Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10126523-B2
Application number	US-201715646492-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2017
Priority date	Jul 19, 2016
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first to fifth lens units respectively having positive, negative, positive, positive, and negative refractive powers. The first lens unit does not move for zooming, and each of the distances between the lens units adjacent to each other is changed during zooming. Lateral magnifications β2w and β2t of the second lens unit at a wide angle end and a telephoto end, respectively, lateral magnifications β3w and β3t of the third lens unit at the wide angle end and the telephoto end, respectively, lateral magnifications β4w and β4t of the fourth lens unit at the wide angle end and the telephoto end, respectively, a focal length f5 of the fifth lens unit, and an amount of movement M5 of the fifth lens unit in zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end are appropriately set.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power, wherein
the first lens unit does not move for zooming,
each of the distances between the lens units adjacent to each other is changed during zooming, and
when a magnification amount Z2 of the second lens unit, a magnification amount Z3 of the third lens unit, and a magnification amount Z4 of the fourth lens unit are given by
Z 2=β2 t/β 2 w,

Z 3=β3 t/β 3 w , and

Z 4=β4 t/β 4 w,

where β2w and β2t are respectively lateral magnifications of the second lens unit focused at infinity at a wide angle end and a telephoto end, β3w and β3t are respectively lateral magnifications of the third lens unit focused at infinity at the wide angle end and the telephoto end, and β4w and β4t are respectively lateral magnifications of the fourth lens unit focused at infinity at the wide angle end and the telephoto end, wherein the conditional expressions are satisfied:
2.0< Z 2/( Z 3× Z 4)<5.0, and

0.5<| f 5|/ M 5<2.0

where f5 is a focal length of the fifth lens unit, and M5 is an amount of movement of the fifth lens unit in zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end while focused at infinity.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein
the following conditional expression is satisfied:
1.9< f 1 /fw< 2.6

where f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, 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 conditional expression is satisfied:
0.6<| f 2|/ fw< 1.4

where f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit, and 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 conditional expression is satisfied:
1.8< f 1/| f 2|<3.0

where f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit.

5. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein
the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.1<| f 5|/ ft< 0.6

where ft is a focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end.

6. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein
the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.5<100×( D 23 t+D 34 t )/ ft< 10.0

where D23t is a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit focused at infinity at the telephoto end, D34t is a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit focused at infinity at the telephoto end, and ft is a focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end.

7. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein
the third lens unit moves during zooming.

8. The zoom lens according to claim 7 , wherein
the third lens unit is located closer to the object side at the wide angle end than at the telephoto end.

9. The zoom lens according to claim 7 , wherein
the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−1.00 <M 3/ fw<− 0.02

where M3 is an amount of movement of the third lens unit in zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and fw is a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide angle end.

10. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein
the first lens unit includes a reflective member having a reflective surface that bends an optical path.

11. The zoom lens according to claim 10 , wherein
the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.1< D 1/ ft< 0.6

where D1 is a thickness of the first lens unit, and ft is a focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end.

12. The zoom lens according to claim 10 , wherein
the reflective member comprises a prism.

13. The zoom lens according to claim 12 , wherein
the following conditional expression is satisfied:
1.8<Ndpr<2.5

where Ndpr is a refractive index, for d-line, of a material of the prism.

14. 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 positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power, wherein
the first lens unit does not move for zooming,
each of the distances between the lens units adjacent to each other is changed during zooming, and
when a magnification amount Z2 of the second lens unit, a magnification amount Z3 of the third lens unit, and a magnification amount Z4 of the fourth lens unit are given by
Z 2=β2 t/β 2 w,

Z 3=β3 t/β 3 w , and

Z 4=β4 t/β 4 w,

where β2w and β2t are respectively lateral magnifications of the second lens unit focused at infinity at a wide angle end and a telephoto end, β3w and β3t are respectively lateral magnifications of the third lens unit focused at infinity at the wide angle end and the telephoto end, and β4w and β4t are respectively lateral magnifications of the fourth lens unit focused at infinity at the wide angle end and the telephoto end, wherein the conditional expressions are satisfied:
2.0< Z 2/( Z 3× Z 4)<5.0, and

0.5<| f 5|/ M 5<2.0

where f5 is a focal length of the fifth lens unit, and M5 is an amount of movement of the fifth lens unit in zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end while focused at infinity; and a solid-state image pickup element that receives an image formed by the zoom lens.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Tashiro Yoshihisa

Classifications

• G03B2205/0046

  Movement of one or more optical elements for zooming · CPC title

• G02B17/00

  Systems with reflecting surfaces, with or without refracting elements · CPC title

• G02B9/60 Primary

  having five components only · CPC title

• G02B7/021

  for more than one lens · CPC title

• G02B13/06

  Panoramic objectives; So-called "sky lenses" {including panoramic objectives having reflecting surfaces} · CPC title