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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1990
Hitoshi Mukaiya, Saitama, JP;
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Hamano, Kanagawa, JP;
Muneharu Sugiura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihisa Horiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens comprising, from front to rear, a first group of positive power for focusing, a second group of negative power for varying the image magnification, a third group of negative power for compensating for the image shift, a fourth lens group of positive power in the form of a bi-convex lens whose rear surface is stronger in curvature than the front surface, a stop, and an image forming fifth group, the fifth groug being divided into two parts of which the front part comprises a bi-convex first lens, a negative second lens having a concave front surface and a positive third lens of stronger front curvature and the rear part comprises a negative fourth lens having a concave rear surface, a bi-convex fifth lens and a positive sixth lens of stronger front curvature, and the zoom lens satisfying the following conditions: