on the wide-angle side tends to be overcorrected, which is not preferable.

The zoom lens which is the object of the present invention is achieved by the above-mentioned constitution, and further, in terms of aberration correction, it is preferable that the first lens group includes at least two positive lenses.
One negative lens, at least one positive lens and two negative lenses for the second lens group, at least one positive lens and one negative lens for the third lens group, and at least one fourth lens group for each It is configured to have a positive lens and a negative lens.

Thereby, the chromatic aberration in each lens group is corrected well, the spherical aberration on the telephoto side in the first lens group and the astigmatism and the distortion aberration on the wide angle side in the second lens group are excellent. Has been corrected to.

Next, numerical examples of the present invention will be shown. In the numerical example, Ri is the radius of curvature of the i-th lens surface in order from the object side, Di is the i-th lens thickness and air gap from the object side, and Ni and vi are the i-th lens in order from the object side, respectively. Is the refractive index and Abbe number of the glass. Table 1 shows the focal length of each lens group in each numerical example.

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According to the present invention, the rear focus system achieves excellent aberration correction while achieving downsizing of the entire lens system having a high zoom ratio of about 6 and an F number of about 1.2 and a large aperture ratio. It is possible to achieve a zoom lens utilizing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a lens cross-sectional view of Numerical Example 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing various aberrations of Numerical Example 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a lens cross-sectional view of Numerical Example 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of various types of aberration in Numerical example 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a lens sectional view of Numerical Example 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing various types of aberration in Numerical Example 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a lens cross-sectional view of Numerical Example 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing various types of aberration in Numerical Example 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a lens cross-sectional view of Numerical Example 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram of various types of aberration in Numerical example 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a lens cross-sectional view of Numerical Example 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing various types of aberration in Numerical Example 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a lens cross-sectional view of Numerical Example 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram of various types of aberration in Numerical example 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a lens cross-sectional view of Numerical Example 8 of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram of various types of aberration of Numerical Example 8 of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a lens cross-sectional view of Numerical Example 9 of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram of various types of aberration of Numerical Example 9 of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of a basic configuration of an optical system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 d d line g g line M meridional image surface S sagittal image surface I First lens group II Second lens group III Third lens group IV Fourth lens group

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A first lens unit having a positive refracting power, a second lens unit having a negative refracting power, a third lens unit having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refracting power, in order from the object side. It has four lens groups, and has a diaphragm in or near the third lens group. The first and third lens groups are fixed, and the second lens group is moved in one direction to change. The fourth lens group is moved non-linearly so as to correct the image plane variation due to the magnification change, and the fourth lens group is moved to the object side to combine an object at infinity with a close object. When focusing is performed and the focal length of the i-th lens unit is fi and the focal length at the wide-angle end of the entire system is fw 0.7 <| f2 / fw | <2.1 1.2 <f4 / fw <4 .0 1.2 <| f4 / f2 | <3.6 0.72 <f1 / f3 <2.9 1.8 <f3 / fw <4 Zoom lens satisfies the 2 following condition. 2. The first lens group has at least two positive lenses and one negative lens, and the second lens group has at least one positive lens and two negative lenses, The zoom lens according to claim 1, wherein the third lens group has at least one positive lens and a negative lens, and the fourth lens group has at least one positive lens and a negative lens. lens.