Patent ID: 11906717
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. An interchangeable lens unit configured to be removably connected, via a mount, to a camera body, the camera body including: an image sensor configured to receive an optical image and transform the optical image into an electrical image signal; and the mount,
the interchangeable lens unit comprising at least six lens groups, each of the at least six lens groups having power,
an interval between each pair of lens groups that are adjacent to each other among the at least six lens groups changing while the interchangeable lens unit is zooming,
each of three lens groups, which are respectively located closest, second closest, and third closest to an image plane, out of the at least six lens groups consisting of one or more bonded lenses.