A super-wide angle lens, sequentially from an object side, comprises a first negative lens L1, a second negative lens L2, and a third positive lens L3. The first negative lens L1 with its concave surface toward an image side has an image-side surface with a curvature larger than that on an object-side surface. The second negative lens L2 is disposed at a predetermined spacing from the first negative lens L1 and takes a negative meniscus shape with its convex surface toward the object side. The third positive lens L3 has its convex surface toward the object side.