A variable magnification optical system according to the present invention includes, 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 following lens group, wherein at least the second lens group is moved so that a gap between the first lens group and the second lens group increases and a gap between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases when zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and a predetermined conditional expression is satisfied.

A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, a third lens unit having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit does not move and at least the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move. A distance between adjacent lens units varies during zooming. In the zoom lens, a lens configuration of the first lens unit, a lens configuration of the second lens unit, a focal length of each lens unit, a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide-angle end, and a lateral magnification of the second lens unit during focusing on an infinite-distance object at the telephoto end are appropriately set based on predetermined conditions.

A zoom lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power that does not move for zooming, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power that moves during zooming, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power that moves during zooming. In the zoom lens system, a distance between lens units that are adjacent to each other changes during zooming, the first lens unit includes a first a-lens unit that does not move for focusing, and a first b-lens unit that moves from the image side towards the object side during focusing from an infinite object to a near object, and the first a-lens unit comprises two positive lenses and two negative lenses.

A zoom lens includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and includes an aperture stop which is disposed between the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit, and the first lens unit includes a negative lens and a plurality of positive lenses, and at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit widens, a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit narrows, and a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit changes, and the zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

A zoom lens includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and includes an aperture stop which is disposed between the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit, and the first lens unit includes a negative lens and a plurality of positive lenses, and at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit widens, a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit narrows, and a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit changes, and the zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

Comprising a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, disposed at the most object side, and an image side lens group disposed at a side closer to an image than the first lens group G1, upon zooming, at least a distance between the first lens group G1 and the image side lens group being varied, the image side lens group comprising a vibration reduction lens group GVR which is moved so as to have a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis and a focusing lens group GF which is moved along the optical axis upon focusing, thereby providing a variable magnification optical system which has a higher optical performance, an optical apparatus and a method for manufacturing a variable magnification optical system.

Comprising a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, disposed at the most object side, and an image side lens group disposed at a side closer to an image than the first lens group G1, upon zooming, at least a distance between the first lens group G1 and the image side lens group being varied, the image side lens group comprising a vibration reduction lens group GVR which is moved so as to have a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis and a focusing lens group GF which is moved along the optical axis upon focusing, thereby providing a variable magnification optical system which has a higher optical performance, an optical apparatus and a method for manufacturing a variable magnification optical system.

A zoom lens has, in order from an object: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. Zooming is performed by changing an air gap between the lens groups. The fourth lens group includes, in order from the object, a first positive lens component, a second positive lens component having a convex surface facing the object, and a negative lens component. A specified conditional expression is satisfied.

A camera lens module in which an optical system is configured to include five sheets of lenses is provided. In the camera lens module, first, second, third, fourth and fifth lenses are sequentially arranged from an object side, and the first lens performs a zooming operation while moving along an optical axis. Accordingly, the optical system is configured to include five sheets of lenses for performance of a zooming operation and to allow only the first lens to perform the zooming operation, so that it is possible to manufacture a high-resolution optical system in a compact size and to perform the zooming operation at a high speed.

A zoom optical system includes a plurality of lens units, the plurality of lens units consist of lens units having a positive refractive power and lens units having a negative refractive power, and the lens units having a positive refractive power include a positive lens unit and an image-side positive lens unit, the image-side positive lens unit is not moved, in the lens plurality of units, a space between the lens units disposed adjacently is changed at a time of zooming, at a time of focusing, or at a time of zooming and at a time of focusing, the positive lens unit includes a predetermined positive lens satisfying the following Conditional Expression (2), and the following Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied:

0.1≦fGBUN1/fGPM≦2.1  (1), and

60.8≦νdGPMP1≦100.0  (2).