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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
May. 25, 2004
Keiichi Kuba, Koganei, JP;
Keiichi Kuba, Koganei, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical path bending optical system includes, in order from the object side, a first lens unit, a second lens unit with negative power, and at least one lens unit with positive power. When the magnification of the optical system is changed in the range from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position, the lens unit with positive power is moved along the optical axis. The first lens unit is constructed with a prism including a reflecting surface for bending the optical path, an entrance surface, and an exit surface, and has negative power. The entrance surface of the prism is configured as a curved surface with negative power which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the optical axis.