US 4,364,642 AGranted

Zoom element focusable zoom lens

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsKazuo Tanaka, Ryusho Hirose

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Abstract

A zoom objective includes four lens groups of which the first and fourth groups are stationary, while the second and third groups are movable independently of each other. Focus adjustment of one of the second and third groups is followed by zooming relative movement of the latter two. To maintain a constant zoom ratio throughout the entire focusing range, the relative movement of the second and third groups is controlled to effect monotonic variation of the magnifying powers of the second and third groups by means of the following formulae as embodied in a microcomputer. Zoom Ratio=Z[S.sub.1, X.sub.1, X.sub.2 (S.sub.1, X.sub.1)] dZ/dS.sub.1 =O wherein S.sub.1 is the object distance; and X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are the amounts of movement of the second and third groups with zooming respectively.

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Dependent claims

A zoom lens comprising:

first and second fixed lens groups both unmovable during zooming and during focusing, first and second movable lens groups both arranged between the first fixed lens group and the second fixed lens group, said first movable lens group being movable during zooming and during focusing, and said second movable lens group being movable during zooming,
first detection means for detecting the distance which the first movable lens group departs from a predetermined standard position in a first lens condition,
second detection means for detecting the distance which the second movable lens group departs from the predetermined standard position,
third detecting means for detecting the distance which the first movable lens group departs from the predetermined standard position in a second lens condition when the first movable lens group is moved for focusing from the first lens condition, and
means for determining a movable path for the first movable lens group in response to externally caused movement of the second movable lens group.

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