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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2012
Keiki Yoshitsugu, Hyogo, JP;
Takakazu Bito, Osaka, JP;
Keiki Yoshitsugu, Hyogo, JP;
Takakazu Bito, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens system has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a negative first lens unit being composed of two lens elements; a positive second lens unit; and a positive third lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit during image taking, the individual lens units are moved along an optical axis such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases, so that magnification change is achieved, and wherein on the image side relative to the second lens unit, an aperture diaphragm is arranged that moves along the optical axis integrally with the second lens unit during zooming.