Twelve angry men : a play in three acts

A retrofocus type wide angle objective lens comprising a negative lens group N and a positive lens group P having a diaphragm therein arranged in this order from the object side, said negative lens group N being constructed from a divergent front lens group F and a rear lens group R. When the lens is focused to a close object, only the rear lens group R located in the divergent light bundle from said front lens group F is moved in a different manner from that in which the other lens groups are moved in unison to effect good correction of aberrations in close photography.