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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2008
Applicant:
Mitsuaki Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuaki Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Providing a close-up lens with superb optical performance capable of focusing from infinity to a close distance allowing a life-size magnification by an internal focusing system with small moving amounts of focusing lens groups, an imaging apparatus, and a method for focusing a close-up lens. The close-up lens includes four lens groups, and is able to focus an object with an imaging magnification from β=0 through at least β=−0.5, wherein upon focusing, a first lens group and a fourth lens group are fixed with respect to an image plane, and a second lens group and a third lens group are moved along an optical axis.