US5225937A
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Zoom lens
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1990-12-07
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Granted: 1993-07-06
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Expires: 2010-12-07
Abstract
Abstract A zoom lens is disclosed comprising, from front to rear, a first lens unit of positive power, a second lens unit of negative power, a third lens unit of negative power and a fourth lens unit of positive power, zooming being performed by moving the second and third lens units axially in differential relation, whereby the focal length F2 of the second lens unit lies in the following range: 0.09<|F2/FT|<0.14 where FT is the longest focal length of the entire lens system. With this, though the optical total length is shorter than ever, the zoom lens gets a higher range of variation of the focal length.
Inventors
- 👤 Akihisa Horiuchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 11:47
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B15/00; G02B15/14; G02B15/16; G02B15/163; G02B15/167; G02B15/17; G02B15/144; G02B15/1441; G02B15/144109
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A zoom lens comprising: from front to rear, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power; zooming being performed by moving said second and third lens units at the same time along an optical axis, and, letting the focal length of said first lens unit be denoted by F1, and the focal length of the entire lens system, the F-number at full open aperture, and the half angle of view in the telephoto end be denoted by FT, F NOT and ωT respectively, the following condition being satisfied: 0.01<(F1.sup.2 ·F.sub.NOT ·tanωT)/FT.sup.2 <0.049.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A zoom lens comprising: from front to rear, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power; zooming being performed by moving said second and third lens units at the same time along an optical axis, and, letting the focal length of said first lens unit be denoted by F1, and the focal length of the entire lens system, the F-number at full open aperture, and the half angle of view in the telephoto end be denoted by FT, F NOT and ωT respectively, the following condition being satisfied: 0.01<(F1.sup.2 ·F.sub.NOT ·tanωT)/FT.sup.2 <0.049.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A zoom lens according to claim 1, further satisfying the following condition: 0.09<|F2/FT|<0.14 where F2 is the focal length of said second lens unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A zoom lens according to claim 2, further satisfying the following condition: 0.45<|F3/FT|<0.65 where F3 is the focal length of said third lens unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
90 words
A zoom lens according to claim 3, wherein said first lens unit has a cemented lens of positive refractive power having a cemented surface convex toward the object side and a meniscus-shaped positive lens convex toward the object side, said second lens unit has a negative lens having a strong refracting surface facing the object side and a cemented lens of negative refractive power having a cemented surface convex toward the object side, and said third lens unit has a negative lens having a concave surface facing the object side.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A zoom lens according to claim 4, further satisfying the following condition: 1.1<|(R.sub.III2 +R.sub.III1)/(R.sub.III2 -R.sub.III1)|<1.6 where R IIIi is the radius of curvature of the i-th lens surface, when counted from the front, in said third lens unit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A zoom lens according to claim 1, wherein focusing is carried out by moving said first lens unit along the optical axis.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
100 words
A zoom lens comprising: from front to rear, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, zooming being performed by moving said second and third lens units at the same time along an optical axis, and, letting the focal length of said second lens unit be denoted by F2, and the focal length of the entire lens system in the telephoto end be denoted by FT, the following condition being satisfied:
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
100 words
A zoom lens comprising: from front to rear, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, zooming being performed by moving said second and third lens units at the same time along an optical axis, and, letting the focal length of said second lens unit be denoted by F2, and the focal length of the entire lens system in the telephoto end be denoted by FT, the following condition being satisfied:
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
1 words
09<|F2/FT|<0.14
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
1 words
09<|F2/FT|<0.14
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A zoom lens according to claim 7, further satisfying the following condition: 0.45<|F3/FT|<0.65 where F3 is the focal length of said third lens unit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
90 words
A zoom lens according to claim 8, wherein said first lens unit has a cemented lens of positive refractive power having a cemented surface convex toward the object side and a meniscus-shaped positive lens convex toward the object side, said second lens unit has a negative lens having a strong refracting surface facing the object side and a cemented lens of negative refractive power having a cemented surface convex toward the object side, and said third lens unit has a negative lens having a concave surface facing the object side.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
39 words
A zoom lens according to claim 9, further satisfying the following condition: 1.1<|(R.sub.III2 +R.sub.III1)/ (R.sub.III2 -R.sub.III1)|<1.6 where R IIIi is the radius of curvature of the i-th lens surface, when counted from the front, in said third lens unit.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
A zoom lens according to claim 7, wherein focusing is carried out by moving said first lens unit along the optical axis.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
60 words
A zoom lens according to claim 11, further satisfying the following condition: 0.01<(F1.sup.2 ·F.sub.NOT ·tan ωT)/FT.sup.2 <0.049 where F1 is the focal length of said first lens unit, and FT, F NOT and ωT are respectively the focal length of the entire lens system, the F-number at full open aperture and the half angle of view in the telephoto end.
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