A camera optical lens includes, object side to image side, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and satisfies: 1.10≤f1/f≤1.50; 0.40≤R3/R4≤1.00; and 1.00≤d5/d6≤2.00, where f is a focal length of the camera optical lens, f1 is a focal length of the first lens, R3 is a central curvature radius of an object side surface of the second lens, R4 is a central curvature radius of an image side surface of the second lens, d5 is an on-axis thickness of the third lens, and d6 is an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the third lens to an object side surface of the fourth lens, thereby having a large aperture, a wide angle and ultra-thinness with good optical performance.

The present invention provides a zoom lens that is compact in general and has an F-number to implement brightness even in the telephoto end side, and an imaging apparatus equipped with the zoom lens. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. At the time of zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, the third lens group moves so that the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group increases, and the distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group decreases.

The present invention provides a zoom lens that is compact in general and has an F-number to implement brightness even in the telephoto end side, and an imaging apparatus equipped with the zoom lens. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. At the time of zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, the third lens group moves so that the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group increases, and the distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group decreases.

A variable magnification optical system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; and a third lens group having positive refractive power; 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 and a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group being varied. The variable magnification optical system further includes a V lens group GV having negative refractive power and being moved to have a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and an F lens group GF having positive refractive power and being moved along the optical axis upon focusing from an infinitely distant object to a close object, the V lens group GV being disposed on the more object side than the F lens group GF. Thereby, it is possible to provide the compact variable magnification optical system with a high zoom ratio and high performance, an optical apparatus therewith and a method for manufacturing the variable magnification optical system.