Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9329372-B2
Application number	US-201414452615-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2014
Priority date	Aug 8, 2013
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

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< f 1/ f 2<−0.25,

−1.2< f 2/ f 3<−0.4, and

0.5<| m 2/ m 3|<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.

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 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< f 1/ f 2<−0.25,

−1.2< f 2/ f 3<−0.4, and

0.5<| m 2/ m 3|<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<| f 11/ f 12|<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 −3 <(θ1 p−θ 1 n )/(ν1 p−ν 1 n )<−1.30×10 −3 ′

where ν1p and θ1p 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 ν1n and θ1n 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 −3 <(θ2 p−θ 2 n )/(ν2 p−ν 2 n )<−1.20×10 −3 ,

where ν2p and θ2p represent average values of an Abbe number and a partial dispersion ratio of the convex lenses which constitute the second lens unit, respectively, and ν2n and θ2n 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< f 1/ f 2<−0.25,

−1.2< f 2/ f 3<−0.4, and

0.5<| m 2/ m 3|<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.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Shimomura Kazuya

Classifications

• G02B13/009

  having zoom function · CPC title

• G02B13/002

  having at least one aspherical surface · CPC title

• G02B15/177

  having a negative front lens or group of lenses · CPC title

• G02B15/20 Primary

  having an additional movable lens or lens group for varying the objective focal length · CPC title

• G02B15/144511 Primary

  arranged -+-+ · CPC title