IP Library Granted Patent US 10,247,928
Granted Patent B2
US 10,247,928 · App. 15/840,671 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,247,928
App. No.
15/840,671
Filed
Dec 13, 2017
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2872
USPC
359/686
Abstract

A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens unit having negative refractive power, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, a third lens unit having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power. At a time of zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is reduced, the distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit is increased, and the fourth lens unit is fixed.

Claims (51)

1. A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side:

a first lens unit having negative refractive power;

a second lens unit having positive refractive power;

a third lens unit having negative refractive power; and

a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power,

wherein the first lens unit includes four lenses, which are a negative lens, a negative lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens, in order from the object side, and

wherein, at a time of zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end:

a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is reduced,

a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit is increased, and

the fourth lens unit is fixed, and

Conditional Expressions (1), (2), and (4) below are satisfied:

2.5≤ f 2 /f w ≤4.5  (1),

4.3≤Δ 2GWT /f w ≤8.0  (2), and

−5.0<( r f13 +r R13 )/( r f13 −r R13 )<−0.5  (4),

where:

f 2 is a focal length of the second lens unit,

f w is a focal length of an entirety of the zoom lens, at the wide-angle end,

Δ 2GWT is a total amount of movement of the second lens unit at the time of zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end,

r f13 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of a third lens from the object side in the first lens unit, and

r R13 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the third lens from the object side in the first lens unit.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression (3) below is satisfied:

0.5<( r f11 +r R11 )/( r f11 −r R11 )<5.0  (3),

where:

r f11 is a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of a lens closest to the object side in the first lens unit, and

r R11 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens closest to the object side in the first lens unit.

3. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

the zoom lens according to claim 2 ; and

an image pickup element that converts an image formed by the zoom lens into an electrical signal.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression (6) below is satisfied:

2.0 (°/mm)<ω w /f 2 ≤5.0 (°/mm)  (6),

where:

ω w is a half angle of view at the wide-angle end of the entirety of the zoom lens.

5. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

the zoom lens according to claim 1 ; and

an image pickup element that converts an image formed by the zoom lens into an electrical signal.

6. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

the zoom lens according to claim 4 ; and

an image pickup element that converts an image formed by the zoom lens into an electrical signal.

7. The zoom lens according to claim 4 , wherein Conditional Expression (6)′ is satisfied:

3.0(°/mm)<ω w /f 2 ≤4.7(°/mm)  (6)′.

8. The zoom lens according to claim 4 , wherein Conditional Expressions (1)′, (2)′, and (6)′ below are satisfied:

2.9≤ f 2 /f w ≤4.25  (1)′,

5.0≤Δ 2GWT /f w ≤8.0  (2)′, and

3.0(°/mm)<ω w /f 2 4.7(°/mm)  (6)′.

9. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression (1)′ below is satisfied:

2.9≤ f 2 /f w ≤4.25  (1)′.

10. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expression (2)′ below is satisfied:

5.0≤Δ 2GWT /f w ≤8.0  (2)′.

11. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein Conditional Expressions (1)′ and (2)′ below are satisfied:

2.9≤ f 2 /f w ≤4.25  (1)′, and

5.0≤Δ 2GWT /f w ≤8.0  (2)′.