Converter lens, interchangeable lens, and image capturing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinichiro Saito, Hiroki Ebe
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Abstract
A converter lens has negative refractive power, and is disposed on an image side of a master lens so that a focal length of an entire system becomes greater than a focal length of the master lens alone. The converter lens includes a first lens element closest to an object and a second lens element next to an image side of the first lens element with a space between the first lens element and the second lens element. A focal length of the converter lens, a focal length of an air lens formed by the first lens element and the second lens element, the shape of an image-side lens surface of the first lens element, and the shape of an object-side lens surface of the second lens element are determined as appropriate.
Claims23
A converter lens having negative refractive power and disposed on an image side of a master lens so that a focal length of an entire system becomes greater than a focal length of the master lens alone, the converter lens comprising:
- a first lens element closest to an object in the converter lens;
- and
- a second lens element next to an image side of the first lens element with a space between the first lens element and the second lens element,
- wherein a total number of positive lenses included in the converter lens is four or more, and a total number of negative lens included in the converter lens is three or more, and
- wherein the following inequalities are satisfied:
- 1.45<|fa/f|<8.55;
- −80.0<(ra2+ra1)/(ra2−ra1)<−2.00;
- and
- 0.15<|f1/f|≤0.520,
- where f is a focal length of the converter lens, na1 is a d-line refractive index of a material of an image-side lens of the first lens element, na2 is a d-line refractive index of a material of an object-side lens of the second lens element, ra1 is a curvature radius of the image-side lens surface of the first lens element, ra2 is a curvature radius of the object-side lens surface of the second lens element, fa is a focal length of the space between the first lens element and the second lens element and is defined as fa=1/[{(1/ra1)×(1−na1)/na2}−{(1/ra2)×(1−na2)/na2}], and f1 is a focal length of the first lens element.
An interchangeable lens comprising a master lens and a converter lens having negative refractive power and configured to be inserted to or removed from an optical path of the master lens so that a focal length of an entire system becomes greater than a focal length of the master lens alone, the converter lens comprising:
- a first lens element closest to an object in the converter lens;
- and
- a second lens element next to an image side of the first lens element with a space between the first lens element and the second lens element,
- wherein a total number of positive lenses included in the converter lens is four or more, and a total number of negative lens included in the converter lens is three or more, and
- wherein the following inequalities are satisfied:
- 1.45<|fa/f|<8.55;
- −80.0<(ra2+ra1)/(ra2−ra1)<−2.00;
- and
- 0.15<|f1/f|≤0.520,
- where f is a focal length of the converter lens, na1 is a d-line refractive index of a material of an image-side lens of the first lens element, na2 is a d-line refractive index of a material of an object-side lens of the second lens element, ra1 is a curvature radius of the image-side lens surface of the first lens element, ra2 is a curvature radius of the object-side lens surface of the second lens element, fa is a focal length of the space between the first lens element and the second lens element and is defined as fa=1/[{(1/ra1)×(1−na1)/na2}−{(1/ra2)×(1−na2)/na2}], and f1 is a focal length of the first lens element.
An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- a master lens;
- a converter lens having negative refractive power and disposed on an optical path of the master lens so that a focal length of an entire system becomes greater than a focal length of the master lens alone;
- and
- an image sensor,
- the converter lens comprising:
- a first lens element closest to an object in the converter lens;
- and
- a second lens element next to an image side of the first lens element with a space between the first lens element and the second lens element,
- wherein a total number of positive lenses included in the converter lens is four or more, and a total number of negative lens included in the converter lens is three or more, and
- wherein the following inequalities are satisfied:
- 1.45<|fa/f|<8.55;
- −80.0<(ra2+ra1)/(ra2−ra1)<−2.00;
- and
- 0.15<|f1/f|≤0.520,
- where f is a focal length of the converter lens, na1 is a d-line refractive index of a material of an image-side lens of the first lens element, na2 is a d-line refractive index of a material of an object-side lens of the second lens element, ra1 is a curvature radius of the image-side lens surface of the first lens element, ra2 is a curvature radius of the object-side lens surface of the second lens element, fa is a focal length of the space between the first lens element and the second lens element and is defined as fa=1/[{(1/ra1)×(1−na1)/na2}−{(1/ra2)×(1−na2)/na2}], and f1 is a focal length of the first lens element.
A converter lens having negative refractive power and disposed on an image side of a master lens so that a focal length of an entire system becomes greater than a focal length of the master lens alone, the converter lens comprising:
- a first lens element closest to an object in the converter lens;
- and
- a second lens element next to an image side of the first lens element with a space between the first lens element and the second lens element,
- wherein a total number of positive lenses included in the converter lens is four or more, and a total number of negative lens included in the converter lens is three or more, and
- wherein the following inequalities are satisfied:
- 1.45<|fa/f|<8.55;
- −80.0<(ra2+ra1)/(ra2−ra1)<−2.00;
- 0.01<|f1/fa|≤0.195;
- and
- 0.02<rl/f<0.32
- where f is a focal length of the converter lens, na1 is a d-line refractive index of a material of an image-side lens of the first lens element, na2 is a d-line refractive index of a material of an object-side lens of the second lens element, ra1 is a curvature radius of the image-side lens surface of the first lens element, ra2 is a curvature radius of the object-side lens surface of the second lens element, fa is a focal length of the space between the first lens element and the second lens element and is defined as fa=1/[{(1/ra1)×(1−na1)/na2}−{(1/ra2)×(1−na2)/na2}], f1 is a focal length of the first lens element, and rl is a curvature radius of an image-side lens surface of a lens closest to an image in the converter lens.
A converter lens having negative refractive power and disposed on an image side of a master lens so that a focal length of an entire system becomes greater than a focal length of the master lens alone, the converter lens comprising:
- a first lens element closest to an object in the converter lens;
- and
- a second lens element next to an image side of the first lens element with a space between the first lens element and the second lens element,
- wherein a total number of positive lenses included in the converter lens is four or more, and a total number of negative lens included in the converter lens is three or more,
- wherein the second lens element includes a cemented lens including a negative lens, a positive lens, and a negative lens in this order from an object side to an image side, and
- wherein the following inequalities are satisfied:
- 1.45<|fa/f|<8.55;
- −80.0<(ra2+ra1)/(ra2−ra1)<−2.00;
- 0.01<|f1/fa|≤0.195;
- and
- where f is a focal length of the converter lens, na1 is a d-line refractive index of a material of an image-side lens of the first lens element, na2 is a d-line refractive index of a material of an object-side lens of the second lens element, ra1 is a curvature radius of the image-side lens surface of the first lens element, ra2 is a curvature radius of the object-side lens surface of the second lens element, fa is a focal length of the space between the first lens element and the second lens element and is defined as fa=1/[{(1/ra1)×(1−na1)/na2}−{(1/ra2)×(1−na2)/na2}], and f1 is a focal length of the first lens element.
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