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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1991
Shingo Kashima, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to an eyepiece that has an improved image surface flatness even at a wider field angle, is well corrected for various aberrations inclusive chromatic aberration of pupil and is usable with inexpensive microscopes (esp., stereoscopic ones). The eyepiece of the invention is an eyepiece including at least three lens components comprising a cemented lens component consisting positive and negative lens elements and a lens component having a negative refractive power in its entirety, characterized in that the lens component other than the lens components proximate to the object and eye sides is provided with a plastic lens element or elements having at least one aspherical surface.