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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2023
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Umeda, Fujisawa, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object along an optical axis: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; a second lens group having a positive refractive power; a third lens group having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens group; and a fifth lens group. When the zoom lens performs varying magnification, the distance between the first and second lens groups changes, the distance between the second and third lens groups changes, the distance between the third and fourth lens groups changes, the distance between the fourth and fifth lens groups changes, the second and fourth lens groups move along the same trajectory along the optical axis, and at least the third lens group moves along the optical axis.