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US 7,068,428 · App. 11/064,814 · Granted Jun 27, 2006

Zoom lens system and imaging apparatus having the same

Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,068,428
App. No.
11/064,814
Granted
Jun 27, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens system includes a front lens group and a rear lens group arranged from an object side to an image side in that order. The front lens group includes a plurality of lens units, and during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, imaging magnification is increased by changing spaces between the plurality of lens units. The rear lens group with positive optical power as a whole includes a lens unit IS with negative optical power being movable so as to have a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, and a lens component RB 2 with positive optical power disposed on the image side with respect to the lens unit IS. A space between the lens unit IS and the lens component RB 2 is changed during zooming. The following condition is established to satisfy: 0.05<| fis|/ft <0.25, wherein (fis) denotes a focal distance of the lens unit IS, and (ft) denotes a focal distance at the telephoto end of the zooming lens system.

Claims (38)

1. A zoom lens system comprising:

a plurality of lens units, including:

a first lens unit with positive optical power;

a second lens unit with negative optical power;

a third lens unit with positive optical power;

a fourth lens unit with positive optical power;

a fifth lens unit with negative optical power; and

a sixth lens unit with positive optical power,

wherein the first through sixth lens units are disposed from the object side to the image side along the optical axis, respectively,

wherein spaces are provided between adjacent lens units,

wherein during a zooming operation, the spaces change, wherein the fifth lens unit is movable so as to have a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and

wherein a focal distance fis of the fifth lens unit and a focal distance ft of the zoom lens system at a telephoto end satisfy the following condition:

0.05<|fis|/ft<0.25, wherein a focal distance fRB 2 of the sixth lens unit satisfies the following condition:

0.2 <fRB 2 /ft< 0.5.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a composite focal distance fRB 1 t of the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit at the telephoto end satisfies the following condition:

0.05 <fRB 1 t/ft< 0.2.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a focal distance f 1 of the first lens unit and a focal distance f 2 of the second lens unit satisfy the following conditions:

0.2 <f 1 /ft< 0.6,

and

0.03 <|f 2 |/ft< 0.1.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens system forms an image on a solid imaging element.

5. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a solid imaging element; and

the zoom lens system according to claim 1 forming images on the solid imaging element.

6. A zoom lens system comprising:

a plurality of lens units, including:

a first lens unit with positive optical power;

a second lens unit with negative optical power;

a third lens unit with positive optical power;

a fourth lens unit with positive optical power;

a fifth lens unit with negative optical power; and

a sixth lens unit with positive optical power,

wherein the first through sixth lens units are disposed from the object side to the image side along the optical axis, respectively,

wherein spaces are provided between adjacent lens units,

wherein during a zooming operation, the spaces change, wherein the fifth lens unit is movable so as to have a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and

wherein a focal distance fis of the fifth lens unit and a focal distance ft of the zoom lens system at a telephoto end satisfy the following condition:

0.05<|fis|/ft<0.25, wherein a composite focal distance fRB 1 t of the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit at the telephoto end satisfies the following condition:

0.05 <fRB 1 t/ft< 0.2.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2005
From: MISAKA, MAKOTO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 016328/0460 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-052205 · Feb 26, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050190447A1 · Sep 1, 2005