Canon (company) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Canon, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese company that specialises in imaging and optical products, including cameras, photocopiers and computer printers.
The company was founded in 1933 with the name 精機光学研究所 (Seiki-kougaku-kenkyuujo or Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory) by the co-founder Yoshida Goro and his brother-in-law Uchida Saburo, funded by Takeshi Mitarai, a close friend of Uchida. Its original purpose was to research into the development of quality cameras. In June 1934 they released their first camera, the Kwanon, named after the Buddhist goddess of mercy. The following year the company name was changed to Canon in a more modern reflection of the name.[1]
The company's first cameras were Leica threadmount rangefinder clones. They closely followed the Leica specifications for the threadmount lens (M39) but added innovations including a switchable magnfication combined viewfinder/rangefinder. Canon at first did not have its own optical factory, so they used lenses made by [Nikon]. But they soon started to make their own lenses under the Serenar brand. These lenses remain popular even now by users of Canon or Leica rangefinders.
The official Japanese name of the company is キヤノン (not キャノン). Most Japanese do not know this and will try to repair this Wiki page, they should check the company home page at [1] first.
Canon's main competitors include Nikon, Konica Minolta, Leica, Pentax, Olympus, Sony, Epson, Kodak and Hewlett-Packard..
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