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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Ito, Utsunomiya, JP;
Akihiko Yuki, 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, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, an aperture stop, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear lens group including at least one lens unit, the first lens unit is positioned closer to the object side at a telephoto end than at a wide-angle end, the third lens unit includes at least one positive lens, and a partial dispersion ratio θgF3P of a material of one positive lens in the third lens unit, Abbe's number νd3P, focal lengths fW and fT of a total system at the wide-angle end and the telephoto end respectively, a focal length f1 of the first lens unit, and a focal length f3 of the third lens unit are appropriately set.