IP Library Granted Patent US 10,120,173
Granted Patent B2
US 10,120,173 · App. 15/650,125 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same

Inventor: Nobuyuki Miyazawa (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B15/28G02B15/10G02B15/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,120,173
App. No.
15/650,125
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a zoom lens, including, in order from object side: a positive first unit; a negative second unit; a third unit having a positive or positive refractive power; and a rear group including at least one unit, in which: the first unit is not moved for zooming, and intervals between adjacent units are changed during zooming; the first unit includes three lenses, and the second unit includes three lenses; at least two lens surfaces, among lens surfaces of lenses included in the second unit except for a lens arranged closest to the object side, have aspherical shapes; and focal lengths of the zoom lens at a wide angle end and at a telephoto end, movement amounts of the second and third units during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end are appropriately set.

Claims (37)

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 one of a positive refractive power and a negative refractive power; and

a rear lens group including at least one lens unit,

wherein the first lens unit is not moved for zooming, and intervals between adjacent lens units are changed during zooming,

wherein the first lens unit includes at least three lenses, and the second lens unit includes at least three lenses,

wherein at least two lens surfaces, among lens surfaces of lenses included in the second lens unit except for a lens arranged closest to the object side, have aspherical shapes, and

wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

0.38<| m 3/ m 2|; and

9.00< ft/fw,

where fw represents a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide angle end, ft represents a focal length of the zoom lens at a telephoto end, m2 represents a movement amount of the second lens unit during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and m3 represents a movement amount of the third lens unit during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, in which a movement amount has a positive sign when a lens unit is located on the image side at the telephoto end as compared to the wide angle end.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.40<| m 3/ f 3|<0.65,

where f3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.1< m 2/ ft< 0.3,

where ft represents the focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.3< m 2/ D 1<3.0,

where D1 represents a thickness of the first lens unit on an optical axis.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit includes a negative lens.

6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , further comprising an aperture stop on the image side of a lens that is arranged fourth when counted from a lens arranged adjacent to the first lens unit on the image side.

7. An image pickup apparatus, comprising:

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 one of a positive refractive power and a negative refractive power; and

a rear lens group including at least one lens unit,

wherein the first lens unit is not moved for zooming, and intervals between adjacent lens units are changed during zooming,

wherein the first lens unit includes at least three lenses, and the second lens unit includes at least three lenses,

wherein at least two lens surfaces, among lens surfaces of lenses included in the second lens unit except for a lens arranged closest to the object side, have aspherical shapes, and

wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

0.38<| m 3/ m 2|; and

9.00< ft/fw,

where fw represents a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide angle end, ft represents a focal length of the zoom lens at a telephoto end, m2 represents a movement amount of the second lens unit during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and m3 represents a movement amount of the third lens unit during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, in which a movement amount has a positive sign when a lens unit is located on the image side at the telephoto end as compared to the wide angle end; and

an image pickup element which receives light of an image formed by the zoom lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2017
From: MIYAZAWA, NOBUYUKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044035/0308 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-156316 · Aug 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180045931A1 · Feb 15, 2018
Cited By (1)
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