Large-aperture telephoto lens

Claim 2

A large-aperture telephoto lens comprising seven lens elements in six lens components, the first lens component having a positive lens, the second lens component having a doublet composed of a negative-meniscus lens with its concave side facing an image and a positive-meniscus lens, the third lens component having a negative-meniscus lens with its concave side facing the image, the fourth lens having a meniscus lens with its concave side facing an object, the fifth lens component having a positive-meniscus lens with a surface of a larger curvature facing the object, and the sixth lens component having a positive lens, said large-aperture telephoto lens meeting the following requirements: ##EQU2## |n.sub.2 -n.sub.3 |<0.1, ν.sub.3 -ν.sub.2 >10, 0.2f<r.sub.4 <0.35f; (2)

Claim 3

35f<f 1 , 2, 3 <0.55f; (3) |f.sub.5 |<4f, 0.2f<-r.sub.8 <0.4f; (4) 0.35f<r.sub.10 <f; and (5) 0.25<f/f.sub.7 <0.45 (6) where n i : the refractive index of the ith lens along d-line; ν i : the Abbe number of the ith lens; f : the focal length of the overall lens system; r i : the radius of curvature of the ith surface; f 1 , 2, 3 : the composite focal length of the first through third lenses; and f i : the focal length of the ith lens.

Claim 4

35f<f 1 , 2, 3 <0.55f; (3) |f.sub.5 |<4f, 0.2f<-r.sub.8 <0.4f; (4) 0.35f<r.sub.10 <f; and (5) 0.25<f/f.sub.7 <0.45 (6) where n i : the refractive index of the ith lens along d-line; ν i : the Abbe number of the ith lens; f : the focal length of the overall lens system; r i : the radius of curvature of the ith surface; f 1 , 2, 3 : the composite focal length of the first through third lenses; and f i : the focal length of the ith lens.

Claim 5

The telephoto lens according to claim 1, wherein the sixth lens component is fixed and the first through fifth lens components are movable upon focusing.

Claim 6

The telephoto lens according to claim 2, further satisfying the following chart: ______________________________________ f = 135, FNO 1:2, 2ω = 18° f.sub.1,2,3 = 0.436 f, f.sub.5 = 10.04 f, f/f.sub.7 = 0.330 ______________________________________ r.sub.1 64.573 d.sub.1 11.45 n.sub.1 1.61800 ν.sub.1 63.4 L.sub.1 r.sub.2 3710.762 d.sub.2 0.10 r.sub.3 50.679 d.sub.3 4.05 n.sub.2 1.74950 ν.sub.2 35.3 L.sub.2 r.sub.4 38.886 d.sub.4 10.07 n.sub.3 1.72916 ν.sub.3 54.7 L.sub.3 r.sub.5 94.734 d.sub.5 3.68 r.sub.6 383.622 d.sub.6 10.16 n.sub.4 1.68893 ν.sub.4 31.1 L.sub.4 r.sub.7 29.564 d.sub.7 26.73 r.sub.8 -41.519 d.sub.8 3.55 n.sub.5 1.80518 ν.sub.5 25.4 L.sub.5 r.sub.9 -41.500 d.sub.9 16.70 r.sub.10 70.634 d.sub.10 4.05 n.sub.6 1.70000 ν.sub.6 48.1 L.sub.6 r.sub.11 119.936 d.sub.11 4.05 r.sub.12 250.369 d.sub.12 3.54 n.sub.7 1.70000 ν.sub.7 48.1 L.sub.7 r.sub.13 1996.195 ______________________________________

Claim 7

The telephoto lens according to claim 2, further satisfying the following chart: ______________________________________ f = 135, FNO 1:1.8, 2ω = 18° f.sub.1,2,3 = 0.476 f, f.sub.5 = 5.57 f, f/f.sub.7 = 0.318 ______________________________________ r.sub.1 71.398 d.sub.1 12.90 n.sub.1 1.62041 ν.sub.1 60.3 L.sub.1 r.sub.2 4020.868 d.sub.2 0.10 r.sub.3 52.330 d.sub.3 4.82 n.sub.2 1.72342 ν.sub.2 37.9 L.sub.2 r.sub.4 31.309 d.sub.4 15.0 n.sub.3 1.69680 ν.sub.3 55.5 L.sub.3 r.sub.5 94.161 d.sub.5 4.05 r.sub.6 461.054 d.sub.6 8.17 n.sub.4 1.67270 ν.sub.4 32.1 L.sub.4 r.sub.7 30.267 d.sub.7 34.38 r.sub.8 -41.362 d.sub.8 4.37 n.sub.5 1.70154 ν.sub.5 41.2 L.sub.5 r.sub.9 -40.027 d.sub.9 6.87 r.sub.10 71.985 d.sub.10 4.05 n.sub.6 1.72000 ν.sub.6 46.0 L.sub.6 r.sub.11 143.722 d.sub.11 4.0 r.sub.12 248.646 d.sub.12 4.0 n.sub.7 1.70000 ν.sub.7 48.1 L.sub.7 r.sub.13 1506.638 ______________________________________