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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1989
Toshihiko Ueda, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A wide angle lens system having, from the object side, a first lens of a negative refractive power, a second lens of a positive meniscus lens, a third lens of a negative meniscus lens, a fourth lens of a positive meniscus lens, a diaphragm, a fifth lens being symmetrical with the fourth lens with respect to the diaphragm, a sixth lens being symmetrical with the third lens with respect to the diaphragm, a seventh lens being symmetrical with the second lens with respect to the diaphragm, and a eighth lens being symmetrical with the first lens. Each of the first and eighth lenses may have an aspherical surface in rotation symmetry with each other with respect to the diaphragm. Also, some of the lenses may be made of synthetic resin.