| abstract |
In a surveillance camera 2, an optical system unit for use in imaging is provided with a first lens 7, a second lens 8, a third lens 9, and a fourth lens 10, and a subject image is formed on a photoelectric surface 12 of an imaging element through a cover glass 11. The third lens 9 is an optical lens made of a nanocomposite material of the invention in which inorganic fine particles are dispersed. A thin film layer 15 that blocks UV rays is formed on a light incident surface of the third lens 9. After passing through the first lens 7 and the second lens 8, UV rays contained in subject light are blocked by the thin film layer 15 and therefore cannot enter the third lens 9. |