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Image pickup apparatus and zoom lens

US7466495B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 7, 2008
Grant dateDec 16, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/0025
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus includes a zoom lens including at least two movable lens groups; an image pickup element that converts an optical image formed with the zoom lens into an electric signal; and an image processor that electrically corrects a lateral chromatic aberration to be generated at the zoom lens. The zoom lens satisfies Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) as follows,−5.0<W_ate(X)/T_ate(X)<−0.2  (1)0.003<|Max_ate(10)/Himg |<0.03  (2)where W_ate(X) is an aberration amount of the lateral chromatic aberration from the C-line to the g-line, at a wide-angle end, corresponding to a (X×10) % image height, T_ate(X) is an aberration amount of the lateral chromatic aberration from the C-line to the g-line, at a telephoto end, corresponding to a (X×10) % image height, Max_ate(X) is one of W_ate(10) and T_ate(10), the one having a larger absolute value, and Himg is a diagonal length of the image pickup element.

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