An optical imaging lens includes first to third lens element groups in sequence along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. The first lens element group includes at least two lens elements. The second lens element group includes at least two lens elements. The third lens element group includes at least two lens elements. When the optical imaging lens is zoomed, at least one lens element group is moved toward a direction of the object side or the image side along the optical axis.

A zoom lens includes a plurality of lens units. The plurality of lens units consist of, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a middle group including one or more lens units, and a final lens unit having a negative refractive power. Each distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit includes at least three negative lenses. Predetermined conditions are satisfied.

An optical system comprises, in order from an object side, a front group GF having positive refractive power, an aperture stop S and a rear group GR. The front group FR comprises a front focusing group GFF having positive refractive power, and the rear group GR comprises a rear focusing group GRF having positive refractive power, upon focusing the front focusing group GFF and the rear focusing group GRF being moved toward the object side, and a predetermined condition being satisfied. Thus, an optical system having a superb optical performance, an optical equipment equipped therewith and a manufacturing method for the optical system are provided.

A zoom lens, a camera module, and a mobile terminal. The zoom lens includes a first lens group with negative focal power, a second lens group with positive focal power, and a third lens group with negative focal power that are sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side. The first lens group is a fixed lens group. The second lens group is a zoom lens group and slides along an optical axis on an image side of the first lens group. The third lens group is a compensation lens group and slides along the optical axis on an image side of the second lens group. In addition, the zoom lens may further include a fixed fourth lens group located on an image side of the third lens group.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a lens assembly may include an image sensor, a first lens group disposed closest to an object side, the first lens group including multiple lenses and having negative power, a second lens group disposed to be moveable forward/backward along an optical axis direction, the second lens group having positive power, and a third lens group disposed to be moveable forward/backward along the optical axis direction, the third lens group including multiple lenses and having negative power, where the second or third lens group may move toward the object side so as to increase the focal length of the lens assembly, and the second lens group includes a lens having negative power and a lens having positive power and is disposed adjacent to the lens having negative power on the object side. In addition, various other embodiments may be possible.

An image capturing lens system includes three lens groups including five lens elements. The three lens groups are, in order from an object side to an image side: first, second and third lens groups. The five lens elements are, in order from the object side to the image side: first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements. The first lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. At least one lens element has an inflection point. A focal length of the image capturing lens system is varied by changing axial distances between the three lens groups in a zooming process. The image capturing lens system has a long-focal-length end and a short-focal-length end. The second lens group is moved relative to the first lens group along an optical axis in the zooming process.

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises, a processor; and a lens assembly, wherein the lens assembly includes, an image sensor; and a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group; wherein the first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes at least two lenses; wherein the second lens group has a positive refractive power and is configured to move along an optical axis direction between the first lens group and the image sensor, the second lens group including at least two lenses; and wherein the third lens group has a negative refractive power and is configured to move back and forth along the optical axis direction between the second lens group and the image sensor, the third lens group including at least one lens, wherein the processor is configured to increase a focal length of the lens assembly by moving at least one of the second lens group and the third lens group toward an object side in a zooming operation.

An optical imaging system includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group, sequentially arranged from an object side, wherein the first lens group includes two lenses having negative and positive refractive power, the second lens group includes a plurality of lenses, and the third lens group includes two lenses having negative and positive refractive power.

An optical system, a lens module, and an electronic device are provided. The optical system includes sequentially, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, first to seventh lenses. Object-side surfaces and image-side surfaces of the first lens and the fifth to seventh lenses are aspheric surfaces. The object-side surfaces of the first lens and the fifth lens are convex near the optical axis. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the second lens are concave. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the third lens are convex. The object-side surface of the sixth lens is concave near the optical axis. The image-side surface of the seventh lens is concave near the optical axis.

In an image pickup apparatus including an optical system and an image pickup element, the optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, lens(es), an aperture stop, and lens(es). The lens arranged at the most image side in the optical system is a negative lens, and an infrared cut film is formed on at least one lens surface in the optical system. An optical axial distance from the exit pupil of the optical system to the image plane when focusing on an infinite object, an optical axial distance from the lens surface provided with the infrared cut film to the image plane when focusing on the infinite distance object, the curvature radius of the lens surface provided with the infrared cut film, and a radius of a circle circumscribed about an effective imaging area of the image pickup element are appropriately set.