Patent ID: 9069158
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A variable magnification optical system substantially consisting of: a first lens group having positive refractive power, and which is fixed during magnification change; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power; a fourth lens group having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens group having positive refractive power, and which is fixed during magnification change, which are in this order from an object side, wherein the second lens group, the third lens group and the fourth lens group move when magnification is changed from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and wherein the first lens group consists of a 1f-th lens group having negative refractive power, a 1m-th lens group having positive refractive power and a 1r-th lens group consisting of a 1r1-th lens having positive refractive power with a strong convex surface facing the object side, a biconvex 1r2-th lens and a convex meniscus 1r3-th lens with a convex surface facing the object side, and the 1r-th lens group having positive refractive power as a whole, which are in this order from the object side, and the 1f-th lens group consists of a concave meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a negative lens, which are in this order from the object side.