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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Etsuro Kawakami, Akishima, JP;
Yasuyuki Tejima, Tokorozawa, JP;
Etsuro Kawakami, Akishima, JP;
Yasuyuki Tejima, Tokorozawa, JP;
Casio Computer Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens includes a first lens group having positive or negative refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. A variable power is set such that the first and fourth lens group are left fixed, the second lens group is made to move from a magnifying side to a contracting side over a range from a wide angle end to an intermediate area and is made to move on an optical axis from the contracting side to the magnifying side over a range from the intermediate area to a telephoto end, and the third lens group is made to move on the optical axis from the contracting side to the magnifying side over a range from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.