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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2007
Takayuki Sensui, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Sensui, Tokyo, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Providing a zoom lens system capable of obtaining higher optical performance, an imaging apparatus, and a method for varying a focal length of the zoom lens system. The system includes, in order from an object: a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, each lens group moves along an optical axis such that a distance between the first and second lens groups decreases, a distance between the second and third lens groups increases, and the distance between the third and fourth lens groups decreases; and the first lens group includes a negative lens, at least one lens in the negative lens includes an aspherical surface, and the negative lens satisfies given conditionals.