Camera objective of variable focal length

Claim 1

In a camera objective of variable focal length including a varifocal foward lens group and a fixed-focus rear lens group centered on a common optical axis, said forward lens group consisting of a substantially axially fixed positive first component, an axially shiftable negative second component, an axially shiftable negative third component and an axially fixed fourth component, said second and third components being displaceable between a wide-angle position of minimum overall focal length and a telephoto position of maximum overall focal length with maintenance of an invarient image plane behind said rear lens group, said third component approaching said fourth component more closely in said telephoto position than in said wide-angle position, the combination of said first, second and third components being of dispersive character, the improvement wherein said first component consists of lenses L 1 , L 2 and L 3 , said second component consists of lenses L 4 , L 5 and L 6 , said third component consists of a lens L 7 and said fourth component consists of lenses L 8 and L 9 , said lenses having radii of curvature r 1 -r 17 , axial thicknesses d 1 -d 9 and axial spacings s 1 -s 7 whose numerical values, based on a numerical value of unity for an intermediate overall focal length, together with their refractive indices n d and Abbe numbers ν d are substantially as given in the following table: ______________________________________ n.sub.d ν.sub.d ______________________________________ r.sub.1 = +6.6 L.sub.1 d.sub.1 = 0.14 1.81 25 r.sub.2 = + 2.7 s.sub.1 = 0.08 r.sub.3 = + 2.7 L.sub.2 d.sub.2 = 0.50 1.62 60 r.sub.4 = - 21.7 s.sub.2 = 0.01 r.sub.5 = + 2.8 L.sub.3 d.sub.3 = 0.33 1.67 48 r.sub.6 = + 18.2 0.06 f.sub.min s.sub.3 = 0.64 f.sub.med 1.64 f.sub.max r.sub.7 = + 7.0 L.sub.4 d.sub.4 = 0.08 1.71 54 r.sub.8 = + 1.1 s.sub.4 = 0.32 r.sub.9 = - 1.8 L.sub.5 d.sub.5 = 0.08 1.62 60 r.sub.10 = + 1.8 L.sub.6 d.sub.6 = 0.21 1.81 25 r.sub.11 = ∞ 1.53 f.sub.min s.sub.5 = 0.93 f.sub.med 0.28 f.sub.max r.sub.12 = - 1.2 L.sub.7 d.sub.7 = 0.08 1.74 45 r.sub.13 = - 4.6 0.50 f.sub.min s.sub.6 = 0.53 f.sub.med 0.18 f.sub.max r.sub.14 = + 6.8 L.sub.8 d.sub.8 = 0.21 1.62 60 r.sub.15 = - 2.9 s.sub.7 = 0.01 r.sub.16 = + 4.7 L.sub.9 d.sub.9 = 0.17 1.62 60 r.sub.17 = - 7.1 ______________________________________