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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Tamron Co., Ltd., Saitama-shi, JP;
Yasuhiko Obikane, Saitama, JP;
Tamron Co., Ltd., Saitama-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens includes a first lens group having positive refracting power, a second lens group having negative refracting power, a third lens group having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group having negative refracting power and a fifth lens group having negative refracting power in order from an object side, in which the lens groups move in magnification change from a wide angle end to a telephoto end such that a gap between the first lens group and the second lens group increases and a gap between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases, a negative lens group disposed closer to an image focusing side than a diaphragm among all lens groups is set as a focusing lens group, and the focusing lens group moves toward the image focusing side at focusing from infinity to a close object, the zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression.