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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2018
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kazuya Shimomura, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 9/60 (2006.01); G02B 15/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2013.01); G02B 9/60 (2013.01); G02B 15/17 (2013.01);
Abstract

A zoom lens includes in order from an object side: a positive first lens unit not moving for zooming; a negative second lens unit moving for zooming; a negative third lens unit moving for zooming; an intermediate lens group including a lens unit and moving for zooming; and a rear lens group including a lens unit, a lens unit, closest to an object of the zoom lens, not moving for zooming, an aperture stop being placed on a side of the object to or in the rear lens group, a distances between each pair of adjacent lens units changes for zooming, and a distance between the second and third lens units at a wide angle end, a distance between the second and third lens units at a telephoto end, and a maximum distance between the second and third lens units in a certain zoom range are appropriately set.


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