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Granted Patent B2
US 12,619,056 · App. 18/332,791 · Granted May 5, 2026

Zoom lens, and image pickup apparatus having the same

Inventor: Junya Ichimura (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B15/145113G02B13/02
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Patent No.
US 12,619,056
App. No.
18/332,791
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, a third lens unit having positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having negative refractive power. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between adjacent lens units changes, the first lens unit and the third lens unit are fixed, and the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move. The third lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens. A predetermined condition is satisfied.

Claims (56)

1 . A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, a third lens unit having positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having negative refractive power,

wherein during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between adjacent lens units changes, the first lens unit and the third lens unit are fixed, and the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move,

wherein the third lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens, and

wherein the following inequalities are satisfied:

−3.50<β3 w/β 3 t<− 0.10

−10.0< f 1/ f 2<−4.0

1.2< f 3/ f 4<2.0

−6.0< M 2/ M 4<−1.5

0.8< M 2/ D 1<2.0

where β3w is a lateral magnification of the third lens unit at the wide-angle end, β3t is a lateral magnification of the third lens unit at the telephoto end, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit, f3 is a focal length of the third lens unit, f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens unit, M2 is a moving amount of the second lens unit during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, M4 is a moving amount of the fourth lens unit during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, and D1 is a distance on an optical axis from a lens surface closest to an object in the first lens unit to a lens surface closest to an image plane in the first lens unit.

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

0.2 <BF/fw< 1.2

where BF is an air conversion length of a distance on an optical axis from a lens surface closest to an image plane to the image plane at the wide-angle end of the zoom lens, and fw is a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.

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

2.0< f 1 /fw< 12.0

where fw is a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end.

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

−0.8< f 2/ f 4<−0.3

where f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens unit.

5 . The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following inequality is satisfied:

1.5< f 5/ f 2<10.0

where f5 is a focal length of the fifth lens unit.

6 . The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit includes an image stabilizing subunit configured to move in a direction having a component in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis during image stabilization, and

wherein the following inequality is satisfied:

1.2< fis/f 3<2.0

where fis is a focal length of the image stabilizing subunit, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens unit.

7 . The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a first subunit having positive refractive power, a second subunit having positive refractive power, and a third subunit having negative refractive power,

wherein the second subunit is a cemented lens of a negative lens and a positive lens arranged in order from the object side to the image side, and

wherein the second subunit moves in a direction having a component in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis during image stabilization.

8 . The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens unit includes a positive lens, and

wherein the following inequality is satisfied:

−0.00163×ν d+ 0.65800<θ gf<− 0.00163×ν d+ 0.7500

where θgf is a partial dispersion ratio of the positive lens of the fifth lens unit for g-line and f-line, and νd is an Abbe number of the positive lens of the fifth lens unit based on d-line.

9 . The zoom lens according to claim 8 , wherein the positive lens included in the fifth lens unit has a meniscus shape convex to the image side, and

the following inequality is satisfied:

15.0<ν d< 24.2.

10 . The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, the fourth lens unit, and the fifth lens unit.

11 . The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a cemented lens of a negative lens and a positive lens, and a positive lens.

12 . The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens unit consists of four lenses or less.

13 . The zoom lens according to claim 12 , wherein the second lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens, a negative lens, a positive lens, and a negative lens.

14 . The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit includes an aperture stop.

15 . The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens unit consists of three or four lenses.

16 . The zoom lens according to claim 15 , wherein the fourth lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive lens, a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens.

17 . An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a zoom lens; and

an image sensor configured to receive an image formed by the zoom lens,

wherein the zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, a third lens unit having positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having negative refractive power,

wherein during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between adjacent lens units changes, the first lens unit and the third lens unit are fixed, and the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move,

wherein the third lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens, and

wherein the following inequalities are satisfied:

−3.50<β3 w/β 3 t<− 0.10

−10.0< f 1/ f 2<−4.0

1.2< f 3/ f 4<2.0

−6.0< M 2/ M 4<−1.5

0.8< M 2/ D 1<2.0

where β3w is a lateral magnification of the third lens unit at the wide-angle end, β3t is a lateral magnification of the third lens unit at the telephoto end, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit, f3 is a focal length of the third lens unit, f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens unit, M2 is a moving amount of the second lens unit during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, M4 is a moving amount of the fourth lens unit during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, and D1 is a distance on an optical axis from a lens surface closest to an object in the first lens unit to a lens surface closest to an image plane in the first lens unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2023
From: ICHIMURA, JUNYA
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064142/0133 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-096184 · Jun 15, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230408800A1 · Dec 21, 2023
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