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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2003
Kaori Kojima, Kobe, JP;
Kaori Kojima, Kobe, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A taking lens apparatus has a zoom lens system that forms an optical image of an object at a variable magnification and that includes an aperture stop in the optical path, and an image sensor that has a light-receiving surface that converts the optical image into an electrical image signal and outputs it. The zoom lens system includes an optical member having a reflective surface that reflects a light beam in such a way that the optical axis is bent at substantially 90°. Moreover, prescribed conditions are fulfilled among the focal length of the entire zoom lens system at the wide-angle end, at the telephoto end, the axial distance from the image plane to the exit pupil at the wide-angle end, and the axial distance from the image-side surface of the most image-side lens element to the image plane.