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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2021
Tamron Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Hisayuki Yamanaka, Saitama, JP;
TAMRON CO., LTD., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group having positive refractive power, in which distances between the respective lens groups are changed to change magnification, the first lens group consists of one single lens having spherical surfaces on both sides, the single lens is a positive meniscus lens having a convex shape toward the object side, at a time of magnification change from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the second lens group moves along a path convex toward the image side, and a predetermined conditional expression is satisfied, and an imaging apparatus including the zoom lens.