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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2010
Yuki Kubota, Hachioji, JP;
Masato Miyata, Machida, JP;
Nobumasa Kanbayashi, Suwa, JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens system includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit Ghaving a positive refracting power, a second lens unit Ghaving a negative refracting power, a third lens unit Ghaving a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens unit Ghaving a positive refracting power. At the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, distances between the lens units change. The third lens unit includes a first cemented lens component having a concave image-side surface on the image side, and a second cemented lens component having a concave object-side surface on the object side, which is disposed immediately after the image side of the first cemented lens component. The first cemented lens component includes a positive lens, and a negative lens having a concave image-side surface which is disposed on the image side of the positive lens. The second cemented lens component includes a negative lens having a concave object-side surface on the object side, and a positive lens which is disposed on the image side of the negative lens.