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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of positive refractive power, a second lens unit of negative refractive power arranged to move during variation of magnification, a third lens unit of negative refractive power arranged to compensate for shift of an image plane due to the variation of magnification, and a fourth lens unit of positive refractive power. The fourth lens unit has a focal-length changeover subunit arranged to be insertable onto and detachable from an optical axis of the zoom lens and provided for changing the focal length of the zoom lens, and an image-stabilizing lens subunit different from the focal-length changeover subunit. The image-stabilizing lens subunit is movable in such a way as to have a component perpendicular to the optical axis so as to displace an image.