Patent Publication Number: US-9417440-B2

Title: Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a zoom lens suitable for use in a television camera, video camera, photographic camera, and digital camera, and in particular most suitable use in, a broadcast camera, having excellently corrected chromatic aberration at the telephoto end, high performance, and high zoom ratio, small in size, and light in weight. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     There has been developed heretofore a zoom lens composed of four lens units including, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power for zooming, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power for correcting image plane variation with zooming, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming. There has also been developed heretofore a zoom lens composed of five lens units including, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power for zooming, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a positive or negative refractive power for correcting image plane variation with zooming, and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming. 
     Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No 2011-39401 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-107693 disclose as numerical embodiments high-zoom-ratio zoom lenses having a zoom ratio between approximately 17 to 22 and an angle of field at the wide angle end between approximately 60 to 78 degrees. However, in the zoom lenses disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-39401 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-107693, the image side positive lens in the first lens unit is not satisfactorily achromatized because the partial dispersion ratio of its glass material is low and its reflective power is relatively low. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention provides a small and light-weight zoom lens that is excellently corrected in chromatic aberration a the telephoto end while having performance and high zoom ratio. 
     According to the present invention, there is provided a zoom lens comprising, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming, a plurality lens units which move during zooming, and a rear lens unit which does not move for zooming, wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following conditions:
 
0.6545&lt; θp+ 0.002× νp&lt; 0.6660,
 
43.0&lt;νp&lt;57.0,
 
2.210&lt; Np+ 0.01 ×νp&lt; 2.320,
 
1.72&lt;Np&lt;1.80, and
 
2.10&lt; |fp/f 1|&lt;2.70,
 
where Np, νp, and θp are the refractive index, the Abbe constant and the partial dispersion ratio of the positive lens located closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit respectively, fp is the focal length of the positive lens located closest to the image side among the positive lenses in The first lens unit, and f 1  is the focal length of the first lens unit. The Abbe constant ν and the partial dispersion ratio θ are expressed by the following equations respectively:
 
ν=( Nd− 1)/( NF−NC ), and
 
θ=( Ng−NF )/( NF−NC ),
 
where Ng, NF, Nd, and NC are refractive indexes for the Fraunhofer g-line, F-line, d-line, and C-line respectively.
 
     Further features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings. 
     According to the present invention, the material and the focal length of a positive lens(es) in the first lens unit can be selected appropriately, and there can be provided a zoom lens with excellently corrected chromatic aberration at the telephoto end, having high performance and high zoom ratio, small in size, and light in weight. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1A  is a cross sectional view of a zoom lens according to a first numerical embodiment at the wide angle end. 
         FIG. 1B  is a cross sectional view of the zoom lens according to the first numerical embodiment at the telephoto end. 
         FIG. 2A  is an aberration diagram of the zoom lens according to the first numerical embodiment the wide angle end. 
         FIG. 2B  is an aberration diagram of the zoom lens according to the first numerical embodiment at the telephoto end. 
         FIG. 3A  is a cross sectional view of a zoom lens according to a second numerical embodiment at the wide angle end. 
         FIG. 3B  is a cross sectional view of the zoom lens according to the second numerical embodiment at the telephoto end. 
         FIG. 4A  is an aberration diagram of the zoom lens according to the second numerical embodiment at the wide angle end. 
         FIG. 4B  is an aberration diagram of the zoom lens according to the second numerical embodiment at the telephoto end. 
         FIG. 5A  is a cross sectional view of a zoom lens according to a third numerical embodiment at the wide angle end. 
         FIG. 5B  is a cross sectional view of the zoom lens according to the third numerical embodiment at the telephoto end. 
         FIG. 6A  is an aberration diagram of the zoom lens according to the third numerical embodiment at the wide angle end. 
         FIG. 6B  is an aberration diagram of the zoom lens according to the third numerical embodiment at the telephoto end. 
         FIG. 7A  is a cross sectional view of a zoom lens according to a fourth numerical embodiment at the wide angle end. 
         FIG. 7B  is a cross sectional view of the zoom lens according to the fourth numerical embodiment at the telephoto end. 
         FIG. 8A  is an aberration diagram of the zoom lens according to the fourth numerical embodiment at the wide angle end. 
         FIG. 8B  is an aberration diagram of the zoom lens according to the fourth numerical embodiment at the telephoto end. 
         FIG. 9  is a diagram schematically illustrating achromatism of a positive lens unit for two colors and residual secondary spectrum. 
         FIG. 10  is a diagram schematically showing a distribution of Abbe constants ν and partial dispersion ratios θ of optical materials. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail in accordance with the accompanying drawings. 
     In the following, embodiments of the zoom lens and the image pickup apparatus having the same according to the present invention will be described. 
     A characterizing features of the zoom lens according to the present Invention is specifying the refractive index, dispersion characteristics, and partial dispersion ratio of the positive lens located closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit and the ratio of the refractive power of this positive lens and the refractive power of the first lens unit. With this feature, excellent correction of chromatic aberration at the telephoto end and reduction in the overall size of the zoom lens can be both achieved. 
     A zoom lens according to the present invention includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming (changing magnification), a plurality of lens units which move during zooming, and a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming. 
     The positive lens located closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit satisfies the following conditions (1), (2), (3), and (4):
 
0.6545&lt;θ p+ 0.002×ν p&lt; 0.6660   (1)
 
43.0&lt;νp&lt;57.0   (2)
 
2.210&lt; Np+ 0.01 ×νp &lt;2.320   (3)
 
1.72&lt;Np&lt;1.80   (4)
 
where Np is the refractive index of the aforementioned positive lens, νp is the Abbe constant of the aforementioned positive lens, and θp is the partial dispersion ratio of the aforementioned positive lens.
 
     Moreover, the aforementioned positive lens satisfies the following condition (5):
 
2.10&lt;| fp/f 1|&lt;2.70   (5),
 
where fp is the focal length of the aforementioned positive lens, and f 1  is the focal length of the first lens unit.
 
     The Abbe constant ν and the partial dispersion ratio θ are defined as follows:
 
ν=( Nd− 1)/( NF−NC )   (6)
 
θ=( Ng−NF )/( NF−NC )   (7)
 
where Ng is the refractive index for the g-line, NP is the refractive index for the F-line, Nd is the refractive index for the d-line, and NC is the refractive index for the C-line.
 
     The zoom lens according to the present invention having the above-described basic configuration will be described in the following. 
     The above conditions (1), (2), (3), and (4) define characteristics of the optical glass of the positive lens in the first lens unit. An optical glass generally contains various metal oxides, such as SiO 2 , TiO 2 , La 2 O 3 , Al 2 O 3 , Nb 2 O 9 , and Gd 2 O 3 . For example, TiO 2  among them has the effect of increasing refractive index and decreasing the Abbe constant. Thus, a glass material containing a large content of TiO 2  tends to have a relatively high refractive index and relatively high dispersion. Gd 2 O 3  has the effect of increasing the refractive index and increasing the Abbe constant. Thus, a glass material containing a large content of Gd 2 O 3  tends to have a relatively high refractive index and relatively low dispersion, as is well known, TiO 2  and Gd 2 O 3  themselves show high refractivity and high dispersion, and high refractivity and low dispersion respectively, and glass materials containing these metal oxides show characteristics similar to them. 
     As described above, characteristics of optical glass materials vary depending on the quantities of components they contain. Therefore, an optical glass having desired optical characteristics can be obtained by arranging the quantities of components contained. This also applies to optical ceramics. For example, an optical ceramic containing a large content of high-refractive-index, low-dispersion material(s) has a relatively high refractive index and relatively low dispersion, consequently. 
     Examples of nigh-refractive-index, low-dispersion materials include aforementioned Gd 2 O 3 , Al 2 O 3 , and Lu 3 Al 5 O 12 . An optical material such as an optical glass or a ceramic having desired optical characteristics (i.e. refractive index and Abbe constant) can be prepared by arranging the quantities of these materials and metal oxides such as SiO 2 , TiO 2 , La 2 O 3  etc. appropriately and melting or sintering them. 
     Conditional expression (1) specifies a condition for reducing residual secondary spectrum of axial chromatic aberration of the first lens unit and satisfactorily correcting secondary spectrum of axial chromatic aberration at the telephoto end. 
       FIG. 9  is a diagram about diachromatism for two colors and residual secondary spectrum. 
       FIG. 10  schematically shows distribution of the Abbe constants ν and the partial dispersion ratios θ of presently available optical materials. As will be seen from  FIG. 10 , the partial, dispersion ratios θ of the presently available optical materials are distributed in a narrow range in relation to the Abbe constants ν. Moreover, the smaller the Abbe constant ν of an optical material is, the larger its partial dispersion ratio θ tends to be. 
     A condition for correction of chromatic aberration of a thin lens system having a specific refractive power φ and composed of two lenses 1 and 2 respectively having a refractive index φ1 and φ2 and an Abbe constant ν1 and ν2 is expressed by the following equation:
 
φ1/ν1+φ2/ν2=0   (8),
 
where φ1 and φ2 satisfies the following equation:
 
φ=φ1+φ2   (9).
 
If the equation (8) is satisfied, the image positions for the C-line and the F-line coincide with each other.
 
     Then, φ1 and φ2 are expressed by the following equations:
 
φ1=φ·ν1/(ν1−ν2)   (10)
 
φ2=−φ·ν2/(ν1−ν2)   (11).
 
     For achromatization of the positive lens unit shown in  FIG. 9 , a material having a large Abbe constant ν1 is used for the positive lens 1, and a material having a small Abbe constant ν2 is used for the negative lens 2. Consequently, according to  FIG. 10 , the partial dispersion ratio θ1 of the positive lens 1 is small, and the partial dispersion ratio θ2 of the negative lens 2 is large. Then, if achromatization is achieved for the F-line and the C-line, the imaging point for the g-line is displaced in the direction toward the image side (far side from the lens). The amount of this displacement is defined to be a secondary spectrum amount Δ, which is expressed by the following equation:
 
Δ=(1/φ)·(θ2−θ1)/(ν1−ν2)   (12).
 
     The secondary spectrum amount Δ of the entire lens system is expressed by the following equation:
 
Δ=Δ1·β2 2 ·β3 2 ·β4 2 +Δ2·(1−β2)·β3 2 ·β4 2 +Δ3·(1−β3)·β4 2 +Δ4·(1−β4)   (13),
 
where Δ1, Δ2, Δ3, and Δ4 are the amounts of secondary spectrum of the first, second, third, and fourth lens units respectively, and β2, β3, and β4 are the imaging magnifications of the second, third, and fourth lens units.
 
     The secondary spectrum Δ is generated greatly in the first lens unit, in which the height of axial marginal rays is high in the telephoto focal length range. Therefore, axial chromatic aberration Δ in the telephoto focal length range can be reduced by reducing the amount Δ1 of secondary spectrum of axial chromatic aberration generated in the first lens unit. 
     Conditional expression (1) specifies interrelation between the partial dispersion ratio and the Abbe constant of the positive lens located closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit. 
     If the value of (θp+0.002×νp) in conditional expression (1) falls below the lower limit, the value of θ1 becomes so small and the value of Δ1 becomes so large in conditional expression (12) that it is difficult to correct axial chromatic aberration at the telephoto end the focal length range. If the value of (θp+0.002×νp) in conditional expression (1) exceeds the upper limit, it is difficult to produce a glass material having a low dispersion and high partial dispersion ratio. 
     Conditional expression (2) specifies a condition about a range of the Abbe constant of the positive lens located closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit. 
     If the value of the Abbe constant νp falls below the lower limit in conditional expression (2), the value of ν1 becomes so small and the value of Δ1 becomes so large in conditional expression (12) that it is difficult to correct axial chromatic aberration at the telephoto end of the focal length range. Moreover, the refractive powers of the single lenses in the first lens unit are necessitated to be high, making it difficult to correct aberrations, in particular spherical aberration and coma, at the telephoto end. If the value of the Abbe constant νp exceeds the lower limit in conditional expression (2), it is difficult to produce a glass material having a low dispersion and high refractive index. 
     Conditional expression (3) specifies interrelation between the Abbe constant and the refractive index of the positive lens located closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit. 
     If the value of (Np+0.01×νp) in conditional expression (3) falls below the lower limit, the glass material of the positive lens does not have a high refractive index and low dispersion, and it is difficult to correct aberrations satisfactorily at the telephoto end while achieving size reduction and high zoom ratio. If the value of (Np+0.01×νp) in conditional expression (3) exceeds the upper limit, it is difficult to produce a glass material having a low dispersion and high refractive index. 
     Conditional expression (4) specifies a condition about a range of the refractive index of the positive lens located closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit. 
     If the value of the refractive index Np falls below the lower limit of conditional expression (4), the curvature of the positive lens is necessitated to be so high that it is difficult to correct aberrations, in particular spherical aberration and coma, at the telephoto end. Moreover, the thickness of the positive lens is necessitated to be large, making size reduction difficult. If the value of the refractive index Np exceeds the upper limit of conditional expression (4), it is difficult to produce a glass material having a low dispersion and high refractive index. 
     Conditional expression (5) specifies a range of the ratio of the refractive power of the positive lens located closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit to the refractive power of the first lens unit. 
     If this ratio falls below the lower limit of conditional expression (5) or exceeds the upper limit of conditional expression (5), it is difficult to satisfactorily correct chromatic aberration generated by the positive lens(s) in the first lens unit by a negative lens(es), leading to difficulties in correcting axial chromatic aberration and lateral chromatic aberration at the telephoto end. 
     In the zoom lens according to the present invention, it is more preferred to specify the refractive index and dispersion characteristics of a positive lens located second closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit the ratio of the refractive power of this positive lens and the refractive power of the first lens unit so that satisfactory correction of chromatic aberration at the telephoto end and reduction in the overall size of the zoom lens are both achieved. 
     The positive lens located second closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit satisfies the following conditions (14), (15), and (16):
 
61.0&lt;νp2&lt;78.0   (14)
 
2.230&lt; Np 2+0.01 ×p 2&lt;2.330   (15)
 
1.52&lt;Np2&lt;1.65   (16),
 
where Np2 is the refractive index of the aforementioned positive lens, and νp2 is the Abbe constant of the aforementioned positive lens.
 
     The aforementioned positive lens also satisfies the following conditional expression (17):
 
1.70&lt; |fp 2/ f 1|&lt;2.05   (17),
 
where fp 2 is the focal length of the aforementioned positive lens.
 
     Conditional expression (14) specifies a range of the Abbe constant of the positive lens second closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit. 
     If the value of the Abbe constant νp2 falls below the lower limit of conditional expression (14), it is difficult to correct axial chromatic aberration at the telephoto end. Moreover, the refractive powers of single lenses in the first lens unit become so large that it is difficult to correct aberrations, in particular spherical aberration and coma, at the telephoto end. If the value of the Abbe constant νp2 exceeds the upper limit of conditional expression (14), it is difficult to produce a glass material having a low dispersion and high refractive index. 
     Conditional expression (15) specifies interrelation between the Abbe constant and the refractive index of the positive lens located second closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit. 
     If the value of (Np2+0.01&lt;×νp2) in conditional expression (15) falls below the lower limit, the glass material of the positive lens does not have a high refractive index and low dispersion, and it is difficult to correct aberrations satisfactorily at the telephoto end while achieving size reduction and high zoom ratio. If the value of (Np2+0.01×νp2) in conditional expression (15) exceeds the upper limit, it is difficult to produce a glass material having a low dispersion and high refractive index. 
     Conditional expression (16) specifies a condition about a range of the refractive index of the positive lens located second closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit. 
     If the value of the refractive in Np 2  falls below the lower limit of conditional expression (16), the curvature of the positive lens is necessitated to be so high that it is difficult to correct aberrations, in particular spherical aberration and coma, at the telephoto end. Moreover, the thickness of the positive lens is necessitated to be large, making size reduction difficult. If the value of the refractive index Np2 exceeds the upper limit of conditional expression (16), it is difficult to produce a glass material having a low dispersion and high refractive index. 
     Conditional expression (17) specifies the ratio of the refractive power of the positive lens located second closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit to the refractive power of the first lens unit. 
     If this ratio falls below the lower limit of conditional expression. (17) or exceeds the upper limit of conditional expression (17), it is difficult to satisfactorily correct chromatic aberration generated by the positive lenses in the first lens unit by the negative lenses, leading to difficulties in correcting axial chromatic aberration and lateral chromatic aberration at the telephoto end. 
     In the zoom lens according to the present invention, it is more preferred that the first lens unit have the configuration described in the following, which is optimal for satisfactory correction of chromatic aberration at the telephoto end. 
     The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first sub lens unit 1 a  which does not move and a positive second sub lens unit 1 b  which moves during focusing. The second sub lens unit is composed of two positive lenses, and the first sub lens unit is composed of three or more lenses. Alternatively, the second sub lens unit is composed of three positive lenses, and the first sub lens unit is composed of two or more lenses. 
     If the number of the positive lenses included in the second sub lens unit is less than two, the positive lens in the second sub lens unit is necessitated to have high curvature and high refractive power, making it difficult to correct aberrations in particular, spherical aberration and coma) at the telephoto end and variation of aberration during focusing with changes in the object distance. If the number of the positive lenses included in the second sub lens unit is four or more, the glass lens unit which moves during focusing and a moving mechanism are necessitated to be large, making it difficult to reduce the overall size of the zoom lens. 
     If the total number of the lenses in the second sub lens unit and the first sub lens unit is less than five, it is difficult to correct aberrations (in particular, spherical aberration and coma) at the telephoto end and aberrations (in particular, field curvature and distortion) at the wide angle end. 
     Moreover, in the zoom lens according to the present invention, dispersion characteristics of the positive lenses in the first lens unit are specified as a condition for satisfactory correction of aberrations such as axial chromatic aberration at the telephoto end. That is:
 
60&lt;νp_av&lt;75   (18),
 
where νp_av is the average of the Abbe constants of the positive lenses included in the first lens unit.
 
     Conditional expression (18) specifies a range of the average Abbe constant of the positive lenses in the first lens unit. 
     If the value of the average Abbe constant νp_av falls below the lower limit of conditional expression (18), secondary spectrum of the first lens unit increases according to equation (12), making it difficult to satisfactorily correct axial chromatic aberration at the telephoto end. If the value of the average Abbe constant νp_av exceeds the upper limit of conditional expression (18), it is difficult to produce a glass material having a low dispersion, high refractive index, and high partial dispersion ratio for the positive lenses. 
     In the zoom lens according to the present invention, the ratio of the refractive power of the positive lens located closest to the image side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit and the refractive power of the first lens unit is specified so that satisfactory correction of chromatic aberration at the telephoto end and reduction in the overall size of the zoom lens are both achieved. 
     The positive lens located closest to the object side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit satisfies the following conditional expression (19):
 
1.55 &lt;|fp 3/ f 1|&lt;1.90   (19),
 
where fp3 is the focal length of the positive lens located closest to the object side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit.
 
     Conditional expression (19) specifies a range of the ratio of the refractive power of the positive lens located closest to the object side among the positive lenses in the first lens unit to the refractive power of the first lens unit. 
     If this ratio falls below the lower limit of conditional expression (19) or exceeds the upper limit of conditional expression (19), it is difficult to satisfactorily correct chromatic aberration generated by the positive lenses in the first lens unit by the negative lenses with the above-described configuration of the first lens unit and the above-described glass materials of the lenses, leading to difficulties in correcting axial chromatic aberration and lateral chromatic aberration at the telephoto end. 
     By using the above-described zoom lens according to the present invention in an image pickup apparatus, it is possible to provide an image pickup apparatus that can enjoy advantageous effects of the zoom lens according to the present invention. 
     First Embodiment 
       FIGS. 1A and 1B  are cross sectional views of a zoom lens according to a first numerical embodiment of the present invention at the wide angle end and the telephoto end respectively  FIGS. 2A and 2B  are aberration diagrams of the zoom lens according to the first numerical embodiment at the wide angle end and the telephoto end respectively. 
     In  FIGS. 1A and 1B , a first lens unit G 1  is a lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit G 1  is composed of, in order from the object side to the image side, a first sub lens unit, which is fixed, and a second sub lens unit G 1   a.  The lens unit G 1   a  (second sub lens unit) included in the first lens unit G 1  is advanced for focusing, enabling focusing onto an object distance down to 0.6 meter. A second lens unit G 2  is a variator having a negative refractive power for zooming. The second lens unit G 2  is moved along the optical axis toward the image plane to perform zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. A third lens unit G 3  is a variator having a negative refractive power, which is moved during zooming. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the third lens unit G 3  moves along a locus that is convex to the object side. A fourth lens unit G 4  is a compensator having a positive refractive power. During zooming, the fourth lens unit moves along the optical axis nonlinearly to correct image plane variation with zooming. While the lens unit used to correct image plane variation is the fourth lens unit in this embodiment, the third lens unit may serve as a unit for correcting image plane variation. The zoom lens also includes a stop SP and a fifth lens unit G 5 , which is a relay unit (or rear unit) having a positive refractive power having the function of imaging. A focal length convertor or the like may be provided in an air gap inside the fifth lens unit G 5 .  FIGS. 1A and 1B  also show a glass block P, which may include a color separation prism and/or optical filter etc., and an image pickup surface I. 
     Values associated with the above-described conditional expressions in this embodiment will be presented in Table 1. This numerical embodiment satisfies all the conditional expressions. Thus, the zoom lens according to this numerical embodiment has excellent optical performance and is small in size and in weight while having a wide angle of view with a focal length of 8.0 mm at the wide angle end and a high zoom ratio of 17.0. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
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                 Lengths in the following table are in millimeters. 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SN 
                 r 
                 d 
                 nd 
                 νd 
                 θgF 
                 ED 
                 FL 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 1 
                 −169.77786 
                 2.30000 
                 1.720467 
                 34.70 
                 0.5834 
                 76.159 
                 −140.144 
               
               
                 2 
                 254.81304 
                 3.34847 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 73.499 
                   
               
               
                 3 
                 1251.39784 
                 2.30000 
                 1.800999 
                 34.97 
                 0.5863 
                 73.260 
                 −101.803 
               
               
                 4 
                 76.97873 
                 16.10578  
                 1.496999 
                 81.54 
                 0.5374 
                 72.014 
                 97.320 
               
               
                 5 
                 −122.03946 
                 0.40000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 72.178 
                   
               
               
                 6 
                 124.54683 
                 7.77610 
                 1.433870 
                 95.10 
                 0.5373 
                 70.954 
                 227.761 
               
               
                 7 
                 −475.08007 
                 6.89910 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 70.668 
                   
               
               
                 8 
                 106.86859 
                 9.61483 
                 1.618000 
                 63.33 
                 0.5441 
                 68.157 
                 117.060 
               
               
                 9 
                 −218.75768 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 67.527 
                   
               
               
                 10 
                 57.69622 
                 5.08451 
                 1.000000 
                 49.00 
                 0.5575 
                 58.940 
                 161.247 
               
               
                 11 
                 108.95608 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 58.195 
                   
               
               
                 12 
                 49.12369 
                 0.90000 
                 1.882997 
                 40.76 
                 0.5667 
                 25.115 
                 −20.089 
               
               
                 13 
                 12.97522 
                 5.85046 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 19.926 
                   
               
               
                 14 
                 −57.40657 
                 6.56125 
                 1.808095 
                 22.76 
                 0.6307 
                 19.716 
                 18.771 
               
               
                 15 
                 −12.71730 
                 0.70000 
                 1.882997 
                 40.76 
                 0.5667 
                 19.211 
                 −11.803 
               
               
                 16 
                 61.20243 
                 0.20000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 18.854 
                   
               
               
                 17 
                 25.01570 
                 2.75854 
                 1.666800 
                 33.05 
                 0.5957 
                 19.073 
                 58.881 
               
               
                 18 
                 65.07644 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 18.715 
                   
               
               
                 19 
                 −27.02763 
                 0.70000 
                 1.756998 
                 47.82 
                 0.5566 
                 18.304 
                 −20.802 
               
               
                 20 
                 38.60733 
                 2.86890 
                 1.846490 
                 23.90 
                 0.6217 
                 19.913 
                 44.533 
               
               
                 21 
                 −2631.66644 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 20.521 
                   
               
               
                 22 
                 −221.88716 
                 3.66413 
                 1.638539 
                 55.38 
                 0.5485 
                 24.974 
                 60.984 
               
               
                 23 
                 −33.46289 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 25.687 
                   
               
               
                 24 
                 81.32540 
                 3.70426 
                 1.516330 
                 64.14 
                 0.5352 
                 26.774 
                 77.998 
               
               
                 25 
                 −79.12072 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.876 
                   
               
               
                 26 
                 0.00000 
                 1.30000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.381 
                   
               
               
                 27 
                 35.75300 
                 5.92435 
                 1.517417 
                 52.43 
                 0.5564 
                 26.111 
                 36.840 
               
               
                 28 
                 −38.89373 
                 0.90000 
                 1.834807 
                 42.71 
                 0.5642 
                 25.719 
                 −31.740 
               
               
                 29 
                 85.49479 
                 32.40000  
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 25.210 
                   
               
               
                 30 
                 64.91346 
                 4.60586 
                 1.496999 
                 81.54 
                 0.5374 
                 25.735 
                 54.185 
               
               
                 31 
                 −45.16238 
                 0.29989 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 25.553 
                   
               
               
                 32 
                 −548.32958 
                 1.40000 
                 1.834030 
                 37.20 
                 0.5775 
                 24.862 
                 −24.910 
               
               
                 33 
                 21.76282 
                 5.37767 
                 1.487490 
                 70.23 
                 0.5300 
                 24.200 
                 54.913 
               
               
                 34 
                 105.35972 
                 0.28995 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 24.580 
                   
               
               
                 35 
                 59.03984 
                 6.49972 
                 1.501270 
                 56.50 
                 0.5536 
                 24.899 
                 38.095 
               
               
                 36 
                 −27.35414 
                 1.40000 
                 1.834807 
                 42.71 
                 0.5642 
                 25.079 
                 −51.090 
               
               
                 37 
                 −77.28728 
                 2.04080 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 25.921 
                   
               
               
                 38 
                 38.65976 
                 5.30185 
                 1.501270 
                 56.50 
                 0.5536 
                 26.910 
                 52.431 
               
               
                 39 
                 −79.35776 
                 4.00000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.681 
                   
               
               
                 40 
                 0.00000 
                 33.00000  
                 1.608590 
                 46.44 
                 0.5664 
                 40.000 
                   
               
               
                 41 
                 0.00000 
                 13.20000  
                 1.516330 
                 64.14 
                 0.5352 
                 40.000 
                   
               
               
                 42 
                 0.00000 
                 0.00000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 40.000 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 SN: surface number 
               
               
                 ED: effective diameter 
               
               
                 FL: focal length. 
               
               
                 Various Data 
               
               
                 zoom ratio 17.00 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 wide angle 
                 intermediate 
                 telephoto 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 focal length 
                 8.00 
                 33.20 
                 136.00 
               
               
                   
                 F-number 
                 1.90 
                 1.90 
                 2.50 
               
               
                   
                 angle of field 
                 34.51 
                 9.41 
                 2.32 
               
               
                   
                 image height 
                 5.50 
                 5.50 
                 5.50 
               
               
                   
                 overall lens length 
                 269.40 
                 269.40 
                 269.40 
               
               
                   
                 BF 
                 7.46 
                 7.46 
                 7.46 
               
               
                   
                 d11 
                 0.80 
                 32.92 
                 47.01 
               
               
                   
                 d18 
                 49.21 
                 10.36 
                 12.26 
               
               
                   
                 d21 
                 6.22 
                 11.27 
                 1.79 
               
               
                   
                 d25 
                 5.74 
                 7.43 
                 0.91 
               
               
                   
                 d42 
                 7.46 
                 7.46 
                 7.46 
               
               
                   
                 entrance P 
                 47.90 
                 163.16 
                 577.64 
               
               
                   
                 exit p 
                 401.39 
                 401.39 
                 401.39 
               
               
                   
                 front pp 
                 56.06 
                 199.16 
                 760.60 
               
               
                   
                 rear pp 
                 −0.54 
                 −25.74 
                 −128.54 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 entrance p: entrance pupil position 
               
               
                 exit p: exit pupil position 
               
               
                 front pp: front principal point position 
               
               
                 rear pp: rear principal point position 
               
               
                 Zoom Lens Unit Data 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 unit 
                 LS 
                 FL 
                 LUL 
                 front pp 
                 rear pp 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 1 
                 1 
                 61.00 
                 53.98 
                 34.82 
                 3.79 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                 12 
                 −13.50 
                 16.97 
                 2.40 
                 −9.03 
               
               
                   
                 3 
                 19 
                 −39.48 
                 3.57 
                 −0.06 
                 −2.02 
               
               
                   
                 4 
                 22 
                 34.61 
                 7.52 
                 3.06 
                 −1.78 
               
               
                   
                 5 
                 26 
                 49.21 
                 117.94 
                 55.44 
                 −36.73 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 LS: leading surface of the unit 
               
               
                 FL: focal length 
               
               
                 LUL: lens unit length 
               
               
                 front pp: front principal point position 
               
               
                 rear pp: rear principal point position 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Second Embodiment 
       FIGS. 3A and 3B  are cross sectional views of a zoom lens according to a second numerical embodiment of the present invention at the wide angle end and the telephoto end respectively.  FIGS. 4A and 4B  are aberration diagrams of the zoom lens according to the second numerical embodiment at the wide angle end and the telephoto end respectively. 
     In  FIGS. 3A and 3B , a first lens unit G 1  is a lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit G 1  is composed of, in order from the object side to the image side, a first sub lens unit, which is fixed, and a second sub lens unit G 1   a.  The lens unit G 1   a  (second sub lens unit) included in the first lens unit G 1  is advanced for focusing, enabling focusing onto an object distance down to 0.6 meter. A second lens unit G 2  is a variator having a negative refractive power, which is moved during zooming. Tho second lens unit G 2  is moved along the optical axis toward the image plane to perform zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. A third lens unit G 3  is a variator having a negative refractive power, which is moved during zooming. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the third lens unit G 3  moves along a locus that is convex to the object side. A fourth lens unit G 4  is a compensator having a positive refractive power. During zooming, the fourth lens unit moves along the optical axis nonlinearly to correct image plane variation with zooming. While the lens unit used to correct image plane variation is the fourth lens unit in this embodiment, the third lens unit may serve as a unit for correcting image plane variation. The zoom lens also includes a stop SP and a fifth lens unit G 5 , which is a relay unit (or rear unit) having a positive refractive power having the function of imaging. A focal length convertor or the like may be provided in an air gap inside the fifth lens unit G 5 .  FIGS. 3A and 3F  also show a glass block P, which may include a color separation prism and/or optical filter etc., and an image pickup surface I. 
     Values associated with the above-described conditional expressions in this embodiment will be presented in Table 1. This numerical embodiment satisfies all the conditional expressions. Thus, the zoom lens according to this numerical embodiment has excellent optical performance and is small in size and light in weight while having a wide angle of view with a focal length of 8.0 mm at the wide angle end and a high zoom ratio of 17.0. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 (Numerical Embodiment 2) 
               
               
                 Lengths in the following table are in millimeters. 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SN 
                 r 
                 d 
                 nd 
                 νd 
                 θgF 
                 ED 
                 FL 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 1 
                 −192.83740 
                 2.20000 
                 1.800000 
                 23.84 
                 0.6017 
                 76.089 
                 −72.184 
               
               
                 2 
                 83.79132 
                 1.64531 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 73.033 
                   
               
               
                 3 
                 89.86921 
                 15.06578  
                 1.496999 
                 81.54 
                 0.5374 
                 73.562 
                 114.343 
               
               
                 4 
                 −147.11913 
                 8.10324 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 73.558 
                   
               
               
                 5 
                 −775.57772 
                 5.20036 
                 1.433870 
                 95.10 
                 0.5373 
                 72.531 
                 499.411 
               
               
                 6 
                 −170.04046 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 72.258 
                   
               
               
                 7 
                 103.29239 
                 10.88096  
                 1.000000 
                 74.70 
                 0.5392 
                 69.001 
                 122.254 
               
               
                 8 
                 −174.18080 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 68.335 
                   
               
               
                 9 
                 51.30868 
                 5.88840 
                 1.000000 
                 45.50 
                 0.5720 
                 58.425 
                 130.653 
               
               
                 10 
                 96.85837 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 57.492 
                   
               
               
                 11 
                 58.71183 
                 0.90000 
                 1.882997 
                 40.76 
                 0.5667 
                 23.857 
                 −18.633 
               
               
                 12 
                 12.81666 
                 5.42537 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 18.993 
                   
               
               
                 13 
                 −42.61384 
                 6.32762 
                 1.008095 
                 22.76 
                 0.6307 
                 18.898 
                 18.433 
               
               
                 14 
                 −11.66413 
                 0.70000 
                 1.882997 
                 40.76 
                 0.5667 
                 18.577 
                 −11.805 
               
               
                 15 
                 92.65428 
                 0.20000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 18.564 
                   
               
               
                 16 
                 29.37501 
                 2.85063 
                 1.666800 
                 33.05 
                 0.5957 
                 18.787 
                 54.294 
               
               
                 17 
                 145.23232 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 18.522 
                   
               
               
                 18 
                 −26.49302 
                 0.70000 
                 1.756998 
                 47.82 
                 0.5566 
                 16.458 
                 −21.883 
               
               
                 19 
                 45.30898 
                 2.74723 
                 1.846490 
                 23.90 
                 0.6217 
                 20.047 
                 48.421 
               
               
                 20 
                 −465.30249 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 20.662 
                   
               
               
                 21 
                 −186.08181 
                 3.97301 
                 1.638539 
                 55.38 
                 0.5485 
                 24.974 
                 53.632 
               
               
                 22 
                 −29.27056 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 25.680 
                   
               
               
                 23 
                 89.15466 
                 3.70116 
                 1.516330 
                 64.14 
                 0.5352 
                 26.528 
                 77.057 
               
               
                 24 
                 −71.31119 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.575 
                   
               
               
                 25 
                 0.00000 
                 1.30000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 25.691 
                   
               
               
                 26 
                 98.11268 
                 5.97787 
                 1.517417 
                 52.43 
                 0.5564 
                 25.375 
                 41.557 
               
               
                 27 
                 −27.12071 
                 0.90000 
                 1.834807 
                 42.71 
                 0.5642 
                 24.982 
                 −33.436 
               
               
                 28 
                 −815.51185 
                 32.40000  
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 25.094 
                   
               
               
                 29 
                 72.71860 
                 5.44338 
                 1.496999 
                 81.54 
                 0.5374 
                 26.037 
                 59.478 
               
               
                 30 
                 −48.80707 
                 1.22177 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 25.779 
                   
               
               
                 31 
                 273.82070 
                 1.40000 
                 1.834030 
                 37.20 
                 0.5775 
                 24.980 
                 −27.112 
               
               
                 32 
                 20.96106 
                 5.45798 
                 1.487490 
                 70.23 
                 0.5300 
                 24.164 
                 53.301 
               
               
                 33 
                 97.78424 
                 0.71894 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 24.459 
                   
               
               
                 34 
                 73.06073 
                 6.98697 
                 1.501270 
                 56.50 
                 0.5536 
                 24.774 
                 34.866 
               
               
                 35 
                 −22.36067 
                 1.40000 
                 1.834807 
                 42.71 
                 0.5642 
                 24.960 
                 −37.963 
               
               
                 36 
                 −77.09238 
                 0.24720 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.209 
                   
               
               
                 37 
                 67.90108 
                 5.79123 
                 1.501270 
                 56.50 
                 0.5536 
                 26.951 
                 46.832 
               
               
                 38 
                 −35.08035 
                 4.00000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 27.026 
                   
               
               
                 39 
                 0.00000 
                 33.00000  
                 1.608590 
                 46.44 
                 0.5664 
                 40.000 
                   
               
               
                 40 
                 0.00000 
                 13.20000  
                 1.516330 
                 64.14 
                 0.5352 
                 40.000 
                   
               
               
                 41 
                 0.00000 
                 0.00000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 40.000 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 SN: surface number 
               
               
                 ED: effective diameter 
               
               
                 FL: focal length. 
               
               
                 Various Data 
               
               
                 zoom ratio 17.00 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 wide angle 
                 intermediate 
                 telephoto 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 focal length 
                 8.00 
                 33.07 
                 136.00 
               
               
                   
                 F-number 
                 1.90 
                 1.92 
                 2.50 
               
               
                   
                 angle of field 
                 34.51 
                 9.44 
                 2.32 
               
               
                   
                 image height 
                 5.50 
                 5.50 
                 5.50 
               
               
                   
                 overall lens length 
                 264.61 
                 264.61 
                 264.61 
               
               
                   
                 BF 
                 7.45 
                 7.45 
                 7.45 
               
               
                   
                 d10 
                 0.79 
                 32.85 
                 46.98 
               
               
                   
                 d17 
                 49.20 
                 10.48 
                 11.17 
               
               
                   
                 d20 
                 6.08 
                 11.17 
                 1.68 
               
               
                   
                 d24 
                 4.69 
                 6.27 
                 0.94 
               
               
                   
                 d41 
                 7.45 
                 7.45 
                 7.45 
               
               
                   
                 entrance P 
                 45.15 
                 160.24 
                 571.65 
               
               
                   
                 exit p 
                 349.49 
                 349.49 
                 349.49 
               
               
                   
                 front pp 
                 53.34 
                 196.51 
                 761.72 
               
               
                   
                 rear pp 
                 −0.55 
                 −25.62 
                 −128.55 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 entrance p: entrance pupil position 
               
               
                 exit p: exit pupil position 
               
               
                 front pp: front principal point position 
               
               
                 rear pp: rear principal point position 
               
               
                 Zoom Lens Unit Data 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 unit 
                 LS 
                 FL 
                 LUL 
                 front pp 
                 rear pp 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 1 
                 1 
                 61.00 
                 49.28 
                 32.03 
                 3.05 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                 11 
                 −13.50 
                 16.40 
                 1.69 
                 −9.72 
               
               
                   
                 3 
                 18 
                 −40.54 
                 3.45 
                 −0.17 
                 −2.06 
               
               
                   
                 4 
                 21 
                 32.01 
                 7.82 
                 3.29 
                 −1.73 
               
               
                   
                 5 
                 25 
                 47.60 
                 119.45 
                 54.46 
                 −28.42 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 LS: leading surface of the unit 
               
               
                 FL: focal length 
               
               
                 LUL: lens unit length 
               
               
                 front pp: front principal point position 
               
               
                 rear pp: rear principal point position 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Third Embodiment 
       FIGS. 5A and 5B  are cross sectional views of a zoom lens according to a third numerical embodiment of the present invention at the wide angle end and the telephoto end respectively.  FIGS. 6A and 6B  are aberration diagrams or the zoom lens according to the third numerical embodiment at the wide angle end and the telephoto end respectively. 
     In  FIGS. 5A and 5B , a first lens unit G 1  is a lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit is composed of, in order from the object side to the image side, a first sub lens unit, which is fixed, and a second sub lens unit Ga 1 . The lens unit G 1   a  (second sub lens unit) included in the first lens unit G 1  is advanced for focusing, enabling focusing onto an obi act distance down to 0.85 meter. A second lens unit G 2  is a variator for zooming having a negative refractive power. The second lens unit G 2  is moved along the optical axis toward the image plane to perform zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. A third lens unit G 3  is a compensator having a negative refractive power. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the third lens unit G 3  moves along the optical axis nonlinearly to correct image plane variation with zooming. The zoom lens also includes a stop SP and a fourth lens unit G 4 , which is a relay unit (or rear unit) having a positive refractive power having the function of imaging. A focal length convertor or the like may be provided in an air gap inside the fourth lens unit G 4 .  FIGS. 5A and 5B  also show a glass block P, which may include a color separation prism and/or optical filter etc, and an image pickup surface I. 
     Values associated with the above-described conditional expressions in this embodiment will be presented in Table 1. This numerical embodiment satisfies all the conditional expressions. Thus, the zoom lens according to this numerical embodiment has excellent optical performance and is small in size and light in weight while having a wide angle of view with a focal length of 8.0 mm at the wide angle end and a high zoom ratio of 22.0. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 (Numerical Embodiment 3) 
               
               
                 Lengths in the following table are in millimeters. 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SN 
                 r 
                 d 
                 nd 
                 νd 
                 θgF 
                 ED 
                 FL 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 1 
                 −167.15959 
                 2.30000 
                 1.800999 
                 34.97 
                 0.5863 
                 84.405 
                 −87.168 
               
               
                 2 
                 122.05012 
                 1.59927 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 82.054 
                   
               
               
                 3 
                 137.65465 
                 13.58263  
                 1.595220 
                 67.74 
                 0.5442 
                 81.000 
                 122.144 
               
               
                 4 
                 −149.50787 
                 0.20000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 81.000 
                   
               
               
                 5 
                 −1145.55537 
                 2.50000 
                 1.720467 
                 34.70 
                 0.5834 
                 79.811 
                 −162.840 
               
               
                 6 
                 131.82298 
                 0.36487 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 77.850 
                   
               
               
                 7 
                 140.33150 
                 9.02766 
                 1.487490 
                 70.23 
                 0.5300 
                 77.848 
                 209.425 
               
               
                 8 
                 −371.36840 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 77.766 
                   
               
               
                 9 
                 −2857.69605 
                 4.27891 
                 1.487490 
                 70.23 
                 0.5300 
                 77.406 
                 498.306 
               
               
                 10 
                 −224.69931 
                 6.38769 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 77.267 
                   
               
               
                 11 
                 104.69643 
                 10.63467  
                 1.000000 
                 68.00 
                 0.5450 
                 73.559 
                 119.058 
               
               
                 12 
                 −268.82484 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 72.869 
                   
               
               
                 13 
                 58.07817 
                 5.80977 
                 1.000000 
                 45.50 
                 0.5720 
                 65.960 
                 169.154 
               
               
                 14 
                 98.18774 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 65.003 
                   
               
               
                 15 
                 59.22267 
                 0.90000 
                 1.882997 
                 40.76 
                 0.5667 
                 26.302 
                 −20.713 
               
               
                 16 
                 13.93577 
                 6.58354 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 20.923 
                   
               
               
                 17 
                 −65.51230 
                 6.78315 
                 1.808095 
                 22.76 
                 0.6307 
                 20.229 
                 18.641 
               
               
                 18 
                 −12.92474 
                 0.70000 
                 1.882997 
                 40.76 
                 0.5667 
                 19.631 
                 −12.291 
               
               
                 19 
                 72.04865 
                 0.20000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 19.129 
                   
               
               
                 20 
                 25.47596 
                 2.51814 
                 1.666800 
                 33.05 
                 0.5957 
                 19.237 
                 72.448 
               
               
                 21 
                 51.35444 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 18.820 
                   
               
               
                 22 
                 −24.82737 
                 0.70000 
                 1.756998 
                 47.82 
                 0.5566 
                 18.662 
                 −20.020 
               
               
                 23 
                 39.88332 
                 2.78385 
                 1.846490 
                 23.90 
                 0.6217 
                 20.513 
                 44.480 
               
               
                 24 
                 −788.62441 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 25 
                 0.00000 
                 1.30000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.270 
                   
               
               
                 26 
                 −318.66319 
                 4.23729 
                 1.633539 
                 55.38 
                 0.5485 
                 27.081 
                 53.682 
               
               
                 27 
                 −31.23050 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 27.726 
                   
               
               
                 28 
                 542.40774 
                 2.54649 
                 1.516330 
                 64.14 
                 0.5352 
                 28.486 
                 167.175 
               
               
                 29 
                 −102.94259 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 28.651 
                   
               
               
                 30 
                 34.16041 
                 8.02896 
                 1.517417 
                 52.43 
                 0.5564 
                 28.822 
                 35.967 
               
               
                 31 
                 −37.97240 
                 0.90000 
                 1.834807 
                 42.71 
                 0.5642 
                 28.217 
                 −35.711 
               
               
                 32 
                 143.93248 
                 32.40000  
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 27.834 
                   
               
               
                 33 
                 63.63709 
                 5.20229 
                 1.496999 
                 81.54 
                 0.5374 
                 27.781 
                 53.421 
               
               
                 34 
                 −44.54085 
                 1.49985 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 27.560 
                   
               
               
                 35 
                 −177.11812 
                 1.40000 
                 1.834030 
                 37.20 
                 0.5775 
                 25.646 
                 −25.053 
               
               
                 36 
                 23.94767 
                 5.54244 
                 1.487490 
                 70.23 
                 0.5300 
                 24.982 
                 54.584 
               
               
                 37 
                 214.69368 
                 0.19232 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 25.316 
                   
               
               
                 38 
                 40.03669 
                 7.72605 
                 1.501270 
                 56.50 
                 0.5536 
                 25.839 
                 32.460 
               
               
                 39 
                 −25.82221 
                 1.40000 
                 1.834807 
                 42.71 
                 0.5642 
                 25.720 
                 −41.801 
               
               
                 40 
                 −100.19022 
                 2.97511 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.356 
                   
               
               
                 41 
                 42.10518 
                 4.65877 
                 1.501270 
                 56.50 
                 0.5536 
                 26.802 
                 62.715 
               
               
                 42 
                 −121.49196 
                 4.00000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.498 
                   
               
               
                 43 
                 0.00000 
                 33.00000  
                 1.608590 
                 46.44 
                 0.5664 
                 40.000 
                   
               
               
                 44 
                 0.00000 
                 13.20000  
                 1.516330 
                 64.14 
                 0.5352 
                 40.000 
                   
               
               
                 45 
                 0.00000 
                 0.00000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 40.000 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 SN: surface number 
               
               
                 ED: effective diameter 
               
               
                 FL: focal length. 
               
               
                 Various Data 
               
               
                 zoom ratio 22.00 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 wide angle 
                 intermediate 
                 telephoto 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 focal length 
                 8.00 
                 37.52 
                 176.00 
               
               
                   
                 F-number 
                 1.90 
                 1.89 
                 2.80 
               
               
                   
                 angle of field 
                 34.51 
                 8.34 
                 1.79 
               
               
                   
                 image height 
                 5.50 
                 5.50 
                 5.50 
               
               
                   
                 overall lens length 
                 276.45 
                 276.45 
                 276.45 
               
               
                   
                 BF 
                 7.47 
                 7.47 
                 7.47 
               
               
                   
                 d14 
                 1.04 
                 38.26 
                 52.83 
               
               
                   
                 d21 
                 52.89 
                 10.90 
                 6.15 
               
               
                   
                 d24 
                 6.39 
                 11.15 
                 1.33 
               
               
                   
                 d45 
                 7.47 
                 7.47 
                 7.47 
               
               
                   
                 entrance P 
                 50.28 
                 194.54 
                 601.08 
               
               
                   
                 exit p 
                 365.58 
                 365.58 
                 365.58 
               
               
                   
                 front pp 
                 58.46 
                 235.99 
                 863.58 
               
               
                   
                 rear pp 
                 −0.53 
                 −30.05 
                 −168.53 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 entrance p: entrance pupil position 
               
               
                 exit p: exit pupil position 
               
               
                 front pp: front principal point position 
               
               
                 rear pp: rear principal point position 
               
               
                 Zoom Lens Unit Data 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 unit 
                 LS 
                 FL 
                 LUL 
                 front pp 
                 rear p 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 1 
                 1 
                 68.00 
                 56.99 
                 34.91 
                 2.65 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                 15 
                 −13.80 
                 17.68 
                 2.65 
                 −9.27 
               
               
                   
                 3 
                 22 
                 −36.92 
                 3.48 
                 −0.11 
                 −2.02 
               
               
                   
                 4 
                 25 
                 59.38 
                 130.51 
                 67.34 
                 −136.72 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 LS: leading surface of the unit 
               
               
                 FL: focal length 
               
               
                 LUL: lens unit length 
               
               
                 front pp: front principal point position 
               
               
                 rear pp: rear principal point position 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Fourth Embodiment 
       FIGS. 7A and 7B  are cross sectional views of a zoom lens according to a fourth numerical embodiment of the present invention at the wide angle end and the telephoto end respectively.  FIGS. 8A and 8B  are aberration diagrams of the zoom lens according to the fourth numerical embodiment at the wide angle end and the telephoto end respectively. 
     In  FIGS. 7A and 7B , a first lens unit G 1  is a lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit G 1  is composed of, in order from the object side to the image side, a first sub lens unit, which is fixed, and a second sub lens unit G 1   a.  The lens unit G 1   a  (second sub lens unit) included in the first lens unit G 1  is advanced for focusing, enabling focusing onto an object distance down to 0.85 meter. A second lens unit G 2  is a variator for zooming having a negative refractive power. The second lens unit G 2  is moved along the optical axis toward the image plane to perform zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. A third lens unit G 3  is a variator for zooming having a negative refractive power. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the third lens unit G 3  is moved along the optical axis toward the image plane. A fourth lens unit G 4  is a compensator having a negative refractive power. During zooming, the fourth lens unit moves along the optical axis nonlinearly to correct image plane variation with zooming. While the lens unit used to correct image plane variation is the fourth lens unit in this embodiment, the third lens unit may serve as a unit for correcting image plane variation. The zoom lens also includes a stop SP and a fifth lens unit G 5 , which is a relay unit (or rear unit) having a positive refractive power having the function of imaging. A focal length convertor or the like may be provided in an air gap inside the fifth lens unit G 5 .  FIGS. 3A and 3B  also show a glass block P, which may include a color separation prism and/or optical filter etc., and an image pickup surface I. 
     Values associated with the above-described conditional expressions in this embodiment will be presented in Table 1. This numerical embodiment satisfies all the conditional expressions. Thus, the zoom lens according to this numerical embodiment has excellent optical performance and is small in size and light in weight while having a wide angle of view with a focal length of 8.0 mm at the wide angle end and a high zoom ratio of 22.0. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 (Numerical Embodiment 4) 
               
               
                 Lengths in the following table are in millimeters. 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SN 
                 r 
                 d 
                 nd 
                 νd 
                 θgF 
                 ED 
                 FL 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 1 
                 −246.95878 
                 2.30000 
                 1.720467 
                 34.70 
                 0.5834 
                 85.084 
                 −202.766 
               
               
                 2 
                 365.11209 
                 2.51416 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 82.508 
                   
               
               
                 3 
                 822.84941 
                 2.30000 
                 1.800999 
                 34.97 
                 0.5863 
                 82.104 
                 −109.413 
               
               
                 4 
                 79.58878 
                 17.30219  
                 1.496999 
                 81.54 
                 0.5374 
                 79.557 
                 111.569 
               
               
                 5 
                 −171.24940 
                 0.40000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 79.552 
                   
               
               
                 6 
                 122.38451 
                 4.44600 
                 1.496999 
                 81.54 
                 0.5374 
                 77.414 
                 498.667 
               
               
                 7 
                 238.17588 
                 6.83742 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 77.017 
                   
               
               
                 8 
                 272.19851 
                 4.44609 
                 1.496999 
                 81.54 
                 0.5374 
                 76.900 
                 496.960 
               
               
                 9 
                 −2738.63906 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 76.480 
                   
               
               
                 10 
                 117.94768 
                 9.77635 
                 1.618000 
                 63.33 
                 0.5441 
                 73.821 
                 135.512 
               
               
                 11 
                 −283.31209 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 73.087 
                   
               
               
                 12 
                 61.93147 
                 5.56759 
                 1.000000 
                 54.50 
                 0.5550 
                 65.670 
                 173.051 
               
               
                 13 
                 111.18673 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 64.860 
                   
               
               
                 14 
                 68.32573 
                 0.90000 
                 1.882997 
                 40.76 
                 0.5667 
                 26.778 
                 −20.615 
               
               
                 15 
                 14.37758 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 21.345 
                   
               
               
                 16 
                 −82.26801 
                 6.63806 
                 1.808095 
                 22.76 
                 0.6307 
                 20.717 
                 19.995 
               
               
                 17 
                 −14.11570 
                 0.70000 
                 1.882997 
                 40.76 
                 0.5667 
                 20.076 
                 −12.243 
               
               
                 18 
                 43.44559 
                 0.20000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 19.430 
                   
               
               
                 19 
                 25.58514 
                 2.96554 
                 1.666800 
                 33.05 
                 0.5957 
                 19.607 
                 55.939 
               
               
                 20 
                 80.42132 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 19.232 
                   
               
               
                 21 
                 −27.64338 
                 0.70000 
                 1.756998 
                 47.82 
                 0.5566 
                 18.085 
                 −21.092 
               
               
                 22 
                 38.66434 
                 2.78261 
                 1.846490 
                 23.90 
                 0.6217 
                 19.567 
                 46.480 
               
               
                 23 
                 1390.62825 
                 (variable) 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 20.154 
                   
               
               
                 24 
                 0.00000 
                 1.30000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 25.498 
                   
               
               
                 25 
                 −212.38191 
                 4.21898 
                 1.638539 
                 55.38 
                 0.5485 
                 26.162 
                 54.482 
               
               
                 26 
                 −30.23579 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.879 
                   
               
               
                 27 
                 −197.58076 
                 2.29520 
                 1.516330 
                 64.14 
                 0.5352 
                 27.400 
                 451.130 
               
               
                 28 
                 −107.50928 
                 0.15000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 27.717 
                   
               
               
                 29 
                 50.21298 
                 7.62533 
                 1.517417 
                 52.43 
                 0.5564 
                 28.090 
                 36.712 
               
               
                 30 
                 −29.17906 
                 0.90000 
                 1.834807 
                 42.71 
                 0.5642 
                 27.844 
                 −42.615 
               
               
                 31 
                 −160.52965 
                 32.40000  
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 28.190 
                   
               
               
                 32 
                 74.67801 
                 4.99521 
                 1.496999 
                 81.54 
                 0.5374 
                 28.865 
                 60.663 
               
               
                 33 
                 −49.68199 
                 5.21107 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 28.693 
                   
               
               
                 34 
                 1128.69269 
                 1.40000 
                 1.834030 
                 37.20 
                 0.5775 
                 25.320 
                 −26.254 
               
               
                 35 
                 21.60174 
                 5.63348 
                 1.487490 
                 70.23 
                 0.5300 
                 24.493 
                 51.379 
               
               
                 36 
                 140.61898 
                 0.17137 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 24.778 
                   
               
               
                 37 
                 45.52921 
                 7.85568 
                 1.501270 
                 56.50 
                 0.5536 
                 25.152 
                 30.496 
               
               
                 38 
                 −21.82173 
                 1.40000 
                 1.834807 
                 42.71 
                 0.5642 
                 25.113 
                 −31.169 
               
               
                 39 
                 −135.30754 
                 0.14971 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.217 
                   
               
               
                 40 
                 67.85055 
                 5.68360 
                 1.501270 
                 56.50 
                 0.5536 
                 26.779 
                 47.436 
               
               
                 41 
                 −35.81190 
                 4.00000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 26.845 
                   
               
               
                 42 
                 0.00000 
                 33.00000  
                 1.606590 
                 46.44 
                 0.5664 
                 40.000 
                   
               
               
                 43 
                 0.00000 
                 13.20000  
                 1.516330 
                 64.14 
                 0.5352 
                 40.000 
                   
               
               
                 44 
                 0.00000 
                 0.00000 
                 1.000000 
                   
                   
                 40.000 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 SN: surface number 
               
               
                 ED: effective diameter 
               
               
                 FL: focal length. 
               
               
                 Various Data 
               
               
                 zoom ratio 22.00 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 wide angle 
                 intermediate 
                 telephoto 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 focal length 
                 8.00 
                 37.46 
                 176.00 
               
               
                   
                 F-number 
                 1.90 
                 1.90 
                 2.80 
               
               
                   
                 angle of field 
                 34.51 
                 8.35 
                 1.79 
               
               
                   
                 image height 
                 5.50 
                 5.50 
                 5.50 
               
               
                   
                 overall lens length 
                 277.01 
                 277.01 
                 277.01 
               
               
                   
                 BF 
                 7.48 
                 7.48 
                 7.48 
               
               
                   
                 d13 
                 0.80 
                 37.72 
                 51.73 
               
               
                   
                 d15 
                 6.42 
                 6.19 
                 9.26 
               
               
                   
                 d20 
                 52.24 
                 10.72 
                 4.17 
               
               
                   
                 d23 
                 7.25 
                 12.08 
                 1.55 
               
               
                   
                 d44 
                 7.48 
                 7.48 
                 7.48 
               
               
                   
                 entrance P 
                 51.80 
                 199.40 
                 620.94 
               
               
                   
                 exit p 
                 345.25 
                 345.25 
                 345.25 
               
               
                   
                 front pp 
                 59.99 
                 241.01 
                 888.65 
               
               
                   
                 rear pp 
                 −0.52 
                 −29.98 
                 −168.52 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 entrance p: entrance pupil position 
               
               
                 exit p: exit pupil position 
               
               
                 front pp: front principal point position 
               
               
                 rear pp: rear principal point position point 
               
               
                 Zoom Lens Unit Data 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 unit 
                 LS 
                 FL 
                 LUL 
                 front pp 
                 rear pp 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                 1 
                 1 
                 68.00 
                 56.19 
                 35.32 
                 1.76 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                 14 
                 −20.73 
                 0.90 
                 0.61 
                 0.13 
               
               
                   
                 3 
                 16 
                 −61.72 
                 10.50 
                 2.08 
                 −3.81 
               
               
                   
                 4 
                 21 
                 −38.94 
                 3.48 
                 0.01 
                 −1.89 
               
               
                   
                 5 
                 24 
                 57.66 
                 131.74 
                 65.68 
                 −126.94 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 LS: leading surface of the unit 
               
               
                 FL: focal length 
               
               
                 LUL: lens unit length 
               
               
                 front pp: front principal point position 
               
               
                 rear pp: rear principal point position 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 values associated with conditional expressions in 
               
               
                 numerical embodiments (NE) 1 to 4 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 condition 
                 term 
                 NE 1 
                 NE 2 
                 NE 3 
                 NE 4 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                  (1) 
                 θp + 0.002 × 
                 0.6555 
                 0.6630 
                 0.6630 
                 0.6640 
               
               
                   
                 νp 
               
               
                  (2) 
                 νp 
                 49.00 
                 45.50 
                 45.50 
                 54.50 
               
               
                  (3) 
                 Np + 0.01 × 
                 2.220 
                 2.245 
                 2.245 
                 2.315 
               
               
                   
                 νp 
               
               
                  (4) 
                 Np 
                 1.73 
                 1.79 
                 1.79 
                 1.77 
               
               
                  (5) 
                 |fp/f1| 
                 2.64 
                 2.15 
                 2.50 
                 2.54 
               
               
                 (14) 
                 νp2 
                 63.33 
                 74.70 
                 68.00 
                 63.33 
               
               
                 (15) 
                 Np2 + 0.01 × 
                 2.251 
                 2.285 
                 2.320 
                 2.251 
               
               
                   
                 νp2 
               
               
                 (16) 
                 Np2 
                 1.62 
                 1.54 
                 1.64 
                 1.62 
               
               
                 (17) 
                 |fp2/f1| 
                 1.93 
                 2.00 
                 1.75 
                 2.00 
               
               
                 (18) 
                 νp_av 
                 72.24 
                 74.21 
                 64.34 
                 72.49 
               
               
                 (19) 
                 |fp3/f1| 
                 1.60 
                 1.88 
                 1.80 
                 1.65 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. The scope of the following claims is to be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent structures and functions. For example, the zoom lens of the first and third embodiments includes, in order from the object side to the image side, 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. The zoom lens of the second and fourth embodiments includes, in order from the object side to the image side, 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, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power. However, the present invention is not limited to the zoom lens having such refractive power arrangements. The first, second, third, and fourth lens units in the first and third embodiments may have positive, negative, negative and positive refractive powers, respectively. The first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens units in the second and fourth embodiments may have positive, negative, positive, positive and positive refractive powers, respectively. 
     This application claims the benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-027235, filed Feb. 17, 2014, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.