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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akinori Nishio, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 15/173 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/009 (2013.01); G02B 15/14 (2013.01); G02B 15/173 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01);
Abstract
A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit Ghaving a positive refractive power, a second lens unit Ghaving a negative refractive power, and a plurality of lens units Gand GZooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end is carried out by changing a distance between the lens units. One of the first lens unit Gand the second lens unit Ghas, or both the first lens unit Gand the second lens unit Ghave a specific arrangement.