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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2008
Applicants:
Masahito Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Satori, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masahito Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Satori, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic imaging apparatus comprises a zoom lens including at least two lens groups and adapted to implement zooming by changing the spacing between the respective lens groups, and an electronic imaging device. The zoom lens includes at least one positive lens on an imaging device side with respect to an aperture stop, and satisfies the following conditions (1), (2) and (3).|α−α|>8  (1)1.0×10<4.0×10  (2)4<<50  (3).