Optical: systems and elements – Lens – With variable magnification
Patent
1991-07-08
1993-03-23
Sugarman, Scott J.
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
With variable magnification
359654, 359689, G02B 1514
Patent
active
051969629
ABSTRACT:
A compact vari-focal lens system comprising, in the order from the object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, and uses at least one radial type graded refractive index lens element arranged at the image side location in the second lens unit. The varifocal lens system has a high vari-focal ratio and aberrations corrected favorably over the entire vari-focal range from the wide position to the tele position, and consists of a very small number of lens elements.
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Olympus Optical Co,. Ltd.
Sugarman Scott J.
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