Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same
- Patent Title (中): 缩放透镜和包括其的图像拾取装置
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Application No.: US12420552Application Date: 2009-04-08
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Publication No.: US07864444B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Hiroshi Saruwatari
- Applicant: Hiroshi Saruwatari
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA Inc IP Div
- Priority: JP2008-100135 20080408
- Main IPC: G02B9/34
- IPC: G02B9/34

Abstract:
Provided is a zoom lens having a high magnification and excellent optical performance over an entire zoom range between a wide-angle end and a telephoto end. The zoom lens includes, in order from object side to 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; and a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power, and performs zooming while the respective lens units move, in which: during zooming from wide-angle end to telephoto end, the first unit moves closer to object side at telephoto end than at wide-angle end and the fourth unit moves along a locus convex to object side; and a focal length of the second unit, a focal length of the zoom lens at wide-angle end, and an imaging magnification of the fourth unit at telephoto end are appropriately set.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090251797A1 ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2009-10-08
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