Patent Publication Number: US-9904033-B2

Title: Wide-angle lens

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This is the U.S. national stage of application No. PCT/JP2014/070499, filed on Aug. 4, 2014. Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 35 U.S.C. § 365(b) is claimed from Japanese Applications No. 2013-166339, filed Aug. 9, 2013, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a wide-angle lens which is used in various image pickup systems. 
     BACKGROUND 
     A wide angle and a high resolution are required in a lens which is mounted on a monitoring camera, an on-vehicle camera and a camera for a portable device. In order to meet the requirement, a wide-angle lens has been proposed which is constituted of five lenses in four groups which includes, from an object side toward an image side, a first lens having negative power, a second lens having negative power, a third lens having positive power, a diaphragm, and a cemented lens (fourth lens and fifth lens) having positive power (see Patent Literature 1). 
     PATENT LITERATURE 
     
         
         [PTL 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2009-63877 
       
    
     However, in the lens constitution described in Patent Literature 1, in order to secure a viewing angle of 130° or more, a lens face on an image side of the first lens becomes a shape close to a hemisphere and thus a yield and productivity are decreased and its cost is increased. Especially, in a case that the first lens is a glass lens, work for the first lens is difficult and, as a result, its cost is easily increased. 
     SUMMARY 
     In view of the problem described above, at least an embodiment of the present invention provides a wide-angle lens in which a lens shape of the first lens which is a meniscus lens is easily produced and its aberration is further improved even in a case that its viewing angle of 130° or more is secured. 
     To achieve the above, at least an embodiment of the present invention provides a wide-angle lens whose horizontal viewing angle is 130° or more and which has a lens constitution of six lenses in five groups. The wide-angle lens includes a first lens which is a first lens from an object side and is a plastic lens or a glass lens having negative power with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing an image side, a second lens which is a second lens from the object side and is a plastic lens having negative power with a concave surface facing the image side and at least one of an object side lens face and an image side lens face is an aspherical surface, a third lens which is a third lens from the object side and is a plastic lens having negative power with a concave surface facing the object side and at least one of an object side lens face and an image side lens face is an aspherical surface, a fourth lens which is a fourth lens from the object side and is a plastic lens or a glass lens having positive power with a convex surface facing the image side, a fifth lens which is a fifth lens from the object side and is a plastic lens, a sixth lens which is a sixth lens from the object side and is a plastic lens, and the fifth lens and the sixth lens constitute a cemented lens having positive power, and a diaphragm which is disposed between the fourth lens and the cemented lens. When an effective focal length is “f” and a focal length of the third lens is “f 3 ”, the effective focal length “f” and the focal length “f 3 ” satisfy the following relationship;
 
| f/f   3 |&lt;0.2
 
     In at least an embodiment of the present invention, in addition to two lenses (the first lens and the second lens) having negative power, the third lens having negative power is provided and thus the negative power of the first lens and the second lens can be compensated by the third lens. Therefore, angles (tangent angle) formed between the tangential lines to the concave surfaces on the image side of the first lens and the second lens and the optical axis can be increased and thus the concave shapes of the lenses are easily produced. Accordingly, the costs of the first lens and the second lens can be reduced. Further, the third lens is an aspherical lens and, in addition, the constitution under the above-mentioned conditional expression is satisfied and thus, the astigmatism and the comatic aberration (lateral aberration) can be reduced and, even when the “F”-value is set brightly, the aberration can be corrected. 
     In at least an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that, when a radius of curvature of an image side lens face of the fifth lens and an object side lens face of the sixth lens is “r 52.61 ” and a focal length of the fifth lens is “f 5 ”, the radius of curvature “r 52.61 ” and the focal length “f 5 ” satisfy the following relationship;
 
| r   52.61   /f   5 &lt;0.5
 
According to this constitution, the chromatic aberration can be reduced.
 
     In at least an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that, when an Abbe number of the third lens is “v 3 ”, the Abbe number “v 3 ” satisfies the following relationship;
 
 v   3 &gt;50
 
According to this constitution, the chromatic aberration can be reduced.
 
     In at least an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that, when an angle formed between a tangential line to an image side lens face of the first lens and the optical axis is θ, the angle θ satisfies the following relationship;
 
θ&gt;20°
 
According to this constitution, an angle (tangent angle) formed between the tangential line to the concave surface on the image side of the first lens and the optical axis can be increased and thus the first lens is easily produced. Therefore, the cost of the first lens can be reduced.
 
     In at least an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that the fourth lens is a glass lens. According to this constitution, lowering of resolution due to temperature change can be suppressed. 
     In at least an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that all the lens faces of the plastic lenses except the object side lens face of the first lens are aspherical surfaces. According to this constitution, the aberration can be further effectively reduced. 
     In at least an embodiment of the present invention, in addition to two lenses (the first lens and the second lens) having negative power, the third lens having negative power is provided and thus the negative power of the first lens and the second lens can be compensated by the third lens. Therefore, angles (tangent angle) formed between the tangential lines to the concave surfaces on the image side of the first lens and the second lens and the optical axis can be increased and thus the concave shapes of the lenses are easily produced. Accordingly, costs of the first lens and the second lens can be reduced. Further, the third lens is an aspherical lens and, in addition, the effective focal length “f” and the focal length “f 3 ” of the third lens satisfy the following relationship;
 
| f/f   3 |&lt;0.2
 
Therefore, the astigmatism and the comatic aberration (lateral aberration) can be reduced and, even when the “F”-value is set brightly, the aberration can be corrected.
 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Embodiments will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings which are meant to be exemplary, not limiting, and wherein like elements are numbered alike in several Figures, in which: 
         FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D  are explanatory views showing a wide-angle lens in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E  are explanatory views showing simulation results of lateral aberration in respective viewing angles of the wide-angle lens in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D  are explanatory views showing a wide-angle lens in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F  are explanatory views showing simulation results of lateral aberration in respective viewing angles of the wide-angle lens in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D  are explanatory views showing a wide-angle lens in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E and 6F  are explanatory views showing simulation results of lateral aberration in respective viewing angles of the wide-angle lens in accordance with the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D  are explanatory views showing a wide-angle lens in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E and 8F  are explanatory views showing simulation results of lateral aberration in respective viewing angles of the wide-angle lens in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 9A, 9B, 9C and 9D  are explanatory views showing a wide-angle lens in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E and 10F  are explanatory views showing simulation results of lateral aberration in respective viewing angles of the wide-angle lens in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Embodiments of a wide-angle lens to which at least an embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     First Embodiment 
     (Schematic Constitution) 
       FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D  are explanatory views showing a wide-angle lens in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 1A  is an explanatory view showing a lens constitution,  FIG. 1B  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the astigmatism and the distortion,  FIG. 1C  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the spherical aberration, and  FIG. 1D  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the magnification chromatic aberration.  FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E  are explanatory views showing simulation results of the lateral aberration in respective viewing angles of the wide-angle lens in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 2A  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 0°,  FIG. 2B  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 26.91°,  FIG. 2C  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 49.78°,  FIG. 2D  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 71.63°, and  FIG. 2E  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 96.01°. The distortion indicates a variation ratio of an image between an imaging center part and a peripheral part and, the smaller the absolute value of a numerical value indicating the distortion is, the higher the precision of the lens is. 
     In  FIG. 1A , respective faces  1  through  12  are indicated with a parenthesis and an aspherical surface is added with “*”. Further, regarding aberrations, aberrations of red light “R” (wavelength 656 nm), green light “G” (wavelength 588 nm) and blue light “B” (wavelength 486 nm) are shown. In  FIG. 1B , the “S” is added in the characteristic in a sagittal direction and the “T” is added in the characteristic in a tangential direction.  FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D ,  FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D ,  FIGS. 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D , and  FIGS. 9A, 9B, 9C and 9D  described below are similarly shown as described above. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1A , a wide-angle lens  100  to which at least an embodiment of the present invention is applied is provided with a horizontal viewing angle of 130° or more and has a lens constitution of six lenses in five groups having, from an object side to an image side, a first lens  110 , a second lens  120 , a third lens  130 , a fourth lens  140 , a diaphragm  190  and a cemented lens  170  (fifth lens  150  and sixth lens  160 ). A filter  181  and an imaging element  186  are disposed on an image side with respect to the cemented lens  170 . 
     The first lens  110  which is the first from the object side is a plastic lens or a glass lens having negative power in a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. The second lens  120  which is the second from the object side is a plastic lens having negative power with a concave surface facing the image side. At least one of its object side lens face and its image side lens face is an aspherical surface. The third lens  130  which is the third from the object side is a plastic lens having negative power with a concave surface facing the object side. At least one of its object side lens face and its image side lens face is an aspherical surface. The fourth lens  140  which is the fourth from the object side is a plastic lens or a glass lens having positive power with a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the fifth lens  150  which is the fifth from the object side and the sixth lens  160  which is the sixth from the object side are plastic lens. The fifth lens  150  and the sixth lens  160  constitute the cemented lens  170  having positive power. The diaphragm  190  is disposed between the fourth lens  140  and the cemented lens  170 . 
     Respective constitutions of the wide-angle lenses  100  constituted as described above are shown in Table 1. The following items of the wide-angle lenses  100  are shown in the upper column in Table 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Embodiment 
                 f 
                 TTL 
                 f3 
                 r52 · 61 
                 f5 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 1 
                 0.900 
                 13.371 
                 −6.654 
                 0.585 
                 −1.457 
               
               
                 2 
                 0.795 
                 13.231 
                 −29.063 
                 0.700 
                 −1.707 
               
               
                 3 
                 1.000 
                 16.506 
                 −11.775 
                 0.724 
                 −1.595 
               
               
                 4 
                 0.994 
                 16.974 
                 −16.300 
                 0.767 
                 −1.834 
               
               
                 5 
                 1.274 
                 14.225 
                 −25.838 
                 0.800 
                 −1.858 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Min. Value of 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Tangent 
               
               
                 Embodiment 
                 f/TTL 
                 ν3 
                 |f/f3| 
                 |r52 · 61/f5| 
                 Angle θmin 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 1 
                 0.067 
                 55.8 
                 0.135 
                 0.401 
                 38.0 
               
               
                 2 
                 0.060 
                 55.8 
                 0.027 
                 0.410 
                 24.2 
               
               
                 3 
                 0.061 
                 55.8 
                 0.085 
                 0.454 
                 25.4 
               
               
                 4 
                 0.059 
                 55.8 
                 0.061 
                 0.418 
                 24.2 
               
               
                 5 
                 0.090 
                 55.8 
                 0.049 
                 0.431 
                 45.0 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Effective focal length=f 
     Object-image distance=TTL 
     Focal length of the third lens  130 =f 3    
     Radius of curvature of an image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and an object side lens face of the sixth lens  160 =r 52.61    
     Focal length of the fifth lens  150 =f 5    
     Further, the following items of the wide-angle lenses  100  are shown in the lower column in Table 1. 
     Ratio between the effective focal length and the object-image distance=f/TTL 
     Abbe number of the third lens  130 =v 3    
     Ratio between the effective focal length and the focal length of the third lens  130 =f/f 3    
     Absolute value of the ratio between the radius of curvature r 5 2.61 and the focal length of the fifth lens  150 =|r 52.61 /f 5 | 
     Minimum value of a tangent angle θ of an image side lens face of the first lens  110 =θmin 
     The tangent angle θ means an angle formed between a tangential line to an image side lens face of the first lens  110  and the optical axis “L”. The minimum value θmin of the tangent angle θ corresponds to an angle formed between the tangential line to the outermost peripheral side of the image side lens face of the first lens  110  and the optical axis “L”. In Table 1, in addition to the respective constitutions of the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment (First Embodiment), respective constitutions of the wide-angle lenses  100  of Second through Fifth Embodiments described below are shown. Further, the unit of the focal length and the like in Table 1 is “mm”. 
     As shown in Table 1, in the wide-angle lens  100  to which at least an embodiment of the present invention is applied, the effective focal length “f” and the focal length “f 3 ” of the third lens  130  satisfy the following relationship;
 
| f/f   3 |&lt;0.2
 
     In the wide-angle lens  100  to which at least an embodiment of the present invention is applied, the radius of curvature “r 52.61 ” of the image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  and the focal length “f 5 ” of the fifth lens  150  satisfy the following relationship;
 
| r   52.61   /f   5 |&lt;0.5
 
     Further, in the wide-angle lens  100  to which at least an embodiment of the present invention is applied, when the Abbe number of the third lens  130  is “v 3 ”, the Abbe number “v 3 ” satisfies the following relationship;
 
 v   3 &gt;50
 
     Further, in the wide-angle lens  100  to which at least an embodiment of the present invention is applied, the minimum value θmin of the tangent angle θ is 20° or more. Therefore, an angle (tangent angle θ) formed between a tangential line to the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110  and the optical axis “L” satisfies the following relationship at any position of the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110 ;
 
θ&gt;20°
 
(Specific Constitution)
 
     The specific constitutions of the wide-angle lens  100  in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention are shown in Table 2. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 Effective Focal Length 
                 0.900 
                 mm 
               
               
                   
                 Total Track 
                 13.371 
                 mm 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Image Space F/# 
                 2.0 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Max. Field Angle 
                 218 
                 deg 
               
               
                   
                 Horizontal Field Angle 
                 192 
                 deg 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Surf 
                 Radius 
                 Thickness 
                 Nd 
                 νd 
                 fn 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 1 
                 13.500 
                 1.300 
                 1.835 
                 43.1 
                 −7.797 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                 4.200 
                 1.350 
               
               
                   
                  3* 
                 27.400 
                 0.700 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 −2.910 
               
               
                   
                  4* 
                 1.450 
                 1.420 
               
               
                   
                  5* 
                 −3.250 
                 0.600 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 −6.654 
               
               
                   
                 6 
                 −43.000 
                 0.200 
               
               
                   
                 7 
                 9.000 
                 2.000 
                 1.923 
                 20.9 
                 3.500 
               
               
                   
                 8 
                 −4.500 
                 0.200 
               
               
                   
                 9(stop) 
                 Infinity 
                 0.206 
               
               
                   
                 10* 
                 2.330 
                 0.700 
                 1.635 
                 24.0 
                 −1.457 
               
               
                   
                 11* 
                 0.585 
                 2.720 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 1.463 
               
               
                   
                 12* 
                 −1.450 
                 0.350 
               
               
                   
                 13  
                 Infinity 
                 0.700 
                 1.517 
                 64.2 
               
               
                   
                 14  
                 Infinity 
                 0.925 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 Aspherical Coefficient 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Surf 
                 c (1/Radius) 
                 K 
                 A4 
                 A6 
                 A8 
                 A10 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 3 
                 3.64964E−02 
                   0.00000E+00 
                 −1.50212E−03 
                 5.14174E−04 
                 −1.23272E−05 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 4 
                 6.89655E−01 
                 −1.52000E+00 
                 −2.15312E−02 
                 2.97280E−02 
                 −1.44598E−02 
                 3.62426E−03 
               
               
                 5 
                 −3.07692E−01   
                   0.00000E+00 
                 −1.93552E−02 
                 7.01460E−03 
                 −1.53493E−03 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 10 
                 4.29185E−01 
                 −5.10000E+00 
                 −1.70207E−03 
                 4.47747E−03 
                 −1.78822E−03 
                 3.87319E−04 
               
               
                 11 
                 1.70940E+00 
                 −1.05000E+00 
                 −1.31169E−01 
                 7.09796E−02 
                 −2.32916E−02 
                 3.86636E−03 
               
               
                 12 
                 −6.89655E−01   
                 −2.20000E+00 
                   3.34607E−03 
                 −2.56162E−03   
                   1.14508E−03 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In the upper column in Table 2, the following items are shown; 
     Effective focal length “f” of the entire lens system (Effective Focal Length) 
     Object-image distance (Total Track) 
     “F”-value of the entire lens system (Image Space F/#) 
     Maximum viewing angle (Max. Field Angle) 
     Horizontal viewing angle (Horizontal Field Angle) 
     In the middle column in Table 2, the following items of the respective faces are shown; 
     Radius of curvature (Radius) 
     Thickness 
     Refractive index “Nd” 
     Abbe number “vd” 
     Focal length “fn” 
     In the lower column in Table 2, the aspherical coefficients A4 through A10 when a shape of an aspherical surface is expressed by the following expression (Expression 1) are shown. In the following expression, the axis in the optical axis “L” direction is “z”, the height in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis “L” is “r”, and the conical coefficient is “k”. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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                         2 
                       
                       
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                               - 
                               
                                 
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                                     1 
                                     + 
                                     k 
                                   
                                   ) 
                                 
                                 ⁢ 
                                 
                                   c 
                                   2 
                                 
                                 ⁢ 
                                 r 
                               
                             
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                           = 
                           2 
                         
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     The unit of the radius of curvature, the thickness and the focal length is “mm”. Tables 3 through 6 described below are similarly shown as described above. 
     As can be seen from  FIG. 1A  and Table 2, a horizontal viewing angle of the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment is 192°. In the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment, the first lens  110  is a glass lens having negative power in a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  1 ) and the image side lens face (face  2 ) are spherical surfaces. The second lens  120  is a plastic lens having negative power in a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  3 ) and the image side lens face (face  4 ) are aspherical surfaces. The third lens  130  is a plastic lens having negative power in a meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. The object side lens face (face  5 ) is an aspherical surface and the image side lens face (face  6 ) is a spherical surface. The fourth lens  140  is a glass lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  7 ) and the image side lens face (face  8 ) are spherical surfaces. 
     The fifth lens  150  is a plastic lens having negative power with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  10 ) and the image side lens face (face  11 ) are aspherical surfaces. The sixth lens  160  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  11 ) and the image side lens face (face  12 ) are aspherical surfaces. The image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  are cemented together to constitute the cemented lens  170  having positive power. 
     As described above, in the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment, in addition to two lenses (the first lens  110  and the second lens  120 ) having negative power, the third lens  130  having negative power is provided and thus the negative power of the first lens  110  and the second lens  120  can be compensated by the third lens  130 . Therefore, angles (tangent angle θ) formed between the tangential lines to the concave surfaces on the image side of the first lens  110  and the second lens  120  and the optical axis “L” can be increased and thus the concave shapes of the lenses are easily produced. Accordingly, the costs of the first lens  110  and the second lens  120  can be reduced. 
     Especially, the minimum value θmin of the tangent angle θ to the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110  is 38.0° and, in the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110 , a value of the tangent angle θ is more than 20° at any position. Therefore, the first lens  110  is formed in an easily produced shape and thus the cost of the first lens  110  can be reduced. 
     In this embodiment, the third lens  130  is an aspherical lens. Further, the absolute value |f/f 3 | of the ratio between the effective focal length “f” and the focal length “f 3 ” of the third lens  130  is 0.135, which is less than 0.2. Therefore, as shown in  FIGS. 1B and 1C  and  FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E , the astigmatism, the distortion, the spherical aberration and the comatic aberration (lateral aberration) can be reduced and, even when the “F”-value is set brightly, the aberration can be corrected. 
     The third lens  130  is a glass lens and thus lowering of the resolution due to temperature change can be suppressed. 
     The absolute value |r 52.61 /f 5 | of the ratio between the radius of curvature r 52.61  of the image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  and the focal length “f 5 ” of the fifth lens  150  is 0.401, which is less than 0.5. Further, the Abbe number “v 3 ” of the third lens  130  is 55.8, which is not less than 50. Therefore, as shown in  FIG. 1D , the chromatic aberration can be reduced. 
     Second Embodiment 
       FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D  are explanatory views showing a wide-angle lens in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 3A  is an explanatory view showing a lens constitution,  FIG. 3B  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the astigmatism and the distortion,  FIG. 3C  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the spherical aberration, and  FIG. 3D  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the magnification chromatic aberration.  FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F  are explanatory views showing simulation results of the lateral aberration in respective viewing angles of the wide-angle lens in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 4A  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 0°,  FIG. 4B  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 30.86°,  FIG. 4C  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 56.01°,  FIG. 4D  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 77.16°,  FIG. 4E  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 97.26°, and  FIG. 4F  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 103.35°. In  FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F , the aberrations of red light “R” (wavelength 656 nm), green light “G” (wavelength 588 nm) and blue light “B” (wavelength 486 nm) are collectively shown. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3A , a wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment has, similarly to the first embodiment, a lens constitution of six lenses in five groups having, from an object side to an image side, a first lens  110 , a second lens  120 , a third lens  130 , a fourth lens  140 , a diaphragm  190  and a cemented lens  170  (fifth lens  150  and sixth lens  160 ). A filter  181  and an imaging element  186  are disposed on an image side with respect to the cemented lens  170 . Respective constitutions of the wide-angle lens  100  constituted as described above are shown in Table 3. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 3 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 Effective Focal Length 
                 0.795 
                 mm 
               
               
                   
                 Total Track 
                 13.231 
                 mm 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Image Space F/# 
                 2.0 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Max. Field Angle 
                 207 
                 deg 
               
               
                   
                 Horizontal Field Angle 
                 195 
                 deg 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Surf 
                 Radius 
                 Thickness 
                 Nd 
                 νd 
                 fn 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 1  
                 17.700 
                 1.000 
                 1.491 
                 58.0 
                 −7.527 
               
               
                   
                 2* 
                 3.000 
                 2.300 
               
               
                   
                 3* 
                 −98.100 
                 0.650 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 −2.556 
               
               
                   
                 4* 
                 1.380 
                 1.190 
               
               
                   
                 5* 
                 −5.882 
                 0.708 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 −29.063 
               
               
                   
                 6* 
                 −9.900 
                 0.200 
               
               
                   
                 7* 
                 7.186 
                 1.194 
                 1.635 
                 24.0 
                 3.398 
               
               
                   
                 8* 
                 −2.884 
                 0.150 
               
               
                   
                 9(stop) 
                 Infinity 
                 0.669 
               
               
                   
                 10*  
                 2.743 
                 0.700 
                 1.635 
                 24.0 
                 −1.707 
               
               
                   
                 11*  
                 0.700 
                 2.990 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 1.926 
               
               
                   
                 12*  
                 −1.068 
                 0.250 
               
               
                   
                 13  
                 Infinity 
                 0.700 
                 1.517 
                 64.1 
               
               
                   
                 14  
                 Infinity 
                 0.530 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 Aspherical Coefficient 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Surf 
                 c (1/Radius) 
                 K 
                 A4 
                 A6 
                 A8 
                 A10 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 2 
                 5.64972E−02 
                 −1.82000E+00  
                  1.41000E−02 
                 −4.55000E−05 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 3 
                 3.33333E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                  2.47000E−03 
                  4.79000E−04 
                 −4.41000E−05  
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 4 
                 −1.01937E−02  
                 −5.40000E−02  
                 −4.78000E−02 
                  2.33000E−02 
                 4.99000E−04 
                 7.11000E−04 
               
               
                 5 
                 7.24638E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 −2.20000E−03 
                 −2.80000E−03 
                 −7.85000E−03  
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 6 
                 −1.70010E−01  
                 0.00000E+00 
                 −8.25000E−04 
                 −5.07000E−03 
                 5.32000E−03 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 7 
                 −1.01010E−01  
                 0.00000E+00 
                 −8.61000E−03 
                  2.07000E−02 
                 −1.06000E−03  
                 6.11000E−04 
               
               
                 8 
                 1.39159E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                  3.96000E−05 
                  4.88000E−04 
                 5.22000E−03 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 10 
                 3.64564E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 −3.85000E−02 
                  8.80000E−03 
                 −2.60000E−03  
                 9.49000E−04 
               
               
                 11 
                 1.42857E+00 
                 −1.06000E+00  
                  1.91000E−02 
                 −4.29000E−02 
                 2.28000E−02 
                 −3.52000E−03   
               
               
                 12 
                 −9.36330E−01  
                 −2.28000E+00  
                 −8.92000E−03 
                 −9.90000E−04 
                 9.46000E−04 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As can be seen from  FIG. 3A  and Table 3, a horizontal viewing angle of the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment is 195°. In the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment, the first lens  110  is a plastic lens having negative power in a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. The object side lens face (face  1 ) is a spherical surface and the image side lens face (face  2 ) is an aspherical surface. The second lens  120  is a plastic lens having negative power with a concave surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  3 ) and the image side lens face (face  4 ) are aspherical surfaces. The third lens  130  is a plastic lens having negative power with a concave surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  5 ) and the image side lens face (face  6 ) are aspherical surfaces. The fourth lens  140  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  7 ) and the image side lens face (face  8 ) are aspherical surfaces. 
     The fifth lens  150  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  10 ) and the image side lens face (face  11 ) are aspherical surfaces. The sixth lens  160  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  11 ) and the image side lens face (face  12 ) are aspherical surfaces. The image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  are cemented together to constitute the cemented lens  170  having positive power. 
     As described above, also in the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, in addition to two lenses (the first lens  110  and the second lens  120 ) having negative power, the third lens  130  having negative power is provided. Therefore, angles (tangent angle θ) formed between the tangential lines to the concave surfaces on the image side of the first lens  110  and the second lens  120  and the optical axis “L” can be increased. Especially, the minimum value θmin of the tangent angle θ to the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110  is 24.2° and, in the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110 , a value of the tangent angle θ is more than 20° at any position. Therefore, the first lens  110  is formed in an easily produced shape and thus the cost of the first lens  110  can be reduced. 
     In this embodiment, the third lens  130  is an aspherical lens and all the faces of the plastic lenses except the object side lens face (face  1 ) of the first lens  110  are aspherical surfaces. Further, the absolute value |f/f 3 | of the ratio between the effective focal length “f” and the focal length “f 3 ” of the third lens  130  is 0.027, which is less than 0.2. Therefore, as shown in  FIGS. 3B and 3C , and  FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F , the astigmatism, the distortion, the spherical aberration and the comatic aberration (lateral aberration) can be reduced and, even when the “F”-value is set brightly, the aberration can be corrected. 
     The absolute value |r 52.61 /f 5 | of the ratio between the radius of curvature r 52.61  of the image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  and the focal length “f 5 ” of the fifth lens  150  is 0.410, which is less than 0.5. Further, the Abbe number “v 3 ” of the third lens  130  is 55.8, which is not less than 50. Therefore, as shown in  FIG. 3D , the chromatic aberration can be reduced. 
     Third Embodiment 
       FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D  are explanatory views showing a wide-angle lens in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 5A  is an explanatory view showing a lens constitution,  FIG. 5B  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the astigmatism and the distortion,  FIG. 5C  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the spherical aberration, and  FIG. 5D  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the magnification chromatic aberration.  FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E and 6F  are explanatory views showing simulation results of the lateral aberration in respective viewing angles of the wide-angle lens in accordance with the third embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 6A  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 0°,  FIG. 6B  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 24.17°,  FIG. 6C  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 43.79°,  FIG. 6D  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 60.51°,  FIG. 6E  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 75.53°, and  FIG. 6F  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 89.24°. 
     As shown in  FIG. 5A , a wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment has, similarly to the first embodiment, a lens constitution of six lenses in five groups having, from an object side to an image side, a first lens  110 , a second lens  120 , a third lens  130 , a fourth lens  140 , a diaphragm  190  and a cemented lens  170  (fifth lens  150  and sixth lens  160 ). A filter  181  and an imaging element  186  are disposed on an image side with respect to the cemented lens  170 . Respective constitutions of the wide-angle lens  100  constituted as described above are shown in Table 4. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 4 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 Effective Focal Length 
                 1.000 
                 mm 
               
               
                   
                 Total Track 
                 16.506 
                 mm 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Image Space F/# 
                 2.0 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Max. Field Angle 
                 192 
                 deg 
               
               
                   
                 Horizontal Field Angle 
                 151 
                 deg 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Surf 
                 Radius 
                 Thickness 
                 Nd 
                 νd 
                 fn 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 1 
                 14.730 
                 1.300 
                 1.834 
                 42.7 
                 −6.966 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                 4.000 
                 2.150 
               
               
                   
                  3* 
                 −33.660 
                 0.800 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 −3.878 
               
               
                   
                  4* 
                 2.212 
                 1.740 
               
               
                   
                  5* 
                 −7.883 
                 0.700 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 −11.775 
               
               
                   
                 6 
                 31.200 
                 0.400 
               
               
                   
                 7 
                 6.728 
                 2.170 
                 1.847 
                 23.8 
                 3.705 
               
               
                   
                 8 
                 −5.008 
                 0.150 
               
               
                   
                 9(stop) 
                 Infinity 
                 0.740 
               
               
                   
                 10* 
                 3.495 
                 0.700 
                 1.635 
                 24.0 
                 −1.595 
               
               
                   
                 11* 
                 0.724 
                 3.645 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 2.134 
               
               
                   
                 12* 
                 −1.496 
                 0.250 
               
               
                   
                 13  
                 Infinity 
                 0.700 
                 1.517 
                 64.1 
               
               
                   
                 14  
                 Infinity 
                 1.061 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 Aspherical Coefficient 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Surf 
                 c (1/Radius) 
                 K 
                 A4 
                 A6 
                 A8 
                 A10 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 3 
                 −2.97089E−02 
                  0.00000E+00 
                  4.52000E−03 
                 −3.21000E−05  
                  5.63000E−07 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 4 
                  4.52080E−01 
                 −3.60000E−02 
                 −2.84000E−02 
                 1.01000E−02 
                 −2.40000E−03 
                 3.70000E−04 
               
               
                 5 
                 −1.26855E−01 
                  0.00000E+00 
                 −1.05000E−02 
                 2.97000E−03 
                 −6.22000E−04 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 10 
                  2.86123E−01 
                  0.00000E+00 
                 −3.02000E−02 
                 6.44000E−03 
                 −8.31000E−04 
                 −2.79000E−04  
               
               
                 11 
                  1.38122E+00 
                 −1.24000E+00 
                 −1.87000E−02 
                 6.19000E−03 
                  7.95000E−04 
                 −4.78000E−04  
               
               
                 12 
                 −6.68449E−01 
                 −2.15000E+00 
                  2.40000E−03 
                 −1.66000E−03  
                  2.39000E−04 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As can be seen from  FIG. 5A  and Table 4, a horizontal viewing angle of the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment is 151°. In the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment, the first lens  110  is a glass lens having negative power in a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  1 ) and the image side lens face (face  2 ) are spherical surfaces. The second lens  120  is a plastic lens having negative power with a concave surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  3 ) and the image side lens face (face  4 ) are aspherical surfaces. The third lens  130  is a plastic lens having negative power with a concave surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. The object side lens face (face  5 ) is an aspherical surface and the image side lens face (face  6 ) is a spherical surface. The fourth lens  140  is a glass lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  7 ) and the image side lens face (face  8 ) are spherical surfaces. 
     The fifth lens  150  is a plastic lens having negative power with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  10 ) and the image side lens face (face  11 ) are aspherical surfaces. The sixth lens  160  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  11 ) and the image side lens face (face  12 ) are aspherical surfaces. The image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  are cemented together to constitute the cemented lens  170  having positive power. 
     As described above, also in the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, in addition to two lenses (the first lens  110  and the second lens  120 ) having negative power, the third lens  130  having negative power is provided. Therefore, angles (tangent angle θ) formed between the tangential lines to the concave surfaces on the image side of the first lens  110  and the second lens  120  and the optical axis “L” can be increased. Especially, the minimum value θmin of the tangent angle θ to the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110  is 25.4° and, in the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110 , a value of the tangent angle θ is more than 20° at any position. Therefore, the first lens  110  is formed in an easily produced shape and thus the cost of the first lens  110  can be reduced. 
     In this embodiment, the third lens  130  is an aspherical lens. Further, the absolute value |f/f 3 | of the ratio between the effective focal length “f” and the focal length “f 3 ” of the third lens  130  is 0.085, which is less than 0.2. Therefore, as shown in  FIGS. 5B and 5C , and  FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E and 6F , the astigmatism, the distortion, the spherical aberration and the comatic aberration (lateral aberration) can be reduced and, even when the “F”-value is set brightly, the aberration can be corrected. 
     The fourth lens  140  is a glass lens and thus lowering of the resolution due to temperature change can be suppressed. 
     The absolute value |r 52.61 /f 5 | of the ratio between the radius of curvature r 52.61  of the image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  and the focal length “f 5 ” of the fifth lens  150  is 0.454, which is less than 0.5. Further, the Abbe number “v 3 ” of the third lens  130  is 55.8, which is not less than 50. Therefore, as shown in  FIG. 5D , the chromatic aberration can be reduced. 
     Fourth Embodiment 
       FIGS. 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D  are explanatory views showing a wide-angle lens in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 7A  is an explanatory view showing a lens constitution,  FIG. 7B  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the astigmatism and the distortion,  FIG. 7C  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the spherical aberration, and  FIG. 7D  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the magnification chromatic aberration.  FIGS. 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E and 8F  are explanatory views showing simulation results of the lateral aberration in respective viewing angles of the wide-angle lens in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 8A  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 0°,  FIG. 8B  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 24.54°,  FIG. 8C  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 46.42°,  FIG. 8D  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 64.64°,  FIG. 8E  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 80.45°, and  FIG. 8F  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 94.93°. 
     As shown in  FIG. 7A , a wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment has, similarly to the first embodiment, a lens constitution of six lenses in five groups having, from an object side to an image side, a first lens  110 , a second lens  120 , a third lens  130 , a fourth lens  140 , a diaphragm  190  and a cemented lens  170  (fifth lens  150  and sixth lens  160 ). A filter  181  and an imaging element  186  are disposed on an image side with respect to the cemented lens  170 . Respective constitutions of the wide-angle lens  100  constituted as described above are shown in Table 5. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 5 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 Effective Focal Length 
                 0.994 
                 mm 
               
               
                   
                 Total Track 
                 16.974 
                 mm 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Image Space F/# 
                 2.0 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Max. Field Angle 
                 207 
                 deg 
               
               
                   
                 Horizontal Field Angle 
                 161 
                 deg 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Surf 
                 Radius 
                 Thickness 
                 Nd 
                 νd 
                 fn 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 1  
                 21.440 
                 1.000 
                 1.491 
                 58.0 
                 −9.422 
               
               
                   
                 2* 
                 3.746 
                 3.205 
               
               
                   
                 3* 
                 363.000 
                 0.800 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 −3.401 
               
               
                   
                 4* 
                 1.796 
                 1.895 
               
               
                   
                 5* 
                 −5.124 
                 0.700 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 −16.300 
               
               
                   
                 6* 
                 −13.150 
                 0.200 
               
               
                   
                 7* 
                 9.962 
                 2.044 
                 1.635 
                 24.0 
                 4.277 
               
               
                   
                 8* 
                 −3.436 
                 0.150 
               
               
                   
                 9(stop) 
                 Infinity 
                 0.776 
               
               
                   
                 10*  
                 3.043 
                 0.700 
                 1.635 
                 24.0 
                 −1.834 
               
               
                   
                 11*  
                 0.767 
                 3.375 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 1.855 
               
               
                   
                 12*  
                 −1.821 
                 0.250 
               
               
                   
                 13  
                 Infinity 
                 0.700 
                 1.517 
                 64.1 
               
               
                   
                 14  
                 Infinity 
                 1.179 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 Aspherical Coefficient 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Surf 
                 c (1/Radius) 
                 K 
                 A4 
                 A6 
                 A8 
                 A10 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 2 
                 4.66418E−02 
                 −5.00000E+00  
                  8.20000E−03 
                 −9.60000E−05 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 3 
                 2.66951E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                  1.20000E−03 
                  2.80000E−05 
                 −1.31000E−06  
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 4 
                 2.75482E−03 
                 −1.61000E−01  
                 −2.07000E−02 
                  2.75000E−03 
                 1.32000E−04 
                 −2.17000E−05  
               
               
                 5 
                 5.56793E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 −5.75000E−04 
                 −5.31000E−04 
                 −7.56000E−04  
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 6 
                 −1.95160E−01  
                 0.00000E+00 
                  1.75000E−04 
                 −1.71000E−03 
                 2.44000E−04 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 7 
                 −7.60456E−02  
                 0.00000E+00 
                 −3.89000E−03 
                  2.67000E−03 
                 2.45000E−05 
                 3.38000E−06 
               
               
                 8 
                 1.00381E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                  8.23000E−03 
                 −7.94000E−04 
                 4.34000E−04 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 10 
                 3.28623E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 −1.19000E−02 
                  1.51000E−03 
                 −1.67000E−04  
                 −1.27000E−05  
               
               
                 11 
                 1.30378E+00 
                 −1.06000E+00  
                 −3.19000E−03 
                 −7.74000E−03 
                 5.73000E−03 
                 −8.92000E−04  
               
               
                 12 
                 −5.49149E−01  
                 −2.82300E+00  
                 −4.15000E−03 
                  1.01000E−03 
                 3.33000E−04 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As can be seen from  FIG. 7A  and Table 5, a horizontal viewing angle of the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment is 161°. In the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment, the first lens  110  is a plastic lens having negative power in a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. The object side lens face (face  1 ) is a spherical surface and the image side lens face (face  2 ) is an aspherical surface. The second lens  120  is a plastic lens having negative power with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  3 ) and the image side lens face (face  4 ) are aspherical surfaces. The third lens  130  is a plastic lens in a negative meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  5 ) and the image side lens face (face  6 ) are aspherical surfaces. The fourth lens  140  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  7 ) and the image side lens face (face  8 ) are aspherical surfaces. 
     The fifth lens  150  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  10 ) and the image side lens face (face  11 ) are aspherical surfaces. The sixth lens  160  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  11 ) and the image side lens face (face  12 ) are aspherical surfaces. The image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  are cemented together to constitute the cemented lens  170  having positive power. 
     As described above, also in the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, in addition to two lenses (the first lens  110  and the second lens  120 ) having negative power, the third lens  130  having negative power is provided. Therefore, angles (tangent angle θ) formed between the tangential lines to the concave surfaces on the image side of the first lens  110  and the second lens  120  and the optical axis “L” can be increased. Especially, the minimum value θmin of the tangent angle θ to the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110  is 24.2° and, in the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110 , a value of the tangent angle θ is more than 20° at any position. Therefore, the first lens  110  is formed in an easily produced shape and thus the cost of the first lens  110  can be reduced. 
     In this embodiment, the third lens  130  is an aspherical lens and all the faces of the plastic lenses except the object side lens face (face  1 ) of the first lens  110  are aspherical surfaces. Further, the absolute value |f/f 3 | of the ratio between the effective focal length “f” and the focal length “f 3 ” of the third lens  130  is 0.061, which is less than 0.2. Therefore, as shown in  FIGS. 7B and 7C , and  FIGS. 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E and 8F , the astigmatism, the distortion, the spherical aberration and the comatic aberration (lateral aberration) can be reduced and, even when the “F”-value is set brightly, the aberration can be corrected. 
     The absolute value |r 52.61 /f 5 | of the ratio between the radius of curvature r 52.61  of the image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  and the focal length “f 5 ” of the fifth lens  150  is 0.418, which is less than 0.5. Further, the Abbe number “v 3 ” of the third lens  130  is 55.8, which is not less than 50. Therefore, as shown in  FIG. 7D , the chromatic aberration can be reduced. 
     Fifth Embodiment 
       FIGS. 9A, 9B, 9C and 9D  are explanatory views showing a wide-angle lens in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 9A  is an explanatory view showing a lens constitution,  FIG. 9B  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the astigmatism and the distortion,  FIG. 9C  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the spherical aberration, and  FIG. 9D  is an explanatory view showing simulation results of the magnification chromatic aberration.  FIGS. 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E and 10F  are explanatory views showing simulation results of the lateral aberration in respective viewing angles of the wide-angle lens in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 10A  is an explanatory view showing lateral the aberration when its viewing angle is 0°,  FIG. 10B  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 19.82°,  FIG. 10C  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 38.39°,  FIG. 10D  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 56.21°,  FIG. 10E  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 74.56°, and  FIG. 10F  is an explanatory view showing the lateral aberration when its viewing angle is 97.34°. 
     As shown in  FIG. 9A , a wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment has, similarly to the first embodiment, a lens constitution of six lenses in five groups having, from an object side to an image side, a first lens  110 , a second lens  120 , a third lens  130 , a fourth lens  140 , a diaphragm  190  and a cemented lens  170  (fifth lens  150  and sixth lens  160 ). A filter  181  and an imaging element  186  are disposed on an image side with respect to the cemented lens  170 . Respective constitutions of the wide-angle lens  100  constituted as described above are shown in Table 6. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 6 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 Effective Focal Length 
                 1.274 
                 mm 
               
               
                   
                 Total Track 
                 14.225 
                 mm 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Image Space F/# 
                 2.0 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Max. Field Angle 
                 202 
                 deg 
               
               
                   
                 Horizontal Field Angle 
                 149 
                 deg 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Surf 
                 Radius 
                 Thickness 
                 Nd 
                 νd 
                 fn 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 1  
                 17.745 
                 1.000 
                 1.491 
                 58.0 
                 −8.663 
               
               
                   
                 2* 
                 3.367 
                 1.620 
               
               
                   
                 3* 
                 34.500 
                 0.650 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 −3.535 
               
               
                   
                 4* 
                 1.769 
                 2.037 
               
               
                   
                 5* 
                 −2.279 
                 0.700 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 −25.838 
               
               
                   
                 6* 
                 −3.024 
                 0.200 
               
               
                   
                 7* 
                 10.310 
                 1.180 
                 1.635 
                 24.0 
                 4.368 
               
               
                   
                 8* 
                 −3.625 
                 0.150 
               
               
                   
                 9(stop) 
                 Infinity 
                 0.541 
               
               
                   
                 10*  
                 3.329 
                 0.700 
                 1.635 
                 24.0 
                 −1.858 
               
               
                   
                 11*  
                 0.800 
                 2.962 
                 1.531 
                 55.8 
                 1.668 
               
               
                   
                 12*  
                 −2.344 
                 0.250 
               
               
                   
                 13  
                 Infinity 
                 0.700 
                 1.517 
                 64.1 
               
               
                   
                 14  
                 Infinity 
                 1.535 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 Aspherical Coefficient 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Surf 
                 c (1/Radius) 
                 K 
                 A4 
                 A6 
                 A8 
                 A10 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 2 
                 5.63539E−02 
                 −1.00000E+00  
                 9.45000E−04 
                 1.20000E−04 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 3 
                 2.97000E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 6.79000E−04 
                 4.36000E−05 
                 −1.52000E−07  
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 4 
                 2.89855E−02 
                 1.00000E−03 
                 −6.11000E−03  
                 3.02000E−04 
                 −3.03000E−04  
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 5 
                 5.65291E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 1.56000E−04 
                 6.45000E−04 
                 −1.36000E−03  
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 6 
                 −4.38789E−01  
                 0.00000E+00 
                 1.29000E−04 
                 −1.05000E−03  
                 −1.65000E−04  
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 7 
                 −3.30688E−01  
                 0.00000E+00 
                 −2.39000E−03  
                 1.97000E−03 
                 4.95000E−04 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 8 
                 9.69932E−02 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 1.02000E−02 
                 −1.19000E−03  
                 1.15000E−03 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 10 
                 3.00391E−01 
                 0.00000E+00 
                 −6.17000E−03  
                 6.37000E−04 
                 6.60000E−05 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 11 
                 1.25000E+00 
                 −1.14000E+00  
                 1.14000E−02 
                 4.46000E−04 
                 1.57500E−03 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                 12 
                 −4.26621E−01  
                 −3.15000E+00  
                 −2.29000E−03  
                 7.13000E−04 
                 2.49000E−04 
                 0.00000E+00 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As can be seen from  FIG. 9A  and Table 6, a horizontal viewing angle of the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment is 149°. In the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment, the first lens  110  is a plastic lens having negative power in a meniscus shape with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. The object side lens face (face  1 ) is a spherical surface and the image side lens face (face  2 ) is an aspherical surface. The second lens  120  is a plastic lens having negative power with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  3 ) and the image side lens face (face  4 ) are aspherical surfaces. The third lens  130  is a plastic lens in a negative meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  5 ) and the image side lens face (face  6 ) are aspherical surfaces. The fourth lens  140  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  7 ) and the image side lens face (face  8 ) are aspherical surfaces. 
     The fifth lens  150  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  10 ) and the image side lens face (face  11 ) are aspherical surfaces. The sixth lens  160  is a plastic lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side. Both of the object side lens face (face  11 ) and the image side lens face (face  12 ) are aspherical surfaces. The image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  are cemented together to constitute the cemented lens  170  having positive power. 
     As described above, also in the wide-angle lens  100  in this embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, in addition to two lenses (the first lens  110  and the second lens  120 ) having negative power, the third lens  130  having negative power is provided. Therefore, angles (tangent angle θ) formed between the tangential lines to the concave surfaces on the image side of the first lens  110  and the second lens  120  and the optical axis “L” can be increased. Especially, the minimum value θmin of the tangent angle θ to the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110  is 45.0° and, in the image side lens face (face  2 ) of the first lens  110 , a value of the tangent angle θ is more than 20° at any position. Therefore, the first lens  110  is formed in an easily produced shape and thus the cost of the first lens  110  can be reduced. 
     In this embodiment, the third lens  130  is an aspherical lens and all the faces of the plastic lenses except the object side lens face (face  1 ) of the first lens  110  are aspherical surfaces. Further, the absolute value |f/f 3 | of the ratio between the effective focal length “f” and the focal length “f 3 ” of the third lens  130  is 0.049, which is less than 0.2. Therefore, as shown in  FIGS. 9B and 9C , and  FIGS. 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E and 10F , the astigmatism, the distortion, the spherical aberration and the comatic aberration (lateral aberration) can be reduced and, even when the “F”-value is set brightly, the aberration can be corrected. 
     The absolute value |r 52.61 /f 5 | of the ratio between the radius of curvature r 52.61  of the image side lens face of the fifth lens  150  and the object side lens face of the sixth lens  160  and the focal length “f 5 ” of the fifth lens  150  is 0.431, which is less than 0.5. Further, the Abbe number “v 3 ” of the third lens  130  is 55.8, which is not less than 50. Therefore, as shown in  FIG. 9D , the chromatic aberration can be reduced. 
     While the description above refers to particular embodiments of the present invention, it will be understood that many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit thereof. The accompanying claims are intended to cover such modifications as would fall within the true scope and spirit of the present invention. 
     The presently disclosed embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims, rather than the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.