ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME

• US 20150042846A1
• Filed: 08/06/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Shimomura, Kazuya
• Granted Patent: US 9,329,372 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/240.3
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/002 having at least one aspherical surface
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/009 having zoom function
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 15/144511 arranged -+-+
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 15/20 having an additional movable lens or lens group for varying the objective focal length

Abstract

A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: a negative first lens unit which does not move for zooming; a positive second lens unit which moves during the zooming; a negative third lens unit which moves during the zooming; and a positive fourth lens unit, wherein the following expressions are satisfied:

−0.80<f1/f2<−0.25,

−1.2<f2/f3<−0.4, and

0.5<|m2/m3|<3.0,

where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, f2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit, f3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, m2 represents a moving amount of the second lens unit during the zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and m3 represents a moving amount of the third lens unit during the zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.

Claims

1. A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side:

a first lens unit having a negative refractive power which does not move for zooming;

a second lens unit having a positive refractive power which moves during the zooming;

a third lens unit having a negative refractive power which moves during the zooming; and

a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein the following expressions are satisfied;

−

0.80<

f1/f2<

−

0.25,

−

1.2<

f2/f3<

−

0.4, and

0.5<

|m2/m3|<

3.0,

where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, f2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit, f3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, m2 represents a moving amount of the second lens unit during the zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and m3 represents a moving amount of the third lens unit during the zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1,

wherein the first lens unit comprises a first sub lens unit having a negative refractive power which does not move for focusing, and a second sub lens unit which moves during the focusing;

and

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied;

0.005<

|f11/f12|<

0.150,

where f11 represents a focal length of the first sub lens unit and f12 represents a focal length of the second sub lens unit.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1, wherein the fourth lens unit or a lens unit of a part of the fourth lens unit is moved during the focusing.

4. The zoom lens according to claim 1, wherein a front sub lens unit which does not move for the focusing out of lenses that constitute the first lens unit comprises one or more convex lenses and two or more concave lenses, with a lens closest to the object side in the front sub lens unit being a concave lens, with a lens closest to the image side in the front sub lens unit being a convex lens.

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

−

2.50×

10<sup>−

3</sup><

(θ

1p−

θ

1n)/(ν

1p−

ν

1n)<

−

1.30×

10<sup>−

3</sup>,

where ν

1p and θ

1p represent average values of an Abbe number and a partial dispersion ratio of the convex lenses which constitute the front sub lens unit respectively, and ν

1n and θ

1n represent average values of an Abbe number and a partial dispersion ratio of the concave lenses, respectively, and where an Abbe number ν and

a partial dispersion ratio θ

are respectively expressed by

ν

=(Nd−

1)/(NF−

NC),

θ

=(Ng−

NF)/(NF−

NC),

where Ng represents a refractive index in a g-line, NF represents a refractive index in an F-line, Nd represents a refractive index in a d-line, and NC represents a refractive index in a C-line.

6. The zoom lens according to claim 1,

wherein the second lens unit comprises two or more convex lenses and one or more concave lenses, and

wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied,

−

2.30×

10<sup>−

3</sup><

(θ

2p−

θ

2n)/(ν

2p−

ν

2n)<

−

1.20×

10<sup>−

3</sup>,

where ν

2p and θ

2p represent average values of an Abbe number and a partial dispersion ratio of the convex lenses which constitute the second lens unit, respectively, and ν

2n and θ

2n represent average values of an Abbe number and a partial dispersion ratio of the concave lenses, respectively.

7. The zoom lens according to claim 1, wherein the second lens unit includes a lens having an aspherical surface on at least one surface.

8. 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 negative refractive power which does not move for zooming;

a second lens unit having a positive refractive power which moves during the zooming;

a third lens unit having a negative refractive power which moves during the zooming; and

a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein the following expressions are satisfied;

−

0.80<

f1/f2<

−

0.25,

−

1.2<

f2/f3<

−

0.4, and

0.5<

|m2/m3|<

3.0,

where f1 represents a focal length of the first lens unit, f2 represents a focal length of the second lens unit, f3 represents a focal length of the third lens unit, m2 represents a moving amount of the second lens unit during the zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and m3 represents a moving amount of the third lens unit during the zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end; and

an image pickup element which photoelectrically converts an optical image formed by the zoom lens.