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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Sakai, Sakura, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2013.01); G02B 15/173 (2013.01);
Abstract
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having positive refractive power, wherein at least the first to third lens units move during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and a focal length f2 of the second lens unit, a focal length ft of the entire zoom lens at the telephoto end, and a refractive index Nd2n of a lens having negative refractive power closest to the object side included in the second lens unit are appropriately set.