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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsunefumi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Nozomu Kitagishi, Tokyo, JP;
Sadatoshi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Keiji Ikemori, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350426 ; 350423 ; 350431 ;
Abstract
A zoom lens having a plurality of lens units with the air separations, at least one of which is varied to effect zooming, the rearmost lens surface of successive two of the lens units and the frontmost lens surface of the rear one being both formed to convex shapes toward the front, whereby when these two lens units axially move at different speeds from each other, a soft-focus effect of varying magnitude is produced on the image.