Zoom lens for stabilizing the image

Claim 2

A zoom lens having an optical axis for stabilizing an image, comprising: a front lens group comprising a compensation lens sub-group which moves in a direction having a directional component transverse to the optical axis to stabilize the image and a front lens sub-group; and a rear lens group positioned in the rear of said front lens group, wherein zooming is performed by moving said front and rear lens groups along the optical axis.

Claim 3

A zoom lens according to claim 1, wherein said front lens group has a positive refractive power and said rear lens group has a negative refractive power.

Claim 4

A zoom lens according to claim 2, wherein said front lens group comprises said front lens sub-group having a negative refractive power and said compensation lens sub-group arranged in this order from the front.

Claim 5

A zoom lens according to claim 3, further comprising a stop positioned in a space between said front lens sub-group and said compensation lens sub-group.

Claim 6

A zoom lens according to claim 4, wherein said front lens sub-group has at least one negative lens, and said compensation lens sub-group has at least two positive lenses, satisfying the following conditions: -1.1<RNa/fW<-0.25 -1.2<RPa2/RPa1<-0.3 |RPb2/RPb1|<0.8 0.1<D12L/fW<0.55 where RNa is a radius of curvature of the front lens surface of said negative lens which lies in the frontmost position in said front lens sub-group, RPa1 and RPa2 are radii of curvature of the front and rear lens surfaces of the front one of said two positive lenses respectively, RPb1 and RPb2 are radii of curvature of the front and rear lens surfaces of the rear one of said two positive lenses respectively, D12L is an axial thickness of the entirety of said compensation lens sub-group, and fW is the shortest focal length of the entire lens system.

Claim 7

A zoom lens according to claim 5, wherein said compensation lens sub-group has at least one negative lens, and said rear lens group has at least one positive lens, satisfying the following condition: νNb<40 νPc<42 where νNb and νPc are Abbe numbers of materials of said negative lens and said positive lens respectively.

Claim 8

A zoom lens according to claims 3 or 4, satisfying the following conditions: -9.0<f11/fW<-1.0 0.5<f12/fW<1.0 where f11 and f12 are focal lengths of said front lens sub-group and said compensation lens sub-group, and fW is the shortest focal length of the entire lens system.

Claim 9

A zoom lens according to claim 7, wherein said front lens sub-group has at least one negative lens, and said compensation lens sub-group has at least two positive lenses, satisfying the following conditions: -1.1<RNa/fW<-0.25 -1.2<RPa2/RPa1<-0.3 |RPb2/RPb1|<0.8 0.1<D12L/fW<0.55 where RNa is a radius of curvature of the front lens surface of said negative lens which lies in the frontmost position in said front lens sub-group, RPa1 and RPa2 are radii of curvature of the front and rear lens surfaces of the front one of said two positive lenses respectively, RPb1 and RPb2 are radii of curvature of the front and rear lens surfaces of the rear one of said two positive lenses respectively, D12L is an axial thickness of the entirety of said compensation lens sub-group, and fW is the shortest focal length of the entire lens system.

Claim 10

A zoom lens according to claim 8, wherein said compensation lens sub-group has at least one negative lens, and said rear lens group has at least one positive lens, satisfying the following condition: νNb<40 νPc<42 where νNb and νPc are Abbe numbers of materials of said negative lens and said positive lens respectively.

Claim 11

A zoom lens according to claim 3, wherein said front lens sub-group has at least one negative lens, and said compensation lens sub-group has at least two positive lenses, satisfying the following conditions: -1.1<RNa/fW<-0.25 -1.2<RPa2/RPa1<-0.3 |RPb2/RPb1|<0.8 0.1<D12L/fW<0.55 where RNa is a radius of curvature of the front lens surface of said negative lens which lies in the frontmost position in said front lens sub-group, RPa1 and RPa2 are radii of curvature of the front and rear lens surfaces of the front one of said two positive lenses respectively, RPb1 and RPb2 are radii of curvature of the front and rear lens surfaces of the rear one of said two positive lenses respectively, D12L is an axial thickness of the entirety of said compensation lens sub-group, and fW is the shortest focal length of the entire lines system.

Claim 12

A zoom lens according to claim 10, wherein said compensation lens sub-group has at least one negative lens, and said rear lens group has at least one positive lens, satisfying the following condition: νNb<40 νPc<42 where νNb and νPc are Abbe numbers of materials of said negative lens and said positive lens respectively.

Claim 13

A zoom lens according to claim 3, wherein said compensation lens sub-group has at least one negative lens, and said rear lens group has at least one positive lens, satisfying the following condition: νNb<40 νPc<42 where νNb and νPc are Abbe numbers of materials of said negative lens and said positive lens respectively.