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US 4,381,888 AGranted
Retrofocus type large aperture wide angle objective
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKikuo Momiyama
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKikuo Momiyama
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A wide angle objective of the retrofocus type, with an increased aperture, is disclosed. This objective comprises three lens groups of which the first counting from the front has a negative power and includes, from front to rear, a positive lens in the meniscus form convex toward the front, a negative lens in the meniscus form convex toward the front, a negative lens likewise in the meniscus form convex toward the front, a positive lens, and a negative lens in the meniscus form convex toward the front. The second lens group includes a cemented bi-convex lens, and the third lens group includes a cemented lens of positive and negative lens elements, a positive lens in the meniscus form convex toward the rear, a cemented lens of negative and positive lens elements, and a positive lens. A diaphragm is positioned in the space between the second and third lens groups. Various conditions are prescribed for every lens group, and for every lens in each group.
A large relative aperture, wide angle objective lens of the retrofocus type including, successively in the direction from front to rear, first, second and third lens groups, of which the first lens group has a negative refractive power and comprises, from front to rear, a positive meniscus lens convex toward the front, a negative meniscus lens convex toward the front, a negative meniscus lens convex toward the front, a positive lens and a negative meniscus lens convex toward the front, the second lens group has a positive refractive power and comprises a cemented bi-convex lens, and the third lens group has a positive refractive power and comprises, from front to rear, a cemented lens of a positive element and a negative element, a positive meniscus lens convex toward the rear, a cemented lens of a negative element and a positive element, and a positive lens, and a diaphragm positioned in a space between the second and third lens groups.
A large relative aperture, wide angle objective lens of the retrofocus type including first, second and third lens groups, of which the first has a negative refractive power and comprises, from front to rear, a positive meniscus lens convex toward the front, a negative meniscus lens convex toward the front, a negative meniscus lens convex toward the front, a positive lens and a negative meniscus lens convex toward the front, the second has a positive refractive power and comprises a cemented bi-convex lens, and the third has a positive refractive power and comprises, from front to rear, a cemented lens of a positive element and a negative element, a positive meniscus lens convex toward the rear, a cemented lens of a negative element and a positive element, and a positive lens, and a diaphragm positioned in a space between the 2nd and 3rd lens groups, said objective satisfying the following conditions:
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