A scanning optical system has a scanning optical apparatus, which is provided with a laser diode, a collimating lens that collimates a laser beam emitted by the laser diode, a support member that holds and supports the laser diode and the collimating lens, a deflection member that dynamically deflects the laser beam collimated by the collimating lens in a main scanning direction, and a plastic scanning lens that converges the deflected laser beam onto a target surface. The scanning optical apparatus is configured to satisfy following conditions: ##EQU1##

where, f denotes a focal length of the scanning lens in the main scanning direction, fc denotes a focal length of the collimating lens, nc denotes a refractive index of the collimating lens, and t denotes a thickness of the collimating lens along an optical axis.

 
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