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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Applicant:
Akihisa Horiuchi, Nerima-ku, JP;
Inventor:
Akihisa Horiuchi, Nerima-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power and an aperture stop; a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; and a fifth lens unit having positive optical power, in which, during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit stays, the second lens unit moves toward the image side, and the third lens unit moves together with the aperture stop.