Objective lens system for endoscopes
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorTakao Mori
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a retrofocus type of objective lens system for endoscopes which has a wide field angle, a short total length and a short outer diameter, comprises a limited number of lenses and is well corrected for various aberrations. This objective lens for endscopes comprises a first lens component L.sub.1 having a negative refractive power, a second lens component L.sub.2 having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop S positioned just in the rear of the second lens component L.sub.2 and a third lens component that is a cemented lens obtained by cementing together a positive lens and a negative lens.
Claims11
An objective lens system for endoscopes comprising, in order from an object side to an image side of the system:
- a first lens component having a negative refractive power,
- a second lens component comprising an uncemented lens having a positive refractive power,
- an aperture stop, and
- a third lens component comprising a positive and a negative lens cemented together,
- wherein the cemented positive and negative lenses which comprise the third lens component are the only lenses located on the image side of said aperture stop.
An objective lens system for endoscopes comprising, in order along an optical axis and from an object side to an image side of the system:
- a first lens component having a negative refractive power,
- a second lens component comprising an uncemented lens having a positive refractive power,
- an aperture stop, and
- a third lens component comprising a positive and a negative lens cemented together,
- wherein an image-side convex surface of the third lens component has an aspherical surface that decreases in positive refractive action as it is spaced away from the optical axis.
An objective lens system for endoscopes comprising, in order from an object side to an image side of the system:
- a first lens component having a negative refractive power,
- a second lens component comprising an uncemented lens having a positive refractive power,
- an aperture stop, and
- a third lens component comprising a positive and a negative lens cemented together,
- wherein the cemented positive and negative lenses which comprise the third lens component are the only lens elements disposed on the image side of said aperture stop, and
- the composite focal length of the first and second lens components is positive.
An objective lens system for endoscopes comprising, in order from an object side to an image side of the system:
- a first lens component having a negative refractive power,
- a second lens component comprising an uncemented lens having a positive refractive power,
- an aperture stop, and
- a third lens component comprising a positive and a negative lens cemented together,
- wherein the cemented positive and negative lenses which comprise the third lens component are the only lenses disposed on the image side of said aperture stop, and the objective lens system satisfies a condition
- 0.1f<-.vertline.f.sub.1 .vertline.+.vertline.f.sub.2 .vertline.<3f,
- and
- 0.1<.vertline.f.sub.1 .vertline./.vertline.f.sub.2 .vertline.<1.5
- where f is the focal length of the total system and f.sub.1 and f.sub.2 are the focal lengths of the first and second lens components, respectively.
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