Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9244259-B2
Application number	US-201313957638-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2013
Priority date	Aug 17, 2012
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: a first positive lens unit not moving for zooming; a second negative lens unit moving during zooming; a third positive lens unit moving during zooming; a fourth positive lens unit moving during zooming; and a fifth positive lens unit not moving for zooming. Each of the lens units includes positive and negative lenses, and satisfies 10<νp−νn<54, −1<β2w<−0.05, −5<β2t<−1, and −1<β34z2<−0.3, where νp is average Abbe constant of the positive lens of the fourth unit, νn an average Abbe constant of the negative lens of the fourth unit, β2w a magnification of the second unit at wide angle end, β2t a magnification of the second unit at telephoto end, and β34z2 a magnification of a combined lens unit including the third and fourth unit at a zoom position where the magnification of the second unit is −1.

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 which does not move for zooming;
a second lens unit having a negative refractive power which moves during zooming;
a third lens unit having the positive refractive power which moves during zooming;
a fourth lens unit having the positive refractive power which moves during zooming; and
a fifth lens unit having the positive refractive power which does not move for zooming,
wherein each of the first lens unit to the fifth lens unit includes at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, and
wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:
−10 <νp−νn< 54;

−1<β2 w<− 0.05;

−5<β2 t<− 1;

and
−1<β34 z 2<−0.3,

where νp is an average Abbe constant of the at least one positive lens of the fourth lens unit, νn is an average Abbe constant of the at least one negative lens of the fourth lens unit, β2w is an imaging magnification of the second lens unit at a wide angle end, β2t is an imaging magnification of the second lens unit at a telephoto end, and β34z2 is an imaging magnification of a combined lens unit including the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit at a zoom position z2 where the imaging magnification of the second lens unit is −1.

2. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein:
the third lens unit passes through a point where the imaging magnification is −1 during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and
the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.1< f 3/ f 4<1.0,

where f3 is a focal length of the third lens unit, and f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens unit.

3. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.5<( R 41+ R 42)/( R 41− R 42)<10,

where R41 is a radius of curvature of a surface on the object side of a negative lens at an end on the object side of the fourth lens unit, and R42 is a radius of curvature of a surface on the image side of the negative lens at the end on the object side of the fourth lens unit.

4. The zoom lens according to of claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
−5.5×10 −3 <(θ2 p−θ 2 n )/(ν2 p−ν 2 n )<−2.0×10 −3 ,

where ν2p is an average value of an Abbe constant of the at least one positive lens of the second lens unit, θ2p is an average value of a partial dispersion value of the at least one positive lens of the second lens unit, ν2n is an average value of an Abbe constant of the at least one negative lens of the second lens unit, and θ2n is an average value of a partial dispersion ratio of the at least one negative lens of the second lens unit.

5. The zoom lens according to of claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:
−2.5×10 −3 <(θ3 p−θ 3 n )/(ν3 p−ν 3 n )<−2.0×10 −4 ,

and
−3.5×10 −3 <(θ4 p−θ 4 n )/(ν4 p−ν 4 n )<−5.0×10 −4 ,

where ν3p is an average value of an Abbe constant of the at least one positive lens of the third lens unit, θ3p is an average value of a partial dispersion value of the at least one positive lens of the third lens unit, ν3n is an average value of an Abbe constant of the at least one negative lens of the third lens unit, θ3n is an average value of a partial dispersion ratio of the at least one negative lens of the third lens unit, ν4p is an average value of an Abbe constant of the at least one positive lens of the fourth lens unit, θ4p is an average value of a partial dispersion ratio of the at least one positive lens of the fourth lens unit, ν4n is an average value of an Abbe constant of the at least one negative lens of the fourth lens unit, and θ4n is an average value of a partial dispersion ratio of the at least one negative lens of the fourth lens unit.

6. The zoom lens according to of claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.5< f 34 w/f 34 z 1<1.06,
where f34w is a combined focal length of the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit at the wide angle end, and f34z1 is a combined focal length of the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit at a zoom position z1 having a zoom ratio of z 0.25 , z being a zoom ratio of the zoom lens.

7. The zoom lens according to of claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:
1.5<| ft/f 1|<5.0;
and
3.0<| f 1/ f 2|<15.0,
where f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit, and ft is a focal length of an entire system at the telephoto end.

8. The zoom lens according to of claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
2.0<β2 wt/β 34 wt< 7.0,

where β2wt is a ratio of lateral magnifications at the wide angle end and the telephoto end of the second lens unit, and β34wt is a ratio of lateral magnifications at the wide angle end and the telephoto end of the combined lens unit including the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit.

9. The zoom lens according to claim 1 , wherein:
at least one surface of the fourth lens unit is an aspherical surface,
when a surface having the positive refractive power is the aspherical surface, the surface has a shape in which the positive refractive power is reduced from an optical axis to a periphery, and
when a surface having the negative refractive power is the aspherical surface, the surface has a shape in which the negative refractive power is increased from the optical axis to the periphery.

10. 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 which does not move for zooming;
a second lens unit having a negative refractive power which moves during zooming;
a third lens unit having the positive refractive power which moves during zooming;
a fourth lens unit having the positive refractive power which moves during zooming; and
a fifth lens unit having the positive refractive power which does not move for zooming,
wherein each of the first lens unit to the fifth lens unit includes at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, and
wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:
10 <νp−νn< 54;
−1<β2 w<− 0.05;

−5<β2 t<− 1;

and
−1<β34 z 2<−0.3,

where νp is an average Abbe constant of the at least one positive lens of the fourth lens unit, νn is an average Abbe constant of the at least one negative lens of the fourth lens unit, β2w is an imaging magnification of the second lens unit at a wide angle end, β2t is an imaging magnification of the second lens unit at a telephoto end, and β34z2 is an imaging magnification of a combined lens unit including the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit at a zoom position z2 where the imaging magnification of the second lens unit is −1; and

a solid-state image pickup element for receiving an image formed by the zoom lens.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Nakamura Tomoyuki

Classifications

• G02B15/14 Primary

  by axial movement of one or more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane for continuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective · CPC title

• G02B15/173

  arranged +-+ · CPC title

• G02B15/145129 Primary

  arranged +-+++ · CPC title