Commom zoom optical system

Abstract

The common zoom optical system is provided that is almost commonly used in a plurality of zoom lenses as a component and that is capable of suppressing fluctuation in aberrations and deviation in the position of the image plane, wherein the common zoom optical system is almost commonly used in a plurality of zoom lenses as a component, and when zooming from a wide-angle end state of a plurality of the zoom lenses composed by use of the common zoom optical system to a telephoto end state thereof, a moving path of the common zoom optical system differs for each zoom lens.

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