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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2010
Tsuneo Uchida, Chiba, JP;
Nobuyuki Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuneo Uchida, Chiba, JP;
Nobuyuki Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system of the present invention, in order from an object side to an image side, includes, a first lens unit Ghaving positive optical power, a second lens unit Ghaving negative optical power, a third lens unit Ghaving negative optical power, and a fourth lens unit G. Further, condition: 1.88<ndis satisfied (where, ndis an average refractive index of a lens element (a portion excluding a resin layer in the case of a hybrid lens) included in the second lens unit G).