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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Amanai, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Otsu, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Fujikura, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens includes in order from an object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, a third lens group having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and at the time of zooming, the first lens group is fixed, the second lens group moves, the third lens group moves, and the fourth lens group is fixed. The first lens group includes in order from the object side, a negative lens, a reflecting optical element, and a positive lens. The second lens group includes in order from the object side, an aperture stop, a positive lens, a cemented lens having a negative refractive power, and a positive lens. The cemented lens includes a positive lens and a negative lens.