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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2011
Applicant:
Arata Sato, Utsunomiya, JP;
Inventor:
Arata Sato, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyko, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and which is provided at a location closest to an object side, a lens unit LP having a positive refractive power, which is provided at a location closest to an image side, and which is stationary during zooming, and a lens unit LN having a negative refractive power, which is provided adjacent to the lens unit LP on the object side of the lens unit LP, and which is configured to move during zooming. In the zoom lens, optical parameters fp, fn, fw, ft, fni and νdni are appropriately set.