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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Norihiro Nanba, Utsunomiya, JP;
Norihiro Nanba, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens includes, in order from its object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. At a time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the lens units move in such a way that the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases and the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases. The zoom lens satisfies the conditions '0.35<|f1|/ft<0.55' and '1.80<Npa', where ft is the focal length of the entire system at the telephoto end, f1 is the focal length of the first lens unit, and Npa is the average of the refractive indices of the materials of all the positive lenses in the entire system.