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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Mitsuaki Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuaki Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Including, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive power; a second lens group having negative power; and a third lens group having positive power, each distance between respective lens groups varying upon zooming; the third lens group including, in order from the object side, a first sub-group having positive power, a second sub-group having positive power, a third sub-group having negative power, and a fourth sub-group having positive power, the first sub-group being movable along an optical axis for focusing, the third sub-group being movable in a direction including a component perpendicular to the optical axis, thereby correcting an image blur, and a given condition being satisfied, thereby providing a compact zoom lens having high optical performance with disposing a focusing lens and a vibration reduction lens in the same lens group, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the zoom lens.