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Telephoto lens system

Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1974-10-18
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Granted: 1976-06-29
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Expires: 1994-10-18
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Abstract

Abstract A telephoto lens system comprising a front lens group having a strong positive power and a rear lens group having a strong negative power and satisfying the following conditions, said telephoto lens system thus having a small telephoto ratio and aberrations corrected quite favorably. 1. 0.32f < d 6 < 0.40f 2. 1.25f < r 2 3. | 1/r 6 |< 0.2/f 4. 0.3 < - r 3 /r.sub. 4 < 0.9 5. 0.9 < r 1 /r 5 < 1.1 6. 0.008f < d 2 + d 4 < 0.015f 7. n 1 , n 3 < 1.55 , n 2 > 1.7 8. |ν 1 - ν 2 | > 35 , |ν 3 - ν 2 | > 30

Inventors

  • 👤 Tsutomu Tojyo

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B13/00; G02B13/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 275 words
A telephoto lens system comprising five lenses, a first lens being a positive meniscus lens with its convex surface positioned on the object side, a second lens being a biconcave lens, a third lens being a positive meniscus lens with its convex surface positioned on the object side, a fourth lens being a negative lens with its concave surface positioned on the object side, and a fifth lens being a biconvex lens, and said telephoto lens system having the following numerical values: r.sub.1 = 0.3186 d.sub.1 = 0.0225 n.sub.1 = 1.48749 ν.sub.1 = 70.1 r.sub.2 = 2.8394 d.sub.2 = 0.0112 r.sub.3 = -0.9987 d.sub.3 = 0.0110 n.sub.2 = 1.7400 ν.sub.2 = 31.7 r.sub.4 = 1.2312 d.sub.4 = 0.0020 r.sub.5 = 0.3283 d.sub.5 = 0.0230 n.sub.3 = 1.52542 ν.sub.3 = 64.5 r.sub.6 = ∞ d.sub.6 = 0.3649 r.sub.7 = -0.1408 d.sub.7 = 0.0100 n.sub.4 = 1.51874 ν.sub.4 = 64.5 r.sub.8 = ∞ d.sub.8 = 0.0140 r.sub.9 = 0.6388 d.sub.9 = 0.0200 n.sub.5 = 1.57309 ν.sub.5 = 42.6 r.sub.10 = -0.4795 f = 1.0 f.sub.B = 0.3413 P = 0.82 1 : 4.5 wherein reference symbol r 1 through r 10 respectively represent radii of curvature of respective lens surfaces, reference symbols d 1 through d 9 respectively represent thicknesses of respective lenses and airspaces between respective lenses, reference symbols n 1 through n 5 respectively represent refractive indexes of respective lenses, reference symbols ν 1 through ν 5 respectively represent Abbe's numbers of respective lenses, reference symbol f represents the focal length of the lens system as a whole, reference symbol f B represents the back focal length, and reference symbol P represents the telephoto ratio.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 275 words
A telephoto lens system comprising five lenses, a first lens being a positive meniscus lens with its convex surface positioned on the object side, a second lens being a biconcave lens, a third lens being a positive meniscus lens with its convex surface positioned on the object side, a fourth lens being a negative lens with its concave surface positioned on the object side, and a fifth lens being a biconvex lens, and said telephoto lens system having the following numerical values: r.sub.1 = 0.3186 d.sub.1 = 0.0225 n.sub.1 = 1.48749 ν.sub.1 = 70.1 r.sub.2 = 2.8394 d.sub.2 = 0.0112 r.sub.3 = -0.9987 d.sub.3 = 0.0110 n.sub.2 = 1.7400 ν.sub.2 = 31.7 r.sub.4 = 1.2312 d.sub.4 = 0.0020 r.sub.5 = 0.3283 d.sub.5 = 0.0230 n.sub.3 = 1.52542 ν.sub.3 = 64.5 r.sub.6 = ∞ d.sub.6 = 0.3649 r.sub.7 = -0.1408 d.sub.7 = 0.0100 n.sub.4 = 1.51874 ν.sub.4 = 64.5 r.sub.8 = ∞ d.sub.8 = 0.0140 r.sub.9 = 0.6388 d.sub.9 = 0.0200 n.sub.5 = 1.57309 ν.sub.5 = 42.6 r.sub.10 = -0.4795 f = 1.0 f.sub.B = 0.3413 P = 0.82 1 : 4.5 wherein reference symbol r 1 through r 10 respectively represent radii of curvature of respective lens surfaces, reference symbols d 1 through d 9 respectively represent thicknesses of respective lenses and airspaces between respective lenses, reference symbols n 1 through n 5 respectively represent refractive indexes of respective lenses, reference symbols ν 1 through ν 5 respectively represent Abbe's numbers of respective lenses, reference symbol f represents the focal length of the lens system as a whole, reference symbol f B represents the back focal length, and reference symbol P represents the telephoto ratio.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 275 words
A telephoto lens system comprising five lenses, a first lens being a positive meniscus lens with its convex surface positioned on the object side, a second lens being a biconcave lens, a third lens being a positive meniscus lens with its convex surface positioned on the object side, a fourth lens being a negative lens with its concave surface positioned on the object side, and a fifth lens being a biconvex lens, and said telephoto lens system having the following numerical values: r.sub.1 = 0.3224 d.sub.1 = 0.0208 n.sub.1 = 1.48749 ν.sub.1 = 70.2 r.sub.2 = 1.3884 d.sub.2 = 0.0105 r.sub.3 = -0.9223 d.sub.3 = 0.0110 n.sub.2 = 1.74000 ν.sub.2 = 28.3 r.sub.4 = 2.6366 d.sub.4 = 0.0020 r.sub.5 = 0.3329 d.sub.5 = 0.0230 n.sub.3 = 1.51821 ν.sub.3 = 65.0 r.sub.6 = ∞ d.sub.6 = 0.3625 r.sub.7 = -0.1406 d.sub.7 = 0.0100 n.sub.4 = 1.49782 ν.sub.4 = 66.8 r.sub.8 = ∞ d.sub.8 = 0.0140 r.sub.9 = 0.7064 d.sub.9 = 0.0250 n.sub.5 = 1.57309 ν.sub.5 = 42.6 r.sub.10 = -0.5568 f = 1.0 f.sub.B = 0.3329 P = 0.81 1 : 4.5 wherein reference symbol r 1 through r 10 respectively represent radii of curvature of respective lens surfaces, reference symbols d 1 through d 9 respectively represent thicknesses of respective lenses and airspaces between respective lenses, reference symbols n 1 through n 5 respectively represent refractive indexes of respective lenses, reference symbols ν 1 through 84 5 respectively represent Abbe's numbers of respective lenses, reference symbol f represents the focal length of the lens system as a whole, reference symbol f B represents the back focal length, and reference symbol P represents the telephoto ratio.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 275 words
A telephoto lens system comprising five lenses, a first lens being a positive meniscus lens with its convex surface positioned on the object side, a second lens being a biconcave lens, a third lens being a positive meniscus lens with its convex surface positioned on the object side, a fourth lens being a negative lens with its concave surface positioned on the object side, and a fifth lens being a biconvex lens, and said telephoto lens system having the following numerical values: r.sub.1 = 0.3224 d.sub.1 = 0.0208 n.sub.1 = 1.48749 ν.sub.1 = 70.2 r.sub.2 = 1.3884 d.sub.2 = 0.0105 r.sub.3 = -0.9223 d.sub.3 = 0.0110 n.sub.2 = 1.74000 ν.sub.2 = 28.3 r.sub.4 = 2.6366 d.sub.4 = 0.0020 r.sub.5 = 0.3329 d.sub.5 = 0.0230 n.sub.3 = 1.51821 ν.sub.3 = 65.0 r.sub.6 = ∞ d.sub.6 = 0.3625 r.sub.7 = -0.1406 d.sub.7 = 0.0100 n.sub.4 = 1.49782 ν.sub.4 = 66.8 r.sub.8 = ∞ d.sub.8 = 0.0140 r.sub.9 = 0.7064 d.sub.9 = 0.0250 n.sub.5 = 1.57309 ν.sub.5 = 42.6 r.sub.10 = -0.5568 f = 1.0 f.sub.B = 0.3329 P = 0.81 1 : 4.5 wherein reference symbol r 1 through r 10 respectively represent radii of curvature of respective lens surfaces, reference symbols d 1 through d 9 respectively represent thicknesses of respective lenses and airspaces between respective lenses, reference symbols n 1 through n 5 respectively represent refractive indexes of respective lenses, reference symbols ν 1 through 84 5 respectively represent Abbe's numbers of respective lenses, reference symbol f represents the focal length of the lens system as a whole, reference symbol f B represents the back focal length, and reference symbol P represents the telephoto ratio.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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