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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sota Miyatani, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Yonemoto, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Omichi, Tokyo, JP;
Atsuo Minato, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens includes, from the object side, a positionally-fixed first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power and movable in an optical axis direction for zooming, a third lens group having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group movable in the optical axis direction. The first lens group includes a negative lens, a positive lens and another positive lens disposed in order from the object side and satisfies15.0<<31.0  (1)7.0<1/<13.0  (2)−8.5<1/<−4.0  (3)where fw and ft are the focal lengths of the entire lens system in a wide angle end state and a telephoto end state, respectively, f1 is the focal length of the first lens group, and fL1 is the focal length of the negative lens of the first lens group.