Canon One.com http://www.canonone.com Digital cameras, lenses and accessories Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:10:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Canon http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/canon/ http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/canon/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:08:23 +0000 admin http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/canon/ Canon is a multinational Japanese company that makes imaging and optical products.

Products include digital and video cameras, photocopiers and computer printers.

Its primary location is in Tokyo, Japan, with its North American Headquarters is in Lake Success, New York, USA.

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]]> http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/canon/feed/ Company History http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/company-history/ http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/company-history/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:08:05 +0000 admin http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/company-history/ The predecessor company to Canon was established in 1933 by Goro Yoshida and his brother in law.

The fledgling company was named Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory and was funded by Takeshi Mitarai. Its original purpose was to develop a 35 mm rangefinder camera. They released their first camera in June 1934 with three variations of their product.

The first camera was called the “Kwanon”. Unfortunately, of the ten Kwanon products produced, none ever reached the market. More unfortunate, the company had yet to develop a lens. The decision was then made to seek help from the Nippon Corporation, the predecessor of the Nikon Company. Finally, the Hansa Canon Camera was released, making it the first commercially available camera made from the company.

The following year, the company name was changed to Canon and the current corporation was founded in 1937.

Over time and continuing until today, the company’s revenue has increasingly come from its line of office products, including digital and analog copiers as well as its line of digital multifunctional devices.

Canon has also joined the digital displays market, joining Toshiba to develop the flat panel display television based on SED technology. In fact, Canon recently announced it was taking over production of such products from Toshiba. Canon is also developing OLED and rear-projection displays.

]]> http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/company-history/feed/ Canon Cameras http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/canon-cameras/ http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/canon-cameras/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:07:49 +0000 admin http://www.canonone.com/2007/10/27/canon-cameras/ Canon produces a series of cameras, including the SLR camera which was originally developed in the 1930s.
It began with its Kwanon prototype in 1933 and became successful because of the swift recovery of war-torn Japan after World War II.

It produced the Canon FL Lens-mount standard for film SLR cameras beginning in 1964. It also produced the Canon FD lens mount standard for its film SLR cameras beginning in 1971.

This was followed by the F series for professional-class photographers. The A series began in 1976. This was followed by the T series in 1983.

All of the cameras produced today use the EOS autofocus system, introduced in 1987 along with the EF lens mount standard. It now produces many more digital cameras than film cameras.

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