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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Kikuchi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shoichi Takemoto, Saitama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens, including, in order from an object side: a negative first unit being not moved for zooming; a second unit including at least one sub-unit that is moved during zooming, and having a positive refractive power as a whole; a negative third unit including an aperture stop, being not moved for zooming; a fourth unit including at least one sub-unit and being moved during zooming; and a fifth unit being not moved for zooming, at least three sub-units among the sub-units included in the second and fourth units being moved during zooming, in which focal lengths of the first and third units, and a movement amount of a sub-unit that is moved most in the second unit and a movement amount of a sub-unit that is moved most in the fourth unit during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end satisfy predetermined conditions.