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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Toshinori Take, Tokyo, JP;
Daisaku Arai, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Toshinori Take, Tokyo, JP;
Daisaku Arai, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The common zoom optical system is provided that is almost commonly used in a plurality of zoom lenses as a component and that is capable of suppressing fluctuation in aberrations and deviation in the position of the image plane, wherein the common zoom optical system is almost commonly used in a plurality of zoom lenses as a component, and when zooming from a wide-angle end state of a plurality of the zoom lenses composed by use of the common zoom optical system to a telephoto end state thereof, a moving path of the common zoom optical system differs for each zoom lens.