Variable magnification optical system, optical device, and production method for variable magnification optical system

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PATENT NO 9874730
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14700276

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Composing, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having positive refractive power and a fifth lens group; upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group, a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group and a distance between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group being varied, and predetermined conditional expression being satisfied, thereby providing a small-size variable magnification optical system having a high zoom ratio and a high optical performance, an optical apparatus, and a method for manufacturing the variable magnification optical system.

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NIKON CORPORATION1-5-20 NISHIOI SHINAGAWA-KU TOKYO 140-8601

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Obama, Akihiko Tokyo, JP 53 310
Sashima, Tomoyuki Tokyo, JP 29 86

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