IP Library Granted Patent US 9,599,800
Granted Patent B2
US 9,599,800 · App. 14/993,155 · Granted Mar 21, 2017

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same

Inventor: Kohei Kimura (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B15/173G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 9,599,800
App. No.
14/993,155
Granted
Mar 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a zoom lens, including, 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; and a rear lens group including at least one lens unit, in which an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming, and materials of lenses included in a lens unit arranged closest to the image side are appropriately set.

Claims (60)

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; and

a rear lens group including at least one lens unit,

wherein an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming,

wherein a lens unit arranged closest to the image side includes at least two lenses,

wherein materials of all of lenses included in the lens unit arranged closest to the image side comprise a material satisfying the following conditional expression:

0.0 <θgFr− (−1.520×10 −7 ×νdr 3 +5.213×10 ×νdr 2 −5.500×10 −3 ×νdr+ 0.730),

where θgFr and νdr represent relative partial dispersion and an Abbe number of the material of the lens included in the lens unit arranged closest to the image, and

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

12.0< f 1/ fw< 40.0,

where f 1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, and fw represents a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide angle end.

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

1.5< ft/f 1<5.0,

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

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

−30.0< ft/f 2<−5.0,

where f 2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit, and ft represents a focal length of the zoom lens at a telephoto end.

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

5.0< ft/f 3<20.0,

where f 3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, and ft represents a focal length of the zoom lens at a telephoto end.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the materials of the all of lenses included in the lens unit arranged closest to the image side comprise a material satisfying the following conditional expression:

10.0<ν dr< 100.0,

where νdr represents the Abbe number of the material of the lens included in the lens unit arranged closest to the image side.

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

40.0<ν drp< 100.0,

where νdrp represents an Abbe number of a material of a positive lens included in the lens unit arranged closest to the image side.

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

10.0<ν drn< 40.0,

where νdrn represents an Abbe number of a material of a negative lens included in the lens unit arranged closest to the image side.

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

−30.0< m 1/ fw<− 3.0,

where m 1 represents a movement amount of the first lens unit during zooming from the wide angle end to a telephoto end.

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

−10.0< m 3/ fw<− 0.5,

where m 3 represents a movement amount of the third lens unit during zooming from the wide angle end to a telephoto end.

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

2.0< ft/|fr|< 15.0,

where fr represents a focal length of the lens unit arranged closest to the image side, and ft represents a focal length of the zoom lens at a telephoto end.

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

1.6 <Ndrn< 2.3,

where Ndrn represents a refractive index of a material of a negative lens included in the lens unit arranged closest to the image side.

12. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the lens unit arranged closest to the image side consists of one positive lens and one negative lens arranged with an air gap.

13. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , configured to form an image on a solid-state image pickup element.

14. 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 a positive refractive power; and

a rear lens group including at least one lens unit,

wherein an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming,

wherein a lens unit arranged closest to the image side includes at least two lenses,

wherein materials of all of lenses included in the lens unit arranged closest to the image side comprise a material satisfying the following conditional expression:

0.0<θ gFr −(−1.520×10 −7 ×νdr 3 +5.213×10 −5 ×νdr 2 −5.500×10 −3 ×νdr+ 0.730),

where θgFr and νdr represent relative partial dispersion and an Abbe number of the material of the lens included in the lens unit arranged closest to the image, respectively, and

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

12.0< f 1/ fw< 40.0,

where f 1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, and fw represents a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide angle end; and

a solid-state image pickup element configured to receive light of an image formed by the zoom lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2016
From: KIMURA, KOHEI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038389/0216 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-009250 · Jan 21, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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