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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
Yusuke Kusaka, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yusuke Kusaka, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power configured not to move for zooming, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power configured to move during zooming, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power configured to move during zooming, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power configured not to move for zooming. The third lens unit includes a positive lens, a negative lens, and a diffractive optical element. A focal length of the third lens unit (fc), a focal length of the diffractive optical element (fdoe), a focal length at a wide angle end of the zoom lens (fW), and a focal length at a telephoto end of the zoom lens (fT) satisfy the following conditions:0.35<fc/√{square root over ((fW·fT))}<0.81, and45<fdoe/fc<300.