Variable focal length lens

Abstract

A variable focal length lens comprises a first-set lens, which is constituted of two lenses and has a negative refracting power as a whole, and a second-set lens, which is constituted of five lenses and has a positive refracting power as a whole. The first-set lens and the second-set lens are located in this order from the side of a plane of image formation. The variable focal length lens satisfies the following condition formulas 44<(.nu..sub.1 +.nu..sub.2)/2 (1) 0.35<D.sub.6 /D.sub.g <0.6 (2) 0.6<.vertline.R.sub.2 /R.sub.3 .vertline.<1.0 (3) wherein Ri represents the radius of curvature of an i'th surface of lens, as counted sequentially from the side of the plane of image formation, Di represents the axial air separation or thickness between an i'th surface of lens and an i+1'th surface of lens, as counted sequentially from the side of the plane of image formation, and .nu.i represents the Abbe's dispersion number of an i'th lens, as counted sequentially from the side of the plane of image formation.

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