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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
Mitsuhiro Suzaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Nanjo, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuo Minato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Arita, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Suzaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Nanjo, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuo Minato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Arita, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
There is provided a zoom lens having, in an order of an object-to-image direction, a first lens group having a positive refractive power and fixed with respect to an image plane; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power and fixed with respect to an optical axis direction; a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power and fixed with respect to the optical axis direction. The fifth lens group is composed of a fifth-a lens group having a negative refractive power; a fifth-b lens group having a positive refractive power; and a fifth-c lens group having a positive refractive power, arranged in the order of the object-to-image direction.