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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoya Koga, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/173 (2013.01);
Abstract
A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive intermediate lens group, and a negative image-side lens group. Upon zooming from the short to long focal length extremities, a distance between the first and second lens groups increases, and a distance between the second and intermediate lens groups decreases. The image-side lens group consists of two lens elements. The following conditions are satisfied:−6.0<f1/f2<−4.3,−5.4<f1/fIMG<−3.9, and0.3<D2/fw<3.0,