Zoom lens
A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit G 1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit G 2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit G 3 having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit G 4 having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens unit G 5 , and a sixth lens unit G 6 having a positive refractive power. Zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end is carried out by changing a distance between the lens units, and a distance between the first lens unit G 1 and the third lens unit G 3 narrows at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first lens unit G 1 is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and lens units from the second lens unit G 2 to the fifth lens unit G 5 move.
1. A zoom lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side:
a first lens unit having a positive refractive power;
a second lens unit having a negative refractive power;
a third lens unit having a positive refractive power;
a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power;
a fifth lens unit which includes a lens; and
a sixth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein:
a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit widens more at a telephoto end than at a wide angle end,
a distance between the first lens unit and the third lens unit narrows more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end,
a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit narrows more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end,
a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit changes at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end,
a distance between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit changes at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and
a distance between the fifth lens unit and the sixth lens unit changes at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein:
a position of the first lens unit is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and
the second lens unit, the third lend unit, the fourth lens unit, and the fifth lens unit move at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein a position of the first lens unit is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit is positioned at the object side at the telephoto end with respect to the wide angle end.
5. The zoom lens according to claim 4 , wherein the third lens unit satisfies the following conditional expression (1)
0.2<Δ G 3/ f 3<1 (1)
where,
Δ G 3 denotes an amount of displacement of the third lens unit, at a position at the telephoto end with respect to the wide angle end, where the displacement to an object side is plus, and
f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens unit.
6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an aperture stop which is disposed between the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit, and which moves toward the object side at the telephoto end with respect to the wide angle end.
7. The zoom lens according to claim 6 , wherein the aperture stop is disposed between the second lens unit and the third lens unit.
8. The zoom lens according to claim 6 , wherein an aperture size of the aperture stop when the F-number is the minimum is larger, at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end.
9. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
10. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move at the time of a focusing operation.
11. The zoom lens according to claim 10 , wherein
the fifth lens unit has a negative refractive power, and
a direction of movement at the time of focusing at a close distance when at the wide angle end, and a direction of movement at the time of focusing at a close distance when at the telephoto end differ for the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit.
12. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens unit has a negative refractive power.
13. The zoom lens according to claim 12 , wherein in fifth lens unit comprises one negative lens, and the following conditional expression (6-1) is satisfied
0 <( r 51−r52)/( r 51+ r 52) <4 (6-1)
where,
r51 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit, and
r52 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit.
14. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens unit has a positive refractive power.
15. The zoom lens according to claim 14 , wherein the fifth lens unit comprises one positive lens, and the following conditional expression (6-2) is satisfied
−1 <( r 51−r52)/( r 51+ r 52) <0 (6-2)
where,
r51 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit, and
r52 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit.
16. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein a position of the sixth lens unit is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
17. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein
the second lens unit includes in order from the object side to the image side, cemented triplet lens component of a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens; and wherein, the lens component is a lens block having only two refracting surfaces namely, an object-side surface and an image-side surface, which are in contact with air in an optical path.
18. The zoom lens according to the claim 17 , wherein the negative lens in the cemented triplet lens component satisfies the following conditional expression (2)
1<( r 21− r 22)/( r 21+ r 22) <5 (2)
where,
r21 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the negative lens in the cemented triplet lens component, and
r22 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the negative lens in the cemented triplet lens component.
19. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit includes a negative lens and a plurality of positive lenses, and the following conditional expressions (3) and (4) are satisfied
75 <vd 3 p <100 (3)
1.4< f 31 p / f 3/<3.7 (4)
where,
vd3p denotes the maximum value of Abbe's number with reference to a d-line for all the positive lenses in the third lens unit,
f31p denotes a focal length of the positive lens nearest to the object side in the third lens unit, and
f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens unit.
20. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens unit comprises one negative lens, and satisfies the following conditional expression (5)
0.6<( r 41−r42)/( r 41+ r 42) <2 (5)
where,
r41 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the negative lens in the fourth lens unit, and
r42 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the negative lens in the fourth lens unit.
21. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens unit comprises one lens, and satisfies the following conditional expression (6)
−1 <( r 51−r52)/( r 51+ r 52) <4 (6)
where,
r51 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit, and
r52 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit.
22. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein at the time of focusing from an infinite focusing state to a close focusing state, at the telephoto end, the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move satisfying the following conditional expression (7)
0.2 <|Δ G 5( T )/Δ G 4( T )|<2 (7)
where,
ΔG 4 (T) denotes an amount of movement at the time of focusing from an infinite focusing state to a close focusing state of the fourth lens unit at the telephoto end, and
ΔG 5 (T) denotes an amount of movement at the time of focusing from an infinite focusing state to a close focusing state of the fifth lens unit at the telephoto end.
23. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expressions (8) and (9) are satisfied
3.2 < ft/fw <6 (8)
1.4 < FNO ( T ) <3.2 (9)
where,
ft denotes a focal length at the telephoto end of the zoom lens,
fw denotes a focal length at the wide angle end of the zoom lens, and
FNO(T) denotes an F-number at the telephoto end for the zoom lens.
24. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an aperture stop which is disposed between the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit, and which determines an F-number, wherein
the following conditional expressions (I) and (II) are satisfied
0.2 < D 36 W/φ AW <1.5 (I)
1.0 < DS 6 W/φ AW <2.8 (II)
where,
D36W denotes a distance along an optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens unit up to an object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the wide angle end,
DS6W denotes a distance along the optical axis from the aperture stop up to the object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the wide angle end, and
φAW denotes the maximum diameter of an aperture when the F-number of the aperture stop is the minimum, at the wide angle end.
25. The zoom lens according to claim 24 , wherein the following conditional expressions (III) and (IV) are satisfied
0.6 <D 36 T /(φ AT < 2.3 (III)
1.4 <DS 6 T /(φ AT < 3.5 (IV)
where,
D36T denotes a distance along an optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens unit up an object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the telephoto end,
DS6T denotes a distance along the optical axis from the aperture stop up to the object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the telephoto end, and
φAT denotes the maximum diameter of an aperture when the F-number of the aperture stop is the minimum, at the telephoto end.
26. The zoom lens according to claim 24 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move at the time of a focusing operation.
27. The zoom lens according to claim 24 , wherein the aperture stop moves toward the object side more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end.
28. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , the following conditional expression (A) is satisfied
−0.8 <f 4 /f 5 <1.2 (A)
where,
f4 denotes a focal length of the fourth lens unit, and
f5 denotes a focal length of the fifth lens unit.
29. The zoom lens according to claim 28 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit satisfy the following conditional expressions (B) and (C)
−0.7 <f 4 /fw <−0.3 (B)
1.0<| f 5 |/fw <5.0 (C)
where,
fw denotes a focal length at the wide angle end of the zoom lens.
30. A zoom lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side:
a first lens unit having a positive refractive power;
a second lens unit having a negative refractive power;
a third lens unit having a positive refractive power;
a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power;
a fifth lens unit which includes a lens; and
a sixth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein:
a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit widens more at a telephoto end than at a wide angle end,
a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit narrows more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end,
a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit changes at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end,
a distance between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit changes at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end,
a distance between the fifth lens unit and the sixth lens unit changes at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and
a position of the first lens unit is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
31. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein the third lens unit is positioned at the object side at the telephoto end with respect to the wide angle end.
32. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein the third lens unit satisfies the following conditional expression (1)
0.2 <ΔG 3 / f 3< 1 (1)
where,
ΔG 3 denotes an amount of displacement of the third lens unit, at a position at the telephoto end with respect to the wide angle end, where the displacement to an object side is plus, and
f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens unit.
33. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , further comprising:
an aperture stop which is disposed between the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit, and which moves toward the object side at the telephoto end with respect to the wide angle end.
34. The zoom lens according to claim 33 , wherein the aperture stop is disposed between the second lens unit and the third lens unit.
35. The zoom lens according to claim 33 , wherein an aperture size of the aperture stop when the F-number is the minimum is larger, at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end.
36. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
37. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move at the time of a focusing operation.
38. The zoom lens according to claim 37 , wherein;
the fifth lens unit has a negative refractive power, and
a direction of movement at the time of focusing at a close distance when at the wide angle end, and a direction of movement at the time of focusing at a close distance when at the telephoto end differ for the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit.
39. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein the fifth lens unit has a negative refractive power.
40. The zoom lens according to claim 39 , wherein in fifth lens unit comprises one negative lens, and the following conditional expression (6-1) is satisfied
0 <( r 51−r52)/( r 51+ r 52) <4 (6-1)
where,
r51 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit, and
r52 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit.
41. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein the fifth lens unit has a positive refractive power.
42. The zoom lens according to claim 41 , wherein the fifth lens unit comprises one positive lens, and the following conditional expression (6-2) is satisfied
−1 <( r 51−r52)/( r 51+ r 52) <0 (6-2)
where,
r51 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit, and
r52 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit.
43. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein a position of the sixth lens unit is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
44. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein
the second lens unit includes in order from the object side to the image side, cemented triplet lens component of a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens; and wherein, the lens component is a lens block having only two refracting surfaces namely, an object-side surface and an image-side surface, which are in contact with air in an optical path.
45. The zoom lens according to the claim 44 , wherein the negative lens in the cemented triplet lens component satisfies the following conditional expression (2)
1 <( r 21 −r 22)/( r 21 +r 22) <5 (2)
where,
r21 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the negative lens in the cemented triplet, and
r22 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the negative lens in the cemented triplet lens component.
46. The zoom lens according to claim 32 , wherein the third lens unit includes a negative lens and a plurality of positive lenses, and the following conditional expressions (3) and (4) are satisfied
75< vd 3 p <100 (3)
1.4 < f 31 p / f 3<3.7 (4)
where,
vd3p denotes the maximum value of Abbe's number with reference to a d-line for all the positive lenses in the third lens unit,
f31p denotes a focal length of the positive lens nearest to the object side in the third lens unit, and
f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens unit.
47. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein the fourth lens unit comprises one negative lens, and satisfies the following conditional expression (5)
0.6 <( r 41− r 42)/( r 41+ r 42) <2 (5)
where,
r41 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the negative lens in the fourth lens unit, and
r42 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the negative lens in the fourth lens unit.
48. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein the fifth lens unit comprises one lens, and satisfies the following conditional expression (6)
−1 <( r 51− r 52) / ( r 51+ r 52) <4(6)
where,
r51 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit, and
r52 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit.
49. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein at the time of focusing from an infinite focusing state to a close focusing state, at the telephoto end, the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move satisfying the following conditional expression (7)
0.2 <|ΔG 5( T )/ ΔG 4( T )|<2 (7)
where,
ΔG 4 (T) denotes an amount of movement at the time of focusing from an infinite focusing state to a close focusing state of the fourth lens unit at the telephoto end, and
ΔG 5 (T) denotes an amount of movement at the time of focusing from an infinite focusing state to a close focusing state of the fifth lens unit at the telephoto end.
50. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , wherein the following conditional expressions (8) and (9) are satisfied
3.2 <ft/fw <6 (8)
1.4 <FNO ( T )<3.2 (9)
where,
ft denotes a focal length at the telephoto end of the zoom lens,
fw denotes a focal length at the wide angle end of the zoom lens, and
FNO(T) denotes an F-number at the telephoto end for the zoom lens.
51. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , further comprising:
an aperture stop which is disposed between the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit, and which determines an F-number, wherein
the following conditional expressions (I) and (II) are satisfied
0.2 <D 36 W/φAW <1.5 (I)
1.0 <DS 6 W/φAW <2.8 (II)
where,
D36W denotes a distance along an optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens unit up to an object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the wide angle end,
DS6W denotes a distance along the optical axis from the aperture stop up to the object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the wide angle end, and
φAW denotes the maximum diameter of an aperture when the F-number of the aperture stop is the minimum, at the wide angle end.
52. The zoom lens according to claim 51 , wherein the following conditional expressions (III) and (IV) are satisfied
0.6 <D 36 T/φAT <2.3 (III)
1.4 <DS 6 T/φAT <3.5 (IV)
where,
D36T denotes a distance along an optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens unit up an object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the telephoto end,
DS6T denotes a distance along the optical axis from the aperture stop up to the object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the telephoto end, and
φAT denotes the maximum diameter of an aperture when the F-number of the aperture stop is the minimum, at the telephoto end.
53. The zoom lens according to claim 51 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move at the time of a focusing operation.
54. The zoom lens according to claim 51 , wherein the aperture stop moves toward the object side more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end.
55. The zoom lens according to claim 30 , the following conditional expression (A) is satisfied
−0.8 <f 4 /f 5 <1.2 (A)
where,
f4 denotes a focal length of the fourth lens unit, and
f5 denotes a focal length of the fifth lens unit.
56. The zoom lens according to claim 55 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit satisfy the following conditional expressions (B) and (C)
−0.7 <f 4 /fw <−0.3 (B)
1.0 <| f 5 |/fw <5.0 (C)
where,
fw denotes a focal length at the wide angle end of the zoom lens.
57. A zoom lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side:
a first lens unit having a positive refractive power;
a second lens unit having a negative refractive power;
a third lens unit having a positive refractive power;
a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power;
a fifth lens unit which includes a lens;
a sixth lens unit having a positive refractive power; and
an aperture stop which is disposed between the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit, and which moves toward the object side at the telephoto end with respect to the wide angle end, wherein:
a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit widens more at a telephoto end than at a wide angle end,
a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit narrows more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end,
a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit changes at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end,
a distance between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit changes at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and
a distance between the fifth lens unit and the sixth lens unit changes at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
58. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein the aperture stop is disposed between the second lens unit and the third lens unit.
59. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein an aperture size of the aperture stop when the F-number is the minimum is larger, at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end.
60. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
61. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move at the time of a focusing operation.
62. The zoom lens according to claim 61 , wherein;
the fifth lens unit has a negative refractive power, and
a direction of movement at the time of focusing at a close distance when at the wide angle end, and a direction of movement at the time of focusing at a close distance when at the telephoto end differ for the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit.
63. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein the fifth lens unit has a negative refractive power.
64. The zoom lens according to claim 63 , wherein in fifth lens unit comprises one negative lens, and the following conditional expression (6-1) is satisfied
0 <( r 51− r 52)/( r 51+ r 52) <4 (6-1)
where,
r51 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit, and
r52 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit.
65. The zoom lens according to claim 64 , wherein the fifth lens unit comprises one positive lens, and the following conditional expression (6-2) is satisfied
−1<( r 51− r 52)/( r 51+ r 52) <0 (6-2)
where,
r51 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit, and
r52 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit.
66. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein the fifth lens unit has a positive refractive power.
67. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein a position of the sixth lens unit is stationary at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.
68. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein
the second lens unit includes in order from the object side to the image side, cemented triplet lens component of a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens;
and wherein, the lens component is a lens block having only two refracting surfaces namely, an object-side surface and an image-side surface, which are in contact with air in an optical path.
69. The zoom lens according to the claim 68 , wherein the negative lens in the cemented triplet lens component satisfies the following conditional expression (2)
1 <( r 21 −r 22)/( r 21 +r 22) <5 (2)
where,
r21 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the negative lens in the cemented triplet, and
r22 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the negative lens in the cemented triplet lens component.
70. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein the third lens unit includes a negative lens and a plurality of positive lenses, and the following conditional expressions (3) and (4) are satisfied
75 < vd 3 p <100 (3)
1.4< f 31 p / f 3<3.7 (4)
where,
vd3p denotes the maximum value of Abbe's number with reference to a d-line for all the positive lenses in the third lens unit,
f31p denotes a focal length of the positive lens nearest to the object side in the third lens unit, and
f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens unit.
71. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein the fourth lens unit comprises one negative lens, and satisfies the following conditional expression (5)
0.6 <( r 41 −r 42)/( r 41+ r 42) <2 (5)
where,
r41 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the negative lens in the fourth lens unit, and
r42 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the negative lens in the fourth lens unit.
72. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein the fifth lens unit comprises one lens, and satisfies the following conditional expression (6)
- 1 <( r 51−r52)/( r 51+ r 52) < 4 (6)
where,
r51 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit, and
r52 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the lens in the fifth lens unit.
73. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein at the time of focusing from an infinite focusing state to a close focusing state, at the telephoto end, the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move satisfying the following conditional expression (7)
0.2 <|Δ G 5( T )/Δ G 4( T )|<2 (7)
where,
ΔG 4 (T) denotes an amount of movement at the time of focusing from an infinite focusing state to a close focusing state of the fourth lens unit at the telephoto end, and
ΔG 5 (T) denotes an amount of movement at the time of focusing from an infinite focusing state to a close focusing state of the fifth lens unit at the telephoto end.
74. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , wherein the following conditional expressions (8) and (9) are satisfied
3.2 <ft/fw <6 (8)
1.4 <FNO ( T ) <3.2 (9)
where,
ft denotes a focal length at the telephoto end of the zoom lens,
fw denotes a focal length at the wide angle end of the zoom lens, and
FNO(T) denotes an F-number at the telephoto end for the zoom lens.
75. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , further comprising:
an aperture stop which is disposed between the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit, and which determines an F-number, wherein
the following conditional expressions (I) and (II) are satisfied
0.2 < D 36 W /φAW <1.5 (I)
1.0 < DS 6 W /φAW <2.8 (II)
where,
D36W denotes a distance along an optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens unit up to an object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the wide angle end,
DS6W denotes a distance along the optical axis from the aperture stop up to the object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the wide angle end, and
φAW denotes the maximum diameter of an aperture when the F-number of the aperture stop is the minimum, at the wide angle end.
76. The zoom lens according to claim 75 , wherein the following conditional expressions (III) and (IV) are satisfied
0.6 <D 36 T /φ AT <2.3 (III)
1.4 <DS 6 T /φ AT <3.5 (IV)
where,
D36T denotes a distance along an optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens unit up an object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the telephoto end,
DS6T denotes a distance along the optical axis from the aperture stop up to the object-side surface of the sixth lens unit, at the telephoto end, and
φAT denotes the maximum diameter of an aperture when the F-number of the aperture stop is the minimum, at the telephoto end.
77. The zoom lens according to claim 75 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit move at the time of a focusing operation.
78. The zoom lens according to claim 75 , wherein the aperture stop moves toward the object side more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end.
79. The zoom lens according to claim 57 , the following conditional expression (A) is satisfied
−0.8 <f 4 /f 5 <1.2 (A)
where,
f4 denotes a focal length of the fourth lens unit, and
f5 denotes a focal length of the fifth lens unit.
80. The zoom lens according to claim 79 , wherein the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit satisfy the following conditional expressions (B) and (C)
−0.7 <f 4 /fw <−0.3 (B)
1.0 <| f 5| /fw <5.0 (C)
where,
fw denotes a focal length at the wide angle end of the zoom lens.