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US5666228A
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Retrofocus type lens
Assignee: Fujinon Corp
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Filing: 1996-07-29
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Granted: 1997-09-09
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Expires: 2016-07-29
Abstract
Abstract In a negative first lens group composed of four sheets of lenses and a positive second lens group composed of four sheets of lenses, the lens in each lens group placed closest to the enlargement side is formed as a plastic lens having an aspheric surface, while predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied, whereby various kinds of aberration are made favorable and influence of changes in the plastic lens upon temperature is suppressed. A first lens group comprising a negative first lens (L1) made of a plastic lens having an aspheric surface, a negative second lens (L2), a negative third lens (L3), and a positive fourth lens (L4) and a second lens group comprising, a positive fifth lens (L5) made of a plastic lens having an aspheric surface, a negative sixth lens (L6), a positive seventh lens (L7), and a positive eighth lens (L8) are successively disposed from the enlargement side, while satisfying the following conditional expressions: -2.5<F.sub.1 /F.sub.5 <-0.3,-2.8<FG.sub.1 /FG.sub.2 <-1.0, 0.2<H/FG.sub.2 <0.75, 0.0<A(1), 0.0<A(2),ν 4 <32,58<ν 7
Inventors
- 👤 Chikara Yamamoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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US
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2026-11-07 19:50
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B13/00; G02B13/18; G02B15/00; G02B15/14; G02B15/142; G02B15/1425
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
300 words
A retrofocus type lens comprising, successively from an enlargement side, a first lens group which is negative as a whole and a second lens group which is positive as a whole; wherein said first lens group comprises, successively from the enlargement side, a negative first lens made of a plastic having a concave surface directed onto a reduction side and an aspheric surface, a negative second lens having a concave surface directed onto the reduction side, a negative third lens, and a positive fourth lens; wherein said second lens group comprises, successively from the enlargement side, a positive fifth lens made of a plastic having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side and an aspheric surface, a negative sixth lens, a positive seventh lens having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side, and a positive eighth lens having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side; and wherein said retrofocus type lens is configured so as to satisfy the following conditional expressions (1) to (7): -2.5<F.sub.1 /F.sub.5 <-0.3 (1) -2.8<FG.sub.1 /FG.sub.2 <-1.0 (2) 0.2H/FG.sub.2 <0.75 (3) 0.0<A(1) (4) 0.0<A(2) (5) ν.sub.4 <32 (6) 58<ν.sub.7 ( 7) wherein: F 1 is focal length of the first lens, F 5 is focal length of the fifth lens, FG 1 is focal length of the first lens group, FG 2 is focal length of the second lens group, H is principal point length of the second lens group on the enlargement side, A(1) is aspheric surface coefficient of fourth order term for the surface of the first lens on the enlargement side, A(2) is aspheric surface coefficient of fourth order term for the surface of the first lens on the reduction side, ν 4 is Abbe number of the fourth lens, and ν 7 is Abbe number of the seventh lens.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
300 words
A retrofocus type lens comprising, successively from an enlargement side, a first lens group which is negative as a whole and a second lens group which is positive as a whole; wherein said first lens group comprises, successively from the enlargement side, a negative first lens made of a plastic having a concave surface directed onto a reduction side and an aspheric surface, a negative second lens having a concave surface directed onto the reduction side, a negative third lens, and a positive fourth lens; wherein said second lens group comprises, successively from the enlargement side, a positive fifth lens made of a plastic having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side and an aspheric surface, a negative sixth lens, a positive seventh lens having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side, and a positive eighth lens having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side; and wherein said retrofocus type lens is configured so as to satisfy the following conditional expressions (1) to (7): -2.5<F.sub.1 /F.sub.5 <-0.3 (1) -2.8<FG.sub.1 /FG.sub.2 <-1.0 (2) 0.2H/FG.sub.2 <0.75 (3) 0.0<A(1) (4) 0.0<A(2) (5) ν.sub.4 <32 (6) 58<ν.sub.7 ( 7) wherein: F 1 is focal length of the first lens, F 5 is focal length of the fifth lens, FG 1 is focal length of the first lens group, FG 2 is focal length of the second lens group, H is principal point length of the second lens group on the enlargement side, A(1) is aspheric surface coefficient of fourth order term for the surface of the first lens on the enlargement side, A(2) is aspheric surface coefficient of fourth order term for the surface of the first lens on the reduction side, ν 4 is Abbe number of the fourth lens, and ν 7 is Abbe number of the seventh lens.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
302 words
A retrofocus lens comprising, successively from an enlargement side, a first lens group which is negative as a whole and a second lens group which is positive as a whole; wherein said first lens group comprises, successively from the enlargement side, a negative first lens made of a plastic having a concave surface directed onto a reduction side and an aspheric surface, a negative second lens having a concave surface directed onto the reduction side, a positive third lens, and a negative fourth lens; wherein said second lens group comprises, successively from the enlargement side, a positive fifth lens made of a plastic having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side and an aspheric surface, a negative sixth lens, a positive seventh lens having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side, and a positive eighth lens having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side; and wherein said retrofocus type lens is configured so as to satisfy the following conditional expressions (8) to (14): -2.5<F.sub.1 /F.sub.5 <-0.3 (8) -2.8<FG.sub.1 /FG.sub.2 <-1.0 (9) 0.2<H/FG.sub.2 <0.75 (10) 0.0<A(1) (11) 0.0<<A(2) (12) 28<ν.sub.4 <55 (b 13) 58<ν.sub.7 ( 14) wherein: F 1 is focal length of the first lens, F 5 is focal length of the fifth lens, FG 1 is focal length of the first lens group, FG 2 is focal length of the second lens group, H is principal point length of the second lens group on the enlargement side, A(1) is aspheric surface coefficient of the fourth order term for the surface of the first lens on the enlargement side, A(2) is aspheric surface coefficient of the fourth order term for the surface of the first lens on the reduction side, ν 4 is Abbe number of the fourth lens, and ν 7 is Abbe number of the seventh lens.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
302 words
A retrofocus lens comprising, successively from an enlargement side, a first lens group which is negative as a whole and a second lens group which is positive as a whole; wherein said first lens group comprises, successively from the enlargement side, a negative first lens made of a plastic having a concave surface directed onto a reduction side and an aspheric surface, a negative second lens having a concave surface directed onto the reduction side, a positive third lens, and a negative fourth lens; wherein said second lens group comprises, successively from the enlargement side, a positive fifth lens made of a plastic having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side and an aspheric surface, a negative sixth lens, a positive seventh lens having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side, and a positive eighth lens having a convex surface directed onto the reduction side; and wherein said retrofocus type lens is configured so as to satisfy the following conditional expressions (8) to (14): -2.5<F.sub.1 /F.sub.5 <-0.3 (8) -2.8<FG.sub.1 /FG.sub.2 <-1.0 (9) 0.2<H/FG.sub.2 <0.75 (10) 0.0<A(1) (11) 0.0<<A(2) (12) 28<ν.sub.4 <55 (b 13) 58<ν.sub.7 ( 14) wherein: F 1 is focal length of the first lens, F 5 is focal length of the fifth lens, FG 1 is focal length of the first lens group, FG 2 is focal length of the second lens group, H is principal point length of the second lens group on the enlargement side, A(1) is aspheric surface coefficient of the fourth order term for the surface of the first lens on the enlargement side, A(2) is aspheric surface coefficient of the fourth order term for the surface of the first lens on the reduction side, ν 4 is Abbe number of the fourth lens, and ν 7 is Abbe number of the seventh lens.
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