Patent ID: 8199411

Claim:
An imaging lens comprising: a front lens group that is disposed to the most object side and has negative refractive power; a rear lens group that is disposed to an image side of the front lens group and has negative refractive power; wherein at least a portion of the rear lens group is movable in a direction including a component substantially perpendicular to an optical axis, the rear lens group including a first negative lens component having negative refractive power, a second negative lens component having negative refractive power, and a positive lens component having positive refractive power, the second negative lens component being disposed between the first negative lens component and the positive lens component, the second negative lens component side lens surface of the first negative lens component being formed to be a concave shape facing the second negative lens component side, and the second negative lens component having a negative meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the first negative lens component side.