Photographic objective which prevents variation in angular field of view during focusing

Claim 2

A photographic objective comprising: a focusing lens group arranged at the front thereof and including at least two lens members movable for focusing independently of each other; a lens group arranged to the rear of said focusing lens group and stationary during focusing; and said focusing lens group having focusing means and means for preventing variation of the angular field of view of said objective during focusing.

Claim 3

A photographic objective according to claim 1, wherein during focusing said movable members of said focusing lens group are movable in differential relation to each other such that the angle between a ray of light directed at the entrance pupil of said objective and an optical axis of said objective remains constant during focusing.

Claim 4

A photographic objective according to claim 2, wherein said objective comprises, from front to rear, first and second lens groups movable for focusing, and third and fourth lens groups stationary during focusing, a diaphragm intervening between said third and said fourth lens groups, and during focusing, the amount of movement x 1 of said first lens group and the amount of movement x 2 of said second lens group are related to each other by the following formula: ##EQU3## wherein e' i ∞ =the distance from the rear principal point of the i-th lens group to the front principal point of the (i+1)th lens group in the lens system when focused at infinity; ψ i =the refractive power of the i-th lens group; t' K ∞ =the distance from the rear principal point of the fourth lens group to the exit pupil; and Γ∞=the ratio of the angle of inclination (field angle) of a principal ray incident on the first lens group to the angle of inclination of the principal ray emerging from the fourth lens group in the lens system when focused at infinity.