Abstract: An imaging optics including, in sequence starting from the object side, of a 1st lens G1 with a negative refractive power, a 2nd lens G2 with a positive refractive power, a 3rd lens G3 with a positive refractive power, and a 4th lens G4, a 5th lens G5, a 6th lens G6, and a 7th lens G7 with a negative refractive power, satisfying the conditional expressions.

Abstract: An imaging optics including, in sequence starting from the object side, of a 1st lens G1 with a negative refractive power, a 2nd lens G2 with a positive refractive power, a 3rd lens G3 with a positive refractive power, and a 4th lens G4, a 5th lens G5, a 6th lens G6, and a 7th lens G7 with a negative refractive power, satisfying the conditional expressions.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes sequentially from an object side a first lens group having a negative refractive power; a second lens group having a positive refractive power; a third lens group having a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens group having a negative refractive power. The first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group are moved along an optical axis to zoom from a wide angle end to telephoto end and such that an interval between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases and distances that the second lens group and the fourth lens group are moved are equivalent. The third lens group is moved along the optical axis, toward an image side to focus from a focused state at infinity to a focused state at a minimum object distance.