Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus
The zoom lens includes, 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 positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power. During zooming, the second lens unit is not moved and the first, third and fifth lens units are moved. A distance between the first and second lens units at a telephoto end is larger than that at a wide-angle end, a distance between the second and third lens units at the telephoto end is smaller than that at the wide-angle end. A condition of 0.7<f3/f4<1.5 is satisfied where f3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, and f4 represents a focal length of the fourth lens unit.
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 positive refractive power; and
a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power,
wherein:
during zooming, the second lens unit is not moved and the first, third and fifth lens units are moved;
a distance between the first and second lens units at a telephoto end is larger than that at a wide-angle end;
a distance between the second and third lens units at the telephoto end is smaller than that at the wide-angle end;
the fifth lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive lens sub-unit and a negative lens sub-unit which have a largest distance therebetween in the fifth lens unit;
during focusing from an infinite object to a close distance object, the fifth lens unit is moved to the image side; and
the following condition is satisfied:
0.7< f 3/ f 4<1.5
where f3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, and f4 represents a focal length of the fourth lens unit.
2. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied:
2.0< f 1/ fw< 2.8
where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, and fw represents a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.
3. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second lens unit is moved in a direction including a directional component orthogonal to an optical axis so as to move an object image formed by the zoom lens in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis; and
the following condition is satisfied:
0.35<| f 2/ fw|< 0.65
where f2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit, and fw represents a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.
4. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied:
0.6<| f 5/ fw|< 1.0
where f5 represents a focal length of the fifth lens unit, and fw represents a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.
5. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein
the following condition is satisfied:
5.0<| f 52/ L 5 a|< 11.5
where L 5 a represents the largest distance in the fifth lens unit, and f52 represents a focal length of the negative lens sub-unit of the fifth lens unit.
6. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens unit is constituted by two lenses.
7. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein, during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, the first, third, fourth and fifth lens units are moved to the object side.
8. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , further comprising a sixth lens unit disposed on the image side further than the fifth lens unit and having a positive refractive power, and
wherein, during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lens units are moved to the object side.
9. A zoom lens according to claim 1 , further comprising a sixth lens unit disposed on the image side further than the fifth lens unit and having a positive refractive power, and
wherein, during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, the first, third, fourth and fifth lens units are moved to the object side, and the sixth lens unit is not moved.
10. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
a zoom lens; and
a solid-state image sensor photoelectrically converting an optical image formed by the zoom lens,
wherein the zoom lens comprises 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 positive refractive power; and
a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power,
wherein:
during zooming, the second lens unit is not moved and the first, third and fifth lens units are moved;
a distance between the first and second lens units at a telephoto end is larger than that at a wide-angle end;
a distance between the second and third lens units at the telephoto end is smaller than that at the wide-angle end;
the fifth lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive lens sub-unit and a negative lens sub-unit which have a largest distance therebetween in the fifth lens unit;
during focusing from an infinite object to a close distance object, the fifth lens unit is moved to the image side; and
the following condition is satisfied:
0.7< f 3/ f 4<1.5
where f3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, and f4 represents a focal length of the fourth lens unit.