Optical system and optical apparatus including the same

1. An optical system comprising:

a first negative lens element disposed nearest a front side; and

a first positive lens element whose front surface resides within a distance 0.4 L from a surface nearest the front side toward a rear side of the optical system having a total lens length L,

wherein the first negative lens element is composed of a material satisfying the following conditions:

description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"Ndn1>1.65description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"

description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"θgFn1−(0.6438−0.001682×νdn1)>0.001description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"

where Ndn1, νdn1, and θgFn1 denote a refractive index for the d-line, an Abbe number for the d-line, and a partial dispersion ratio for the g- and F-lines, respectively, of the material of the first negative lens element, and

wherein the first positive lens element is composed of a material satisfying the following conditions:

description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"Ndp<1.78description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"

description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"νdp<50description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"

description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"θgFp−(0.6438−0.001682×νdp)<0description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"

where Ndp, νdp, and θgFp denote a refractive index for the d-line, an Abbe number for the d-line, and a partial dispersion ratio for the g- and F-lines, respectively, of the material of the first positive lens element.

2. The optical system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an aspherical surface provided within a distance 0.3 L from the surface nearest the front side toward the rear side.

3. The optical system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second negative lens element whose front surface resides within a distance 0.5 L from the surface nearest the front side toward the rear side,

wherein the second negative lens element is composed of a material satisfying the following condition:

description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"θgFn2−(0.6438−0.001682×νdn2)>0.02description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"

where νdn2 and θgFn2 denote an Abbe number for the d-line and a partial dispersion ratio for the g- and F-lines, respectively, of the material of the second negative lens element.

4. The optical system according to claim 1, further comprising, in order from the front side to the rear side:

a front lens unit having a negative optical power;

an aperture stop; and

a rear lens unit having a positive optical power,

wherein the front lens unit includes the first negative lens element and the first positive lens element.

5. The optical system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of lens units including a first lens unit having a negative optical power and residing at the position nearest the front side,

wherein intervals between adjacent ones of the plurality of lens units change during zooming, and

wherein the total lens length L is a total lens length of the optical system at a wide-angle end.

6. The optical system according to claim 5,

wherein the plurality of lens units includes, in order from the front side to the rear side, the first lens unit, a second lens unit having a positive optical power, a third lens unit having a positive optical power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive optical power, and

wherein the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit move during zooming.

7. An optical apparatus comprising:

the optical system according to claim 1.