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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Tetsuo Nagata, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuo Nagata, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B015/15 ; G02B015/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A zoom optical system includes only one optical-element group moved in a magnification change and at least one deformable mirror having a compensating function for compensating for a shift of an image surface caused by the magnification change and a focusing function. According to this configuration of the zoom optical system, it is possible to attain a zoom optical system and an imaging apparatus using the zoom optical system that have as small a number of movable lenses as possible, are very small in size, and work with an extremely low power consumption and low operation noise.