A first group optical system having a positive refracting power, a second
group optical system having a negative refracting power, and a third
group optical system having a positive refracting power are sequentially
arranged from an object side toward an image side. At least the first
group optical system and the third group optical system move so that a
distance between the first group optical system and the second group
optical system becomes minimum at short focal-length side, and a distance
between the second group optical system and the third group optical
system becomes minimum at long focal-length side. The third group optical
system includes a triplet lens formed with a negative lens, a positive
lens, and a negative lens.