IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,275,235
Granted Patent B2
US 11,275,235 · App. 16/880,289 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus

Inventor: Akihiko Yuki (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B15/144109G02B15/145119G02B15/145121G02B15/145125G02B15/17G02B15/173H04N5/2253H04N5/2254
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Patent No.
US 11,275,235
App. No.
16/880,289
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side: a positive front lens unit configured not to move for zooming; a plurality of magnification-varying lens units including two magnification-varying lens units having negative refractive powers configured to move for zooming; and a positive rear lens unit configured not to move for zooming, in which a focal length of the front lens unit, a focal length of a magnification-varying lens unit having a negative refractive power and arranged closest to the object side in the plurality of magnification-varying lens units, a focal length of a magnification-varying lens unit having a negative refractive power and arranged closest to the image side in the plurality of magnification-varying lens units, and a focal length of the rear lens unit are suitably set.

Claims (58)

1. A zoom lens comprising a plurality of lens units, wherein the plurality of lens units consists of in order from an object side to an image side:

a front lens unit having a positive refractive power and configured not to move for zooming;

a plurality of moving lens units, including two lens units having negative refractive powers, configured to move for zooming; and

a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power and configured not to move for zooming,

wherein conditional expressions

2.7<| f 2 n/fr|< 6.0;

0.5<| ff/f 1 n|< 2.3; and

0.140< m 1 n/L≤ 0.237

are satisfied where ff is a focal length of the front lens unit, f1n is a focal length of a lens unit arranged closest to the object side of all negative lens units in the plurality of moving lens units, f2n is a focal length of a lens unit arranged closest to the image side of all negative lens units in the plurality of moving lens units, fr is a focal length of the rear lens unit, m1n is an absolute value of a maximum movement amount of the lens unit having the focal length f1n for zooming, and L is a distance from a vertex of a surface, on the object side, of a lens closest to the object side in the front lens unit to an image plane.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein a conditional expression

−1.0<β r<− 0.2

is satisfied where βr is a lateral magnification of the rear lens unit.

3. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a zoom lens of claim 1 ; and

an image pickup element configured to pick up an image formed by the zoom lens.

4. A zoom lens comprising a plurality of lens units, wherein the plurality of lens units consists of in order from an object side to an image side:

a front lens unit having a positive refractive power and configured not to move for zooming;

a plurality of moving lens units, including two lens units having negative refractive powers, configured to move for zooming; and

a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power and configured not to move for zooming,

wherein conditional expressions

2.7<| f 2 n/fr|< 6.0;

0.5<| ff/f 1 n|< 2.3; and

0.05< BF/Lr< 0.35

are satisfied where ff is a focal length of the front lens unit, f1n is a focal length of a lens unit arranged closest to the object side of all negative lens units in the plurality of moving lens units, f2n is a focal length of a lens unit arranged closest to the image side of all negative lens units in the plurality of moving lens units, fr is a focal length of the rear lens unit, Lr is a distance from a vertex of a surface, on the object side, of a lens closest to the object side in the rear lens unit to an image plane, and BF is a distance from a vertex of a surface, on the image side, of a lens closest to the image side in the rear lens unit to the image plane.

5. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a zoom lens of claim 4 ; and

an image pickup element configured to pick up an image formed by the zoom lens.

6. A zoom lens comprising a plurality of lens units, wherein the plurality of lens units consists of in order from an object side to an image side:

a front lens unit having a positive refractive power and configured not to move for zooming;

a plurality of moving lens units, including two lens units having negative refractive powers, configured to move for zooming; and

a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power and configured not to move for zooming,

wherein the rear lens unit has a front principal point located on the object side with respect to a vertex of a surface, on the object side, of a lens closest to the object side in the rear lens unit, and

wherein conditional expressions

2.7<| f 2 n/fr|< 6.0;

0.5<| ff/f 1 n|< 2.3; and

0.08< o 1 r/Lr< 0.20

are satisfied where ff is a focal length of the front lens unit, f1n is a focal length of a lens unit arranged closest to the object side of all negative lens units in the plurality of moving lens units, f2n is a focal length of a lens unit arranged closest to the image side of all negative lens units in the plurality of moving lens units, fr is a focal length of the rear lens unit, o1r is a distance from the vertex of the surface to the front principal point, and Lr is a distance from the vertex of the surface to an image plane.

7. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a zoom lens of claim 6 ; and

an image pickup element configured to pick up an image formed by the zoom lens.

8. A zoom lens consisting of in order from an object side to an image side:

a front lens unit having a positive refractive power and configured not to move for zooming;

a plurality of moving lens units, including two lens units having negative refractive powers, configured to move for zooming; and

a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power and configured not to move for zooming,

wherein the rear lens unit consists of a front lens sub-unit having a positive refractive power and a rear lens sub-unit having a negative refractive power with a largest gap therebetween in the rear lens unit, and

wherein conditional expressions

2.7<| f 2 n/fr|< 6.0;

0.5<| ff/f 1 n|< 2.3; and

0.1<| frp/frn|< 0.7

are satisfied where ff is a focal length of the front lens unit, f1n is a focal length of a lens unit arranged closest to the object side of all negative lens units in the plurality of moving lens units, f2n is a focal length of a lens unit arranged closest to the image side of all negative lens units in the plurality of moving lens units, fr is a focal length of the rear lens unit, frp is a focal length of the front lens sub-unit, and frn is a focal length of the rear lens sub-unit.

9. The zoom lens according to claim 8 , wherein the front lens sub-unit includes a plurality of lenses each having a positive refractive power and an Abbe number νd that satisfies a conditional expression

75.0< νd< 100,

where the Abbe number νd is represented by an expression

νd =( Nd− 1)/( NF−NC ),

where NF, Nd, and NC are refractive indices with respect to an F-line (wavelength of 486.1 nm), a d-line (wavelength of 587.6 nm), and a C-line (wavelength of 656.3 nm) as Fraunhofer lines, respectively.

10. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a zoom lens of claim 8 ; and

an image pickup element configured to pick up an image formed by the zoom lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2020
From: YUKI, AKIHIKO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-099030 · May 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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