- Patent Title: Zoom lenses and image pickup apparatus including the zoom lenses
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Application No.: US14959151Application Date: 2015-12-04
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Publication No.: US09716829B2Publication Date: 2017-07-25
- Inventor: Kazuya Shimomura
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-248569 20141209
- Main IPC: G02B15/00
- IPC: G02B15/00 ; H04N5/232 ; G02B15/16 ; G02B27/64

Abstract:
A zoom lens include, from an object side, a first magnification-varying group, an aperture stop and a second magnification-varying group, the first magnification-varying group including: a positive first lens unit configured not to move for zooming; a negative second lens unit configured to move during zooming; and one or more magnification-varying lens units configured to move during zooming, the magnification-varying lens units having a positive combined refractive power, the second magnification-varying group including: a negative first sub lens unit configured not to move for zooming; a negative second sub lens unit configured to move during zooming; and a positive third sub lens unit, the second magnification-varying group moving the second sub lens unit to the image side to displace a focal length range of the entire system toward a long focal length side.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160161725A1 ZOOM LENSES AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ZOOM LENSES Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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