HISTORY OF CAMERA - CANON CAMERA

THE HISTORY OF CANON CAMERAS

Canon Inc. Is a company that was originally named Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho, which specializes in image and optical products, including cameras, Canon Inc. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Then in 1934 this company produced the kwanon, a prototype for a 35mm camera, the first camera in Japan with a focal plane based shutter, then in 1947 the company changed its name to Canon Camera Co., .Inc. Canon digital cameras have been distributed since 1984, starting with the RC-701 series and then followed by the PowerShot and IXUS series of Canon digital cameras. Then Canon developed the EOS (Electro-Optical System) series of Dslr (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras that include professional High-End models. Canon recently also produced and introduced Thermal Transition Copying as part of the manufacturing process for all types of cameras. This process allows the camera polymer casing to slightly change the temperature of the camera through an exothermic reaction that is triggered by an electronic sensor, to help prevent condensation inside the camera. Canon's main digital camera rivals are Nikon, Konica, Minolta, Leica, Pentax, Olympus, Sony, and Kodak.

KWANON

The canon company was founded in 1933 in Japan, formerly Seikikogaku Kenkyusho was founded by Yoshida Goro and his brother-in-law named Uchida Saburo, which was funded by Uchida Saburo's close friend Takhesi Mitarai. The initial purpose was to conduct research in the development of quality cameras. And in 1934, they released their first camera, and named it Kwanon, the following year the company changed the name Kwanon to Canon, because it looked more modern than the name of the previous year. In 1933, Canon produced surveillance cameras with kwanon prototypes based on the Leica II35mm camera. In 1935 the company filed for registration of the trademark "CANON"

The origin of the Canon company came from the founding of the Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory in Japan in 1937 by Takeshi Mitarai, Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida, and Takeo Maeda. For years the company had no facilities to produce its own optical glass, and its first camera included a Nikkor lens from Nippon Kogaku K.K. (which later became Nikon Corporation).
Between 1933 and 1936 'The Kwanon', a copy of the Leica design, Japan's first 35 mm shutter-focus camera, was developed in prototype form. Then in 1940 Canon developed the first indirect X-ray camera in Japan. After that Canon introduced a field zoom lens for television broadcasts in 1958 and in 1959 introduced Reflex Zoom 8, the world's first film camera with a zoom lens, and Canonflex.
In 1961 Canon introduced a Rangefinder camera, Canon 7, and 50mm 1: 0.95 lens in a special mounted bayonet. In 1964 Canon introduced the 'Canola 130', the first Japanese-made 10-key calculator, a substantial increase in the design of the British Bell Punch company, which introduced the first complete electronic calculator two years earlier with the Anlock Mark 8 Sumlock unit. In 1965 Canon introduced the Canon Pellix , a single lens reflex (SLR) camera with a semi-transparent stationary mirror that allows shooting through the mirror.

Canon 7, with lens 50mm f/0.95

In 1987 Canon introduced the Canon Electro-Optical System (EOS), named after the goddess of dawn. The EOS 650 autofocus SLR camera is introduced. Also in 1987, the Canon Foundation was established. In 1988 Canon introduced 'Kyosei philosophy'. The EOS 1 Flagship Professional SLR line was launched in 1989. In the same year the EOS RT, the world's first AF SLR with a fixed semi-transparent pellicle mirror, was launched.
In 1992 Canon launched the EOS 5, the first camera with eye-controlled AF, and the PowerShot 600, the first digital camera. In 1995 Canon introduced the first commercially available SLR lens with internal image stabilization, EF 75-300mm f / 4-5.6 IS USM. The Canon EOS-RS is the fastest AF SLR camera in the world with a continuous shooting speed of 10 frames / s at the time. Based on the EOS-1N, the EOS-1N RS has a semi-transparent pellicle mirror that is fixed with a hard coating. In 1996 Canon introduced a pocket-sized digital camera with an Advanced Photo System, named ELPH in America and IXUS in Europe. Canon entered the digital video camcorder market in 1997

Canon EOS 550 D