A zoom lens including a varifocal lens unit having a plurality of movable
lens groups, and a prism disposed on an image side of the varifocal lens
unit. The prism has an incident plane on which a light flux from the
varifocal lens unit enters, and an exit plane from which the light flux
is emitted toward an image plane, and is configured such that the
incident plane or the exit plane or both planes can be inclined with
respect to an optical axis, whereby a field of view is shifted by a
predetermined amount by inclining the plane.