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Varifocal optical system
Assignee: Bolex International SA
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Filing: 1979-01-23
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Granted: 1981-05-26
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Expires: 1999-01-23
Abstract
Abstract An optical system for extremely high focal length variation comprising an attachment of variable magnification and a base objective of fixed focal length, whereby the attachment has at least four lens members which are displaceable along the optical axis with the focal length change. Viewed in the incoming direction of the light, the first and fourth displaceable lens members are displaceable according to the same movement law, and the second and third lens member are displaceable according to movement laws which are different from one another, preferably however being related to each other.
Inventors
- 👤 Francois Laurent
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 19:38
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B15/00; G02B15/14; G02B15/16; G02B15/163; G02B15/167; G02B15/173; G02B15/146; G02B15/1461; G02B15/1465
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
217 words
An optical system for extremely high focal length variation, comprising an attachment of variable magnification and a base objective of fixed focal length, whereby the attachment has at least four lens members which are displaceable along the optical axis with the focal length change, comprising (viewed in the incoming direction of the light) first and fourth displaceable lens members, second and third lens members, means for displacing said first and fourth displaceable lens members according to the same movement law, means for displacing said second and third lens members according to movement laws which are different from each other, the attachment comprises a first and a second partial system, each said partial system has two displaceable said lens members, at least said first partial system is afocal, a base objective, said first partial system in the attachment comprises, a stationary first member, a means comprising a second member displaceable for the focal length variation, means constituting a third member for bringing about an image position compensation, said second partial system comprises a fourth member following said third member, a moveable fifth lens member, said fourth member constitutes means for compensating wandering of the image which is produced by movement of said fifth lens member, said second partial system includes an additional stationary member adjacent said base objective.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
217 words
An optical system for extremely high focal length variation, comprising an attachment of variable magnification and a base objective of fixed focal length, whereby the attachment has at least four lens members which are displaceable along the optical axis with the focal length change, comprising (viewed in the incoming direction of the light) first and fourth displaceable lens members, second and third lens members, means for displacing said first and fourth displaceable lens members according to the same movement law, means for displacing said second and third lens members according to movement laws which are different from each other, the attachment comprises a first and a second partial system, each said partial system has two displaceable said lens members, at least said first partial system is afocal, a base objective, said first partial system in the attachment comprises, a stationary first member, a means comprising a second member displaceable for the focal length variation, means constituting a third member for bringing about an image position compensation, said second partial system comprises a fourth member following said third member, a moveable fifth lens member, said fourth member constitutes means for compensating wandering of the image which is produced by movement of said fifth lens member, said second partial system includes an additional stationary member adjacent said base objective.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The optical system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the movement laws for displacing said second and third lens members are related to each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The optical system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the four said lens members are adjacent one another.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
82 words
The optical system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said means constitute a displacement device for said lens members which are moveable along the optical axis with the focal length adjustment, said displacement device comprises a rotatably mounted cam body, said cam body is operatively coordinated to said second and third lens members, said cam body in radial direction has two cam section means each extending over 180° thereof for controlling the movements of said second and third lens members, respectively.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The optical system as set forth in claim 4, wherein both said cam section means are arranged axially opposite.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
305 words
An optical system for extremely high focal length variation, comprising an attachment of variable magnification and a base objective of fixed focal length, whereby the attachment has at least four lens members which are displaceable along the optical axis with the focal length change, comprising (viewed in the incoming direction of the light) first and fourth displaceable lens members, second and third lens members, means for displacing said first and fourth displaceable lens members according to the same movement law, means for displacing said second and third lens members according to movement laws which are different from each other, the optical system having the following data, within a deviation of the curvature of individual surfaces and of the thicknesses of up to ±10% of the optical power of the corresponding member, of the indexes of refraction up to ±0.03 and of the Abbe numbers up to ±5: ______________________________________
r 1[d] n.sub.d v.sub.d
______________________________________
aspheric
5.0 1.492 54.67
81.69
5.0
88.00
3.5 1.784 26.08
43.00
8.0
-140.00
3.0 1.784 26.08
120.00
8.0
-31.00
2.0 1.784 26.08
-83.76
1.sub.I
-80.00
5.5 1.744 44.77
-35.32
0.1
196.20
6.0 1.744 44.77
-85.00
0.1
54.00
6.0 1.744 44.77
886.95
1.sub.II
-45.00
1.0 1.781 37.09
58.79
1.sub.III
-25.38
1.0 1.781 37.09
∞
1.sub.IV
348.10
4.2 1.563 60.80
-27.00
0.1
37.26
3.4 1.563 60.80
∞
1.sub.V
-40.00
1.65 1.781 37.09
78.85
2.0
∞
5.0 1.568 56.13
∞
2.0
33.33
3.3 1.640 60.10
-194.60
0.1
22.14
3.8 1.640 60.10
45.29
5.1
-21.14
3.7 1.846 23.83
21.14
4.15
-408.30
5.0 1.691 54.71
-14.90
0.1
25.87
3.0 1.691 54.71
-300.00
16.18
______________________________________
whereby r is the radius, d is the lens thickness, n.sub.d is the index of
refraction and v.sub.d is the Abbe number, whereby the non-spherical-ness
is defined by the following formula: ______________________________________
aspheric:
R a.sub.2 a.sub.4 a.sub.6
______________________________________
30.0 0 4.10.sup.-6
1.10.sup.-9
______________________________________
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
305 words
An optical system for extremely high focal length variation, comprising an attachment of variable magnification and a base objective of fixed focal length, whereby the attachment has at least four lens members which are displaceable along the optical axis with the focal length change, comprising (viewed in the incoming direction of the light) first and fourth displaceable lens members, second and third lens members, means for displacing said first and fourth displaceable lens members according to the same movement law, means for displacing said second and third lens members according to movement laws which are different from each other, the optical system having the following data, within a deviation of the curvature of individual surfaces and of the thicknesses of up to ±10% of the optical power of the corresponding member, of the indexes of refraction up to ±0.03 and of the Abbe numbers up to ±5: ______________________________________
r 1[d] n.sub.d v.sub.d
______________________________________
aspheric
5.0 1.492 54.67
81.69
5.0
88.00
3.5 1.784 26.08
43.00
8.0
-140.00
3.0 1.784 26.08
120.00
8.0
-31.00
2.0 1.784 26.08
-83.76
1.sub.I
-80.00
5.5 1.744 44.77
-35.32
0.1
196.20
6.0 1.744 44.77
-85.00
0.1
54.00
6.0 1.744 44.77
886.95
1.sub.II
-45.00
1.0 1.781 37.09
58.79
1.sub.III
-25.38
1.0 1.781 37.09
∞
1.sub.IV
348.10
4.2 1.563 60.80
-27.00
0.1
37.26
3.4 1.563 60.80
∞
1.sub.V
-40.00
1.65 1.781 37.09
78.85
2.0
∞
5.0 1.568 56.13
∞
2.0
33.33
3.3 1.640 60.10
-194.60
0.1
22.14
3.8 1.640 60.10
45.29
5.1
-21.14
3.7 1.846 23.83
21.14
4.15
-408.30
5.0 1.691 54.71
-14.90
0.1
25.87
3.0 1.691 54.71
-300.00
16.18
______________________________________
whereby r is the radius, d is the lens thickness, n.sub.d is the index of
refraction and v.sub.d is the Abbe number, whereby the non-spherical-ness
is defined by the following formula: ______________________________________
aspheric:
R a.sub.2 a.sub.4 a.sub.6
______________________________________
30.0 0 4.10.sup.-6
1.10.sup.-9
______________________________________
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
269 words
An optical system for extremely high focal length variation, comprising an attachment of variable magnification and a base objective of fixed focal length, whereby the attachment has at least four lens members which are displaceable along the optical axis with the focal length change, comprising (viewed in the incoming direction of the light) first and fourth displaceable lens members, second and third lens members, means for displacing said first and fourth displaceable lens members according to the same movement law, means for displacing said second and third lens members according to movement laws which are different from each other, the optical system having the following data, within a deviation of the curvature of individual surfaces and of the thicknesses of up to ±10% of the optical power of the corresponding member, of the refractive indexes up to ±0.03 and of the Abbe numbers up to ±5: ______________________________________
r d[1] n.sub.d v.sub.d
______________________________________
129.83
5.0 1.788 47.39
∞
0.05
49.00
12.5 1.719 50.41
-73.10
2.0 1.721 29.25
65.84
1.sub.I
150.0
1.85 1.620 60.33
31.05
2.85
114.0
1.5 1.620 60.33
26.10
5.5
-53.0
6.5 1.784 26.08
-18.5
1.0 1.788 47.39
-3076.27
1.sub.II
-155.0
1.5 1.625 35.70
52.0
1.25
91.0
9.0 1.696 56.18
-37.39
1.sub.III
28.9
7.5 1.589 61.27
-62.5
2.0 1.620 36.37
75.0
1.sub.IV
∞
1.35 1.691 54.71
28.75
2.5
-142.0
0.85 1.620 60.33
9.4
3.5 1.620 36.37
28.63
1.sub.V
935.0
2.0 1.647 33.85
28.75
6.0 1.623 58.06
-44.60
1.0
∞
5.0 1.568 56.13
∞
3.3
39.15
7.0 1.744 44.77
248.55
12.35
-50.0
13.75 1.805 25.43
50.0
1.55
667.0
7.45 1.670 47.11
-38.7
0.25
40.0
7.25 1.620 60.33
-194.55
32.10
______________________________________
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
269 words
An optical system for extremely high focal length variation, comprising an attachment of variable magnification and a base objective of fixed focal length, whereby the attachment has at least four lens members which are displaceable along the optical axis with the focal length change, comprising (viewed in the incoming direction of the light) first and fourth displaceable lens members, second and third lens members, means for displacing said first and fourth displaceable lens members according to the same movement law, means for displacing said second and third lens members according to movement laws which are different from each other, the optical system having the following data, within a deviation of the curvature of individual surfaces and of the thicknesses of up to ±10% of the optical power of the corresponding member, of the refractive indexes up to ±0.03 and of the Abbe numbers up to ±5: ______________________________________
r d[1] n.sub.d v.sub.d
______________________________________
129.83
5.0 1.788 47.39
∞
0.05
49.00
12.5 1.719 50.41
-73.10
2.0 1.721 29.25
65.84
1.sub.I
150.0
1.85 1.620 60.33
31.05
2.85
114.0
1.5 1.620 60.33
26.10
5.5
-53.0
6.5 1.784 26.08
-18.5
1.0 1.788 47.39
-3076.27
1.sub.II
-155.0
1.5 1.625 35.70
52.0
1.25
91.0
9.0 1.696 56.18
-37.39
1.sub.III
28.9
7.5 1.589 61.27
-62.5
2.0 1.620 36.37
75.0
1.sub.IV
∞
1.35 1.691 54.71
28.75
2.5
-142.0
0.85 1.620 60.33
9.4
3.5 1.620 36.37
28.63
1.sub.V
935.0
2.0 1.647 33.85
28.75
6.0 1.623 58.06
-44.60
1.0
∞
5.0 1.568 56.13
∞
3.3
39.15
7.0 1.744 44.77
248.55
12.35
-50.0
13.75 1.805 25.43
50.0
1.55
667.0
7.45 1.670 47.11
-38.7
0.25
40.0
7.25 1.620 60.33
-194.55
32.10
______________________________________
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
260 words
An optical system for extremely high focal length variation, comprising an attachment of variable magnification and a base objective of fixed focal length, whereby the attachment has at least four lens members which are displaceable along the optical axis with the focal length change, comprising (viewed in the incoming direction of the light) first and fourth displaceable lens members, second and third lens members, means for displacing said first and fourth displaceable lens members according to the same movement law, means for displacing said second and third lens members according to movememt laws which are different from each other, the optical system having the following data, within a deviation of the curvature of individual surfaces and of the thicknesses of up to ±10% of the optical power of the corresponding member, of the refractive indexes up to ±0.03 and of the Abbe numbers up to ±5: ______________________________________
r d[1] n.sub.d v.sub.d
______________________________________
124.0
∞ 6.5 1.744 44.77
∞
0.1
65.54
14.0 1.719 50.41
-54.0
2.0 1.721 29.25
116.65
1.sub.I
150.0
1.85 1.623 58.06
31.05
3.5
114.0
1.5 1.623 58.06
26.10
6.5
-53.0
6.5 1.784 26.08
-18.5
1.0 1.788 47.39
-838.1
1.sub.II
-428.14
1.5 1.784 26.08
57.0
1.25
91.0
7.0 1.691 54.71
-37.36
1.sub.III
28.9
5.0 1.589 61.27
71.46
1.sub.IV
∞
1.35 1.691 54.71
28.75
2.5
-142.0
0.85 1.620 60.33
9.4
3.5 1.620 36.37
28.63
1.sub.V
935.0
1.0 1.623 58.06
∞
4.0 1.623 58.06
-47.34
1.0
∞
5.0 1.568 56.13
∞
3.3
31.55
7.7 1.623 58.06
-67.50
1.4
-43.47
10.5 1.762 26.53
19.68
2.65
27.10
6.5 1.788 47.39
-44.44
30.46
______________________________________
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
260 words
An optical system for extremely high focal length variation, comprising an attachment of variable magnification and a base objective of fixed focal length, whereby the attachment has at least four lens members which are displaceable along the optical axis with the focal length change, comprising (viewed in the incoming direction of the light) first and fourth displaceable lens members, second and third lens members, means for displacing said first and fourth displaceable lens members according to the same movement law, means for displacing said second and third lens members according to movememt laws which are different from each other, the optical system having the following data, within a deviation of the curvature of individual surfaces and of the thicknesses of up to ±10% of the optical power of the corresponding member, of the refractive indexes up to ±0.03 and of the Abbe numbers up to ±5: ______________________________________
r d[1] n.sub.d v.sub.d
______________________________________
124.0
∞ 6.5 1.744 44.77
∞
0.1
65.54
14.0 1.719 50.41
-54.0
2.0 1.721 29.25
116.65
1.sub.I
150.0
1.85 1.623 58.06
31.05
3.5
114.0
1.5 1.623 58.06
26.10
6.5
-53.0
6.5 1.784 26.08
-18.5
1.0 1.788 47.39
-838.1
1.sub.II
-428.14
1.5 1.784 26.08
57.0
1.25
91.0
7.0 1.691 54.71
-37.36
1.sub.III
28.9
5.0 1.589 61.27
71.46
1.sub.IV
∞
1.35 1.691 54.71
28.75
2.5
-142.0
0.85 1.620 60.33
9.4
3.5 1.620 36.37
28.63
1.sub.V
935.0
1.0 1.623 58.06
∞
4.0 1.623 58.06
-47.34
1.0
∞
5.0 1.568 56.13
∞
3.3
31.55
7.7 1.623 58.06
-67.50
1.4
-43.47
10.5 1.762 26.53
19.68
2.65
27.10
6.5 1.788 47.39
-44.44
30.46
______________________________________
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