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Granted Patent B2
US 7,187,504 · App. 11/444,830 · Granted Mar 6, 2007

Zoom lens and image pick up apparatus including the same

Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,187,504
App. No.
11/444,830
Granted
Mar 6, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power and an aperture stop; a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; and a fifth lens unit having positive optical power, in which, during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit stays, the second lens unit moves toward the image side, and the third lens unit moves together with the aperture stop.

Claims (144)

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

a first lens unit having positive optical power;

a second lens unit having negative optical power;

a third lens unit having positive optical power, the third lens unit including an aperture stop;

a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; and

a fifth lens unit having positive refractive power, wherein the first lens unit does not move for zooming, and during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end:

the second lens unit moves toward the image side; and

the third lens unit moves together with the aperture stop, wherein:

the fourth lens unit moves during the zooming; and

the fourth lens unit moves during focusing.

2. An image pick up apparatus, comprising:

a zoom lens according to claim 1 ; and

a solid-state image pick up element for receiving an image formed by the zoom lens.

3. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit moves along a locus convex to the object side during the zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end.

4. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of three conditions

0.2 <|f 2 /fA|< 0.4

2.10 <e 4 T/fw< 4.35

0.7 <|f 3 /f 4|<1.3

is satisfied, where

fA=√{square root over (fw·ft)}

fw and ft represent a focal length of an entire system at the wide-angle end and a focal length thereof at the telephoto end, respectively, f 2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit, f 3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, f 4 represents a focal length of the fourth lens unit, and e 4 T represents a principal point interval between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit in a case where focusing is performed on an infinitely distant object at the telephoto end.

5. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied,

1.5 <M 2 /M 3<5.4,

where M 2 represents a movement amount of the second lens unit in a case where zooming is performed from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end and M 3 represents a distance on an optical axis between a position of the third lens unit in a case where the third lens unit is located at the most object side and a position thereof in the case where the third lens unit is located at the most image side.

6. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens unit comprises an aspherical shape having an optical power that becomes weaker as a position in the second lens unit becomes farther from a lens center and closer to a lens circumference.

7. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied,

1.76<Nn<2.01,

where Nn represents an average refractive index of lens materials of the second lens unit.

8. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied,

0.46 <|R 22 /R 23|<0.79,

where R 2 i represents a curvature radius of an i-th lens surface of the second lens unit counted from the object side.

9. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens unit includes at least one negative lens and a plurality of positive lenses, an average Abbe number of materials of the positive lenses is equal to or larger than 68, and an Abbe number of a material of at least one positive lens is equal to or larger than 70.

10. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the aperture stop is located on the object side of the third lens unit or between the lenses of the third lens unit.

11. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the third lens unit are shifted in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis or rotated about an axis orthogonal to the optical axis.

12. A zoom lens according to claim 11 , wherein the following condition is satisfied,

1.7×10 −3 <|(1 −βa )·β R|·EM/ft< 0.05,

where EM and βa represent a maximum movement amount and a photographing magnification of the at least part of the third lens unit at the telephoto end, respectively, ft represents a focal length of an entire system at the telephoto end, and βR represents a photographing magnification of a lens system located closer to the image side than the at least part of the third lens unit.

13. A zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having positive optical power;

a second lens unit having negative optical power;

a third lens unit having positive optical power, the third lens unit including an aperture stop;

a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; and

a fifth lens unit having positive refractive power, wherein the first lens unit does not move for zooming, and during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end:

the second lens unit moves toward the image side; and

the third lens unit moves together with the aperture stop, wherein at least one of three conditions

0.2 <|f 2 /fA|< 0.4

2.10 <e 4 T/fw< 4.35

0.7 <|f 3 /f 4|<1.3

is satisfied, where

fA=√{square root over (fw·ft)}

fw and ft represent a focal length of an entire system at the wide-angle end and a focal length thereof at the telephoto end, respectively, f 2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit, f 3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, f 4 represents a focal length of the fourth lens unit, and e 4 T represents a principal point interval between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit in a case where focusing is performed on an infinitely distant object at the telephoto end.

14. An image pick up apparatus, comprising:

a zoom lens according to claim 13 ; and

a solid-state image pick up element for receiving an image formed by the zoom lens.

15. A zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having positive optical power;

a second lens unit having negative optical power;

a third lens unit having positive optical power, the third lens unit including an aperture stop;

a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; and

a fifth lens unit having positive refractive power,

wherein the first lens unit does not move for zooming, and

during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end:

the second lens unit moves toward the image side; and

the third lens unit moves together with the aperture stop,

wherein the following condition is satisfied,

1.5 <M 2 /M 3<5.4,

where M 2 represents a movement amount of the second lens unit in a case where zooming is performed from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end and M 3 represents a distance on an optical axis between a position of the third lens unit in a case where the third lens unit is located at the most object side and a position thereof in the case where the third lens unit is located at the most image side.

16. An image pick up apparatus, comprising:

a zoom lens according to claim 15 ; and

a solid-state image pick up element for receiving an image formed by the zoom lens.

17. A zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having positive optical power;

a second lens unit having negative optical power;

a third lens unit having positive optical power, the third lens unit including an aperture stop;

a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; and

a fifth lens unit having positive refractive power,

wherein the first lens unit does not move for zooming, and

during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end:

the second lens unit moves toward the image side; and

the third lens unit moves together with the aperture stop,

wherein the second lens unit comprises an aspherical shape having an optical power that becomes weaker as a position in the second lens unit becomes farther from a lens center and closer to a lens circumference.

18. An image pick up apparatus, comprising:

a zoom lens according to claim 17 ; and

a solid-state image pick up element for receiving an image formed by the zoom lens.

19. A zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having positive optical power;

a second lens unit having negative optical power;

a third lens unit having positive optical power, the third lens unit including an aperture stop;

a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; and

a fifth lens unit having positive refractive power,

wherein the first lens unit does not move for zooming, and

during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end:

the second lens unit moves toward the image side; and

the third lens unit moves together with the aperture stop,

wherein the following condition is satisfied,

1.76<Nn<2.01,

where Nn represents an average refractive index of lens materials of the second lens unit.

20. An image pick up apparatus, comprising:

a zoom lens according to claim 19 ; and

a solid-state image pick up element for receiving an image formed by the zoom lens.

21. A zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having positive optical power;

a second lens unit having negative optical power;

a third lens unit having positive optical power, the third lens unit including an aperture stop;

a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; and

a fifth lens unit having positive refractive power,

wherein the first lens unit does not move for zooming, and

during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end:

the second lens unit moves toward the image side; and

the third lens unit moves together with the aperture stop,

wherein the following condition is satisfied,

0.46 <|R 22 /R 23|<0.79,

where R 2 i represents a curvature radius of an i-th lens surface of the second lens unit counted from the object side.

22. An image pick up apparatus, comprising:

a zoom lens according to claim 21 ; and

a solid-state image pick up element for receiving an image formed by the zoom lens.

23. A zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having positive optical power;

a second lens unit having negative optical power;

a third lens unit having positive optical power, the third lens unit including an aperture stop;

a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; and

a fifth lens unit having positive refractive power,

wherein the first lens unit does not move for zooming, and

during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end:

the second lens unit moves toward the image side; and

the third lens unit moves together with the aperture stop,

wherein the first lens unit includes at least one negative lens and a plurality of positive lenses, an average Abbe number of materials of the positive lenses is equal to or larger than 68, and an Abbe number of a material of at least one positive lens is equal to or larger than 70.

24. An image pick up apparatus, comprising:

a zoom lens according to claim 23 ; and

a solid-state image pick up element for receiving an image formed by the zoom lens.

25. A zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having positive optical power;

a second lens unit having negative optical power;

a third lens unit having positive optical power, the third lens unit including an aperture stop;

a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; and

a fifth lens unit having positive refractive power,

wherein the first lens unit does not move for zooming, and

during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end:

the second lens unit moves toward the image side; and

the third lens unit moves together with the aperture stop,

wherein at least part of the third lens unit are shifted in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis or rotated about an axis orthogonal to the optical axis.

26. An image pick up apparatus, comprising:

a zoom lens according to claim 25 ; and

a solid-state image pick up element for receiving an image formed by the zoom lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2006
From: HORIUCHI, AKIHISA
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 017960/0605 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-162693 · Jun 2, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060279850A1 · Dec 14, 2006