| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20100046074 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a reflection member configured to bend an optical path, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the zoom lens, two or more lens units of the first through the third lens unit move during zooming. In addition, in the zoom lens, the third lens unit includes a first lens sub-unit, and a second lens sub-unit configured to move in a direction having a component perpendicular to the optical axis to displace an image forming position. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100123956 | ZOOM LENS AND CAMERA HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a reflection unit including a reflection surface for bending an optical path, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having one of a positive refractive power and a negative refractive power. In the zoom lens, at least the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move during zooming while the reflection unit remains stationary. In addition, a focal length of the first lens unit and respective focal lengths of the zoom lens at a wide-angle end and at a telephoto end are appropriately set. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100149653 | ZOOM LENS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING ZOOM LENS - Provided is a zoom lens in which both higher-order components of distortion and lateral chromatic aberration are corrected in a retrofocus type optical system. The zoom lens includes, in order from a magnifying side, a first lens unit which is negative, a second lens unit which is positive, and a rear lens group which is positive. A solid material having high dispersion and high extraordinary dispersion is used for a negative lens included in the first lens unit to provide a suitable shape and refractive power. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100321790 | ZOOM LENS AND CAMERA WITH THE SAME - The zoom lens is a retractable bent-type zoom lens capable of providing a high zoom ratio and a reduced thickness, and capable of retracting into a camera body with an easily-configured mechanism. The zoom lens includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a prism including a reflective surface, and a posterior lens group which includes plural lens units and has as a whole a positive refractive power. The first and second lens units are retractable into a space formed by movement of the prism in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the first lens unit, and, during zooming, the second lens unit and the plural lens units in the posterior lens group are moved while the first lens unit and the prism are fixed. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100328783 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens unit (positive), a second lens unit (negative), a reflective member and subsequent lens units. A distance between the second and subsequent lens units is reduced during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. One of the subsequent lens units includes a non-shift lens unit and a shift lens unit shiftable for image stabilization. The conditions of 1<(1−βb)βr<3 and 0.70| 12-30-2010 |
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| 20110002046 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical system having a larger total lens length than a focal length includes lenses L and NL at least one of a magnification conjugate side and a reduction conjugate side with respect to an aperture stop. The lens L satisfies conditional expressions as follows, | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110051257 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first and second lens units respectively having positive and negative refractive powers, a reflecting prism for bending an optical path, and a rear lens group including lens units. At least the first and second lens units move for zooming. During retraction into a storage state, the prism moves to a position different from a position in an image taking state, and at least a part of the first and second lens units is retracted into a space formed by movement of the prism. Thicknesses of the first and second lens units, a moving amount of the first lens unit during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, a focal length of the first lens unit, and a focal length of the entire zoom lens at the telephoto end are set properly. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110090571 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, a plurality of lens units arranged along an optical axis and configured to move from a wide angle end to a telephoto end during a zooming operation of the zoom lens; a first refractive power variable element whose refractive power is changed in a positive direction by changing shapes of boundary surfaces of different media when zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end; and a second refractive power variable element whose refractive power is changed in a negative direction by changing shapes of boundary surfaces of different media when zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end. When zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, imaging magnifications of the first refractive power variable element and the second refractive power variable element are increased. | 04-21-2011 |