摘要:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a very compact zoom assembly with a minimum number of parts. Another object of this invention is to provide a zoom assembly which does not require guide rods and utilizes with only one motor for both zooming and focusing. Briefly summarized, according to one aspect of the present invention, a zoom assembly includes a zoom lens defining an optical axis. This zoom lens is capable of operating in a plurality of different zoom positions and of focus adjustment for different object distances in each of the zoom positions. The zoom positions are (i) two extreme zoom positions (a wide angle position and a telephoto position), and (ii) a plurality of intermediate zoom positions. The zoom lens includes at least a first movable lens group and a second movable lens group. These first and second lens group are separated from one another by a variable distance. The first and second movable lens groups move (i) together, at the same speed and direction in order to focus at one of the extreme zoom positions and at an adjacent intermediate zoom position; and (ii) differentially in order to focus at another one of the extreme zoom positions.
摘要:
A zoom lens comprises a plurality of lens elements arranged into three zooming lens units. These zooming lens units are spaced from one another by axial distances that vary during zooming. The lens units are a negative power front lens unit, a positive power middle lens unit and a negative power rear lens unit. At least one of the lens units continually moves away from the image plane, as the zoom lens zooms from a wide angle position toward a telephoto position so that the distance from this lens unit to the image plane varies in sigmoidal relation with respect to the focal length of the zoom lens.