Zoom lens system and optical apparatus using the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Endo
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Abstract
There are provided A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power, a second lens unit of positive refractive power, a third lens unit of negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit of positive refractive power, wherein the zoom lens system zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end a separation between each lens units is varied so that conditional expressions D1W>D1T, D2W>D2T, and D3W>D3T are satisfied where DiW is a separation between an i-th lens unit and an (i+1)-th lens unit at a wide-angle end, DiT is a separation between an i-th lens unit and an (i+1)-th lens unit at a telephoto end, wherein a diffraction optical element is included in at least one of lens units.
Claims16
A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power, a second lens unit of positive refractive power, a third lens unit of negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit of positive refractive power,
- wherein said zoom lens system zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end while varying a separation between each lens units so that conditional expressions D1W>D1T, D2W<D2T, and D3W>D3T are satisfied where DiW is a separation between i-th and (i+1)-th lens units at a wide-angle end, DiT is a separation between the i-th and (i+1)-th lens units at a telephoto end,
- wherein a diffraction optical element is included in at least one of said lens units.
An optical apparatus comprising a zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power, a second lens unit of positive refractive power, a third lens unit of negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit of positive refractive power, wherein said zoom lens system zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end a separation between each lens units is varied so that conditional expressions D1W>D1T, D2W<D2T, and D3W>D3T are satisfied where DiW is a separation between an i-th lens unit and an (i+1)-th lens unit at a wide-angle end, DiT is a separation between an i-th lens unit and an (i+1)-th lens unit at a telephoto end, wherein a diffraction optical element is included in at least one of lens units.
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