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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Tetsuya Yanai, Kodaira, JP;
Mayu Miki, Musashino, JP;
Tetsuya Yanai, Kodaira, JP;
Mayu Miki, Musashino, JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power. The second lens unit comprises in order from the object side, a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens. At the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit moves toward the object side, and the fourth lens unit moves, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases monotonically, a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases monotonically, and a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit increases monotonically.