US4045128A
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Telephoto objective
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1975-04-22
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Granted: 1977-08-30
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Expires: 1995-04-22
Abstract
Abstract A telephoto objective comprising a stationary convergent front lens group and a rear lens group which includes a lens member axially movable for focusing behind a front lens member which remains stationary during focusing, and an operating mechanism therefor. In order to achieve excellent stability of the various aberrations and particularly spherical aberration throughout the focusing range, compensation for the residual aberrations introduced by the front lens group is concentrated in the stationary front member of the rear lens group, while the movable rear member is configured to provide minimized variation of aberrations by constructing these two members as being divergent with their front surfaces convex to the object. In this particular arrangement, the movable member is moved toward the image plane as the objective is focused from the position for an object at infinity to the position for a close object.
Inventors
- 👤 Kikuo Momiyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 16:25
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B13/00; G02B13/02; G02B7/00; G02B7/02; G02B7/04; G02B7/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
343 words
A telephoto objective of high speed adjustable focus comprising a front lens group which has a positive refracting power and remains stationary during focussing, and a rear lens group which is divided into two parts, of which one part is axially movable to effect focussing to suit differing object distances, wherein said movable part of said rear lens being located behind the other part which is stationary during focussing and wherein the characteristics of the various lens elements of said front and rear lens groups and their spatial relationships to each other are substantially of the proportions indicated by the numerical data in the following table, in which R designates the radii of curvature of the refracting surfaces identified by the corresponding subscript numerals and numbered from the front to the rear of the objective, the positive sign indicating that the surface is convex to the front and the negative sign that it is concave thereto, D designates the axial separations between successive refracting surfaces of the objective being numbered from the front to the rear; N designates the refractive indices for the spectral D line of sodium of the materials of the elements being numbered from the front to the rear; and ν designates the Abbe numbers of the materials: ______________________________________
Distance between surface R.sub.1 and the focal plane:
80.01
R.sub.1 =
68.8306 d.sub.1 = 3.625
N.sub.1 = 1.48749
ν.sub.1 = 70.1
R.sub.2 =
-32.7526 d.sub.2 = 2.234
R.sub.3 =
-28.0632 d.sub.3 = 1.250
N.sub.2 = 1.80610
ν.sub.2 = 40.9
R.sub.4 =
-258.3899 d.sub.4 = 0.125
R.sub.5 =
40.9645 d.sub.5 = 3.250
N.sub.3 = 1.48749
ν.sub.3 = 70.1
R.sub.6 =
-55.6211 d.sub.6 = 25.005
R.sub.7 =
8.5369 d.sub.7 = 1.250
N.sub.4 = 1.58913
ν.sub.4 = 61.1
R.sub.8 =
7.6866 d.sub.8 = variable
R.sub.9 =
36.3034 d.sub.9 = 0.750
N.sub.5 = 1.75520
ν.sub.5 = 27.5
R.sub.10 =
108.9485 d.sub.10 = 0.625
N.sub.6 = 1.71300
ν.sub.6 = 53.9
R.sub.11 =
19.0641
Object distance
Focal length of the
Variable axial
from the focal plane
complete objective
air separation(d.sub.8)
Infinity 100.00 2.250
-1,000 83.48 9.656
______________________________________
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
343 words
A telephoto objective of high speed adjustable focus comprising a front lens group which has a positive refracting power and remains stationary during focussing, and a rear lens group which is divided into two parts, of which one part is axially movable to effect focussing to suit differing object distances, wherein said movable part of said rear lens being located behind the other part which is stationary during focussing and wherein the characteristics of the various lens elements of said front and rear lens groups and their spatial relationships to each other are substantially of the proportions indicated by the numerical data in the following table, in which R designates the radii of curvature of the refracting surfaces identified by the corresponding subscript numerals and numbered from the front to the rear of the objective, the positive sign indicating that the surface is convex to the front and the negative sign that it is concave thereto, D designates the axial separations between successive refracting surfaces of the objective being numbered from the front to the rear; N designates the refractive indices for the spectral D line of sodium of the materials of the elements being numbered from the front to the rear; and ν designates the Abbe numbers of the materials: ______________________________________
Distance between surface R.sub.1 and the focal plane:
80.01
R.sub.1 =
68.8306 d.sub.1 = 3.625
N.sub.1 = 1.48749
ν.sub.1 = 70.1
R.sub.2 =
-32.7526 d.sub.2 = 2.234
R.sub.3 =
-28.0632 d.sub.3 = 1.250
N.sub.2 = 1.80610
ν.sub.2 = 40.9
R.sub.4 =
-258.3899 d.sub.4 = 0.125
R.sub.5 =
40.9645 d.sub.5 = 3.250
N.sub.3 = 1.48749
ν.sub.3 = 70.1
R.sub.6 =
-55.6211 d.sub.6 = 25.005
R.sub.7 =
8.5369 d.sub.7 = 1.250
N.sub.4 = 1.58913
ν.sub.4 = 61.1
R.sub.8 =
7.6866 d.sub.8 = variable
R.sub.9 =
36.3034 d.sub.9 = 0.750
N.sub.5 = 1.75520
ν.sub.5 = 27.5
R.sub.10 =
108.9485 d.sub.10 = 0.625
N.sub.6 = 1.71300
ν.sub.6 = 53.9
R.sub.11 =
19.0641
Object distance
Focal length of the
Variable axial
from the focal plane
complete objective
air separation(d.sub.8)
Infinity 100.00 2.250
-1,000 83.48 9.656
______________________________________
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
263 words
A telephoto objective of high speed adjustable focus comprising a front lens group which has a positive refracting power and remains stationary during focussing, and a rear lens group which is divided into two parts of which one part is axially movable to effect focussing to suit differing object distances, wherein said movable part of said rear lens being located behind the other part which is stationary during focussing and wherein the characteristics of the various lens elements of said front and rear lens groups and their spatial relationships to each other are substantially of the proportions indicated by the numerical data in the following table: ______________________________________
Distance between surface R.sub.1 and the focal plane:
81.05
R.sub.1 =
66.6001 d.sub.1 = 3.625
N.sub.1 = 1.48749
ν.sub.1 = 70.1
R.sub.2 =
-33.1516 d.sub.2 = 2.089
R.sub.3 =
-28.6739 d.sub.3 = 1.250
N.sub.2 = 1.80610
ν.sub.2 = 40.9
R.sub.4 =
-316.5437 d.sub.4 = 0.125
R.sub.5 =
41.3109 d.sub.5 = 3.250
N.sub.3 = 1.48749
ν.sub.3 = 70.1
R.sub.6 =
-57.4105 d.sub.6 = 24.974
R.sub.7 =
12.8482 d.sub.7 = 0.875
N.sub.4 = 1.71300
ν.sub.4 = 53.9
R.sub.8 =
22.5379 d.sub.8 = 0.125
R.sub.9 =
22.9059 d.sub.9 = 0.500
N.sub.5 = 1.57250
ν.sub.5 = 57.7
R.sub.10 =
10.4573 d.sub.10 = variable
R.sub.11 =
37.1996 d.sub.11 = 0.750
N.sub.6 = 1.75520
ν.sub.6 = 27.5
R.sub.12 =
96.1965 d.sub.12 = 0.125
R.sub.13 =
86.0176 d.sub.13 = 0.625
N.sub.7 = 1.71300
ν.sub.7 = 53.9
R.sub.14 =
19.4620
Object distance
Focal length of the
Variable axial air
from the focal plane
complete objective
separation (d.sub.10)
Infinity 100.00 2.250
-1,000 93.73 10.208
______________________________________
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
263 words
A telephoto objective of high speed adjustable focus comprising a front lens group which has a positive refracting power and remains stationary during focussing, and a rear lens group which is divided into two parts of which one part is axially movable to effect focussing to suit differing object distances, wherein said movable part of said rear lens being located behind the other part which is stationary during focussing and wherein the characteristics of the various lens elements of said front and rear lens groups and their spatial relationships to each other are substantially of the proportions indicated by the numerical data in the following table: ______________________________________
Distance between surface R.sub.1 and the focal plane:
81.05
R.sub.1 =
66.6001 d.sub.1 = 3.625
N.sub.1 = 1.48749
ν.sub.1 = 70.1
R.sub.2 =
-33.1516 d.sub.2 = 2.089
R.sub.3 =
-28.6739 d.sub.3 = 1.250
N.sub.2 = 1.80610
ν.sub.2 = 40.9
R.sub.4 =
-316.5437 d.sub.4 = 0.125
R.sub.5 =
41.3109 d.sub.5 = 3.250
N.sub.3 = 1.48749
ν.sub.3 = 70.1
R.sub.6 =
-57.4105 d.sub.6 = 24.974
R.sub.7 =
12.8482 d.sub.7 = 0.875
N.sub.4 = 1.71300
ν.sub.4 = 53.9
R.sub.8 =
22.5379 d.sub.8 = 0.125
R.sub.9 =
22.9059 d.sub.9 = 0.500
N.sub.5 = 1.57250
ν.sub.5 = 57.7
R.sub.10 =
10.4573 d.sub.10 = variable
R.sub.11 =
37.1996 d.sub.11 = 0.750
N.sub.6 = 1.75520
ν.sub.6 = 27.5
R.sub.12 =
96.1965 d.sub.12 = 0.125
R.sub.13 =
86.0176 d.sub.13 = 0.625
N.sub.7 = 1.71300
ν.sub.7 = 53.9
R.sub.14 =
19.4620
Object distance
Focal length of the
Variable axial air
from the focal plane
complete objective
separation (d.sub.10)
Infinity 100.00 2.250
-1,000 93.73 10.208
______________________________________
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
103 words
A telephoto objective of high speed adjustable focus comprising: a front lens group which has a positive refracting power and remains stationary during focussing; and a rear lens group having a negative refracting power and composed of a stationary sub-group and at least one movable sub-group, said movable sub-group having a negative refracting power, a frontmost surface of which has a convex face toward the object, said movable sub-group being moved on the optical axis toward an image so as to cause the telephoto object to focus an object at a near distance from its focussing on an object at a far distance.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
103 words
A telephoto objective of high speed adjustable focus comprising: a front lens group which has a positive refracting power and remains stationary during focussing; and a rear lens group having a negative refracting power and composed of a stationary sub-group and at least one movable sub-group, said movable sub-group having a negative refracting power, a frontmost surface of which has a convex face toward the object, said movable sub-group being moved on the optical axis toward an image so as to cause the telephoto object to focus an object at a near distance from its focussing on an object at a far distance.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 3, in which said stationary sub-group is arranged nearer the object than said movable sub-group.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 3, in which said stationary sub-group has a negative refractory power and its frontmost surface is convex toward the object.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 5, in which said stationary sub-group is a negative meniscus lens.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 5, in which said stationary sub-group comprises a positive meniscus lens and a negative meniscus lens arranged in the written order.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 3, wherein the absolute focal length of said stationary sub-group is larger than that of said movable sub-group.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 8, in which said stationary sub-group comprises a positive meniscus lens and a negative meniscus lens arranged in the written order.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 3, in which said front lens group comprises a positive lens, a negative lens and a positive lens.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 10, in which said positive lenses is a biconvex lens, and said negative lens, is a negative meniscus lens having its concave face toward the object.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
127 words
A telephoto objective of high speed adjustable focus comprising: a primary lens group which comprises at least three lenses, has a positive refracting power and is stationary at a constant distance from the focal plane; a middle lens group which is on the image side axially apart from said primary lens group and has a negative refracting power and front lens-surface of which group faces toward the object; and a rearmost lens group which is first behind said middle lens group and has a negative refracting power, and comprises at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, said rearmost lens group moving axially to the image side when refocussing is done from an object far from the object to an object near the object.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
127 words
A telephoto objective of high speed adjustable focus comprising: a primary lens group which comprises at least three lenses, has a positive refracting power and is stationary at a constant distance from the focal plane; a middle lens group which is on the image side axially apart from said primary lens group and has a negative refracting power and front lens-surface of which group faces toward the object; and a rearmost lens group which is first behind said middle lens group and has a negative refracting power, and comprises at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, said rearmost lens group moving axially to the image side when refocussing is done from an object far from the object to an object near the object.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
40 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 12, in which said primary lens group comprises a biconvex lens, a negative lens having the concave face toward the object and a positive lens arranged in the written order from the object side.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 12, in which said middle lens group comprises a negative meniscus lens.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
31 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 12, in which said rearmost lens group comprises a positive meniscus lens and a negative lens arranged in the written order from the object side.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
86 words
A telephoto objective of high speed adjustable focus comprising a front lens group which has a positive refracting power and remains stationary during focussing, and a rear lens group which is positioned on the image side axially apart from said front lens group and has a negative refracting power, said rear lens group being divided into two parts of which one part is axially movable to effect focussing to suit differing object distance, and the other part has a negative refracting power and stationary during focussing.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
86 words
A telephoto objective of high speed adjustable focus comprising a front lens group which has a positive refracting power and remains stationary during focussing, and a rear lens group which is positioned on the image side axially apart from said front lens group and has a negative refracting power, said rear lens group being divided into two parts of which one part is axially movable to effect focussing to suit differing object distance, and the other part has a negative refracting power and stationary during focussing.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
27 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 16, wherein said movable part of said rear lens group is located behind the other part which is stationary during focussing.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
34 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 16, wherein said movable part of said rear lens group is located behind the other part which is stationary during focussing and composed of a plurality of lenses.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
45 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 18, wherein said movable lens part of said rear lens group has a rearmost surface concave to the rear, and said rearmost surface has a radius of curvature which is smallest among all the surfaces of said movable part.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
24 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 16, wherein said stationary part of said rear lens group has a frontmost surface convex to the front.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
39 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 20, wherein said stationary part has a rearmost surface concave to the rear, and said rearmost surface has a radius of curvature which is smallest among all the surfaces of the stationary part.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
78 words
A telephoto objective according to claim 16, wherein the movable part of said rear lens group has a negative refracting power, and the absolute focal length of the stationary part of said rear lens group is larger than that of said movable part, wherein said movable part is moved on the optical axis toward the image so as to cause the objective to focus an object at near distance from its focusing on an object at infinite distance.
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