Canon

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Canon, headquartered in Tokyo, is a Japanese company that specializes in imaging and optical products, including cameras, photocopiers and computer printers. Its current name is Canon Inc. (キヤノン株式会社).

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image by Hovsep Kevorkian (Image rights)


History

The company was founded in 1933 with the name Seiki Kōgaku Kenkyūjo (精機光学研究所, or Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory) by the co-founder Yoshida Gorō (吉田五郎)[1] from Hiroshima and his brother-in-law Uchida Saburō (内田三郎)[1], funded by Mitarai Takeshi (御手洗毅)[1], a close friend of Uchida. Its original purpose was to research into the development of quality cameras. Therefore Yoshida Gorō disassembled an original Leica II and studied it mindfully. In June 1934 they released their first camera, the Kwanon (pronounced kannon), named after the Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy of the same name (観音, カンオン; in Chinese Guān Yīn). Later it became the "Hansa Canon", the company's first commercial camera. The following year the camera's name was changed to the less overtly religious Canon (キャノン, pronounced kyanon). The company changed its name to Canon Camera in 1947, and to Canon in 1969.

The company's earliest cameras derived much from the design of the Leica threadmount rangefinder cameras; concerns about patents, as well as ignorance of the precise specification of the Leica thread mount, kept these earliest Canon cameras distinctive. Copies only came after the war, but Seiki Kōgaku swiftly equipped postwar Canon bodies with a combined viewfinder / rangefinder with three-way switchable magnification (50mm, 100mm, and rangefinder only). Other innovations followed.

Seiki Kōgaku at first did not have its own optical factory, so it used lenses made by Nikon, but it soon started to make its own lenses under the Serenar brand (later renamed Canon). These lenses remain popular even now by users of rangefinder cameras from Canon, Leitz, and so forth. The Serenar 50mm f1.8 of 1951 was an early highlight of that brand.

In 1959 The company introduced the Canonflex SLR system. Next big steps in the SLR field were the Canon F-1 of 1971, the Canon EF with automatic exposure based on the shutter priority principle, and the first computerized SLR Canon AE-1 of 1976. In 1986 Canon was the second after Sony introducing a completely electronic still camera without film, the Canon RC-701, which was based on video technology and also the first of these cameras with interchangeable lenses.

In 1996 Canon became the benchmark for the new but not very successful film market standard APS by introducing its high quality Canon IXUS camera series. In 2000 it launched its first amateur DSLR Canon EOS D30. Canon's APS SLRs as well as its DSLRs continued to have the Canon EF-mount so that older Canon autofocus lenses are applicable with the newer cameras. Canon started to make its own CMOS image sensors.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The name is given in the Japanese order, with family name followed by the given name.

Digital

DSLR

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EOS 300D and EOS 400D[1]

EF mount

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RC-701[2]

SV mount

Fixed Lens

  • Canon CE300 (PC Card camera)

Digital IXUS / IXY / ELPH PowerShot

  • Canon Digital IXUS II ( IXY Digital 30 / PowerShot SD100 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS IIs ( IXY Digital 30a / PowerShot SD110 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 30 ( IXY Digital 40 / PowerShot SD200 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 300 ( IXY Digital 300a / PowerShot S330 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 300 HS ( IXY Digital 30S / PowerShot SD4000 IS )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 40 ( IXY Digital 50 / PowerShot SD300 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 50 ( IXY Digital 55 / PowerShot SD400 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 55 ( IXY Digital 60 / PowerShot SD450 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 60 ( IXY Digital 70 / PowerShot SD600 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 65 ( IXY Digital 80 / PowerShot SD630 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 70 ( IXY Digital 10 / PowerShot SD1000 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 700 ( IXY Digital 600 / PowerShot SD500 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 750 ( IXY Digital 700 / PowerShot SD550 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 75 ( IXY Digital 90 / PowerShot SD750 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 80 IS ( IXY 20 IS / PowerShot SD110 IS )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 85 IS ( IXY 25 IS / PowerShot SD770 IS )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS ( IXY Digital 800 IS / PowerShot SD700 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS (IXY Digital 900 IS / PowerShot SD800 IS )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS ( IXY Digital 910 IS / PowerShot SD870 IS )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 900 Ti ( IXY Digital 1000 / PowerShot SD900 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 950 IS ( IXY Digital 810 IS / PowerShot SD850 IS )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 960 IS ( IXY Digital 2000 IS / PowerShot SD950 IS )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 970 IS ( IXY Digital 820 IS / PowerShot SD890 IS )
  • Canon Digital IXUS 1000 HS ( IXY Digital 50S / PowerShot SD4500 IS )
  • Canon Digital IXUS i ( IXY Digital L / PowerShot SD10 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS i5 ( IXY Digital L2 / PowerShot SD20 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS i Zoom ( IXY Digital L3 / PowerShot SD30 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS i7 Zoom / IXY Digital L4 / PowerShot SD40)
  • Canon Digital IXUS V* ( IXY Digital 200 / PowerShot S110 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS V2 ( IXY Digital 200a / PowerShot S200)
  • Canon Digital IXUS V3 ( IXY Digital 320 / PowerShot S330 )
  • Canon Digital IXUS Wireless ( IXY Digital Wireless / PowerShot SD430 )
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PowerShot series

A series

G series

Pro series

  • Canon PowerShot Pro S1
  • Canon PowerShot Pro1
  • Canon PowerShot Pro70
  • Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

S series

RC CCD cameras

  • Canon RC-250 (Q-PIC)
  • Canon RC-251
  • Canon RC-260
  • Canon RC-360
  • Canon RC-450
  • Canon RC-570
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PowerShot SD630 Digital Elph[3]
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Powershot S2 IS[4]

35mm SLR

Fixed lens

R Mount (1959-1963)

FL Mount (1964-1969)

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FX[5]

FD Mount (1970-1990)

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T80[6]


A series


T series

EF Mount (Auto Focus)

Canon's EF mount is the widest throat lens mount for modern 35mm-format SLR cameras (film or digital). The distance from flange to film is also quite small, which makes it one of the most adaptable: though AF functions do not work, many users have adapted their EOS bodies to use lenses from Nikon, Contax, Leica, Pentax, and others.

  • Canon EOS 1
  • Canon EOS 1N (1N RS)
  • Canon EOS 1V
  • Canon EOS 3
  • Canon EOS 5 (EOS A2 / EOS A2E / EOS 5 QD)
  • Canon EOS 10 (EOS 10S / 10 QD)
  • Canon EOS 30 (Elan 7 / Elan 7e / EOS 7)
  • Canon EOS 30V (EOS Elan 7NE / EOS 7S; EOS 33V / Elan 7N)
  • Canon EOS 50 (Elan II / Elan IIe / EOS 55)
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EOS 100[7]
  • Canon EOS 100 (EOS Elan / EOS 100 QD)
  • Canon EOS 300 (EOS Rebel 2000 / EOS Kiss 3 / EOS Kiss III L)
  • Canon EOS 300V (EOS Rebel Ti / EOS Kiss 5)
  • Canon EOS 300X (EOS Rebel T2 / EOS Kiss 7)
  • Canon EOS 500 (EOS Rebel XS; EOS Rebel X / EOS Kiss)
  • Canon EOS 500N (EOS Rebel G / New EOS Kiss)
  • Canon EOS 600 (EOS 630 / EOS 630 QD)
  • Canon EOS 620
  • Canon EOS 650 (1987 - the first EOS)
  • Canon EOS 700 (EOS 700 QD)
  • Canon EOS 750 (EOS 750 QD)
  • Canon EOS 850 (EOS 850 QD)
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EOS 1000FN[8]
  • Canon EOS 1000F (EOS Rebel / EOS Rebel S / EOS 1000 QD)
  • Canon EOS 1000FN (EOS Rebel II / EOS Rebel S2 / EOS 1000S QD)
  • Canon EOS 3000 (EOS 88)
  • Canon EOS 3000N (EOS Rebel XS N / EOS 66)
  • Canon EOS 3000V (EOS K2 / EOS Kiss Lite)
  • Canon EOS 5000 (EOS 888)
  • Canon EOS RT
  • Canon EOS Rebel GII

EF mount (Manual Focus)

Lenses for other mounts

See Exakta lenses for a couple of 1955 lenses for the Exakta (or Topcon).

35mm rangefinder

Interchangeable lens

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IV sb[9]

And also screwmount lenses for the above (or other bodies with an appropriate lensmount). Canon also made the 25/3.5 in Contax (or Nikon S) mount.

Fixed lens

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GIII QL 17[10]

35mm compact

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AF35 MII[11]

35mm half frame

APS film

SLR

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IX[12]

Compact


110 film

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110 ED[13]

126 film

  • Canomatic C30
  • Canomatic M70

120 film

The Seica (4.5×6) coupled-rangefinder folding camera has a SEIKI-KOGAKU engraving and it was perhaps a prototype made by Canon's predecessor.

Cine cameras

Regular 8mm Film

  • Cine 8-T
  • Cine Canonet 8
  • Cine Zoom 512
  • Motor Zoom 8 EEE
  • Reflex Zoom 8
  • Reflex Zoom 8-2
  • Reflex Zoom 8-3

Super 8mm Film

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auto zoom 518[14]
  • AF 514 XL-S
  • AF 310 XL
  • AF 310 XL-S
  • Auto Zoom 318 M
  • Auto Zoom 512 Xl Electronic
  • Auto Zoom 518 Super 8
  • Auto Zoom 518 SV
  • Auto Zoom 814 Electronic
  • Auto Zoom 814 Super 8
  • Auto Zoom 1014 Electronic
  • Auto Zoom 1218 Super 8
  • Auto Zoom 2018 Electronic (prototype)
  • Zoom 250 Super 8
  • Zoom 318 Super 8
  • Zoom 518 Super 8
  • Zoom DS-8 (double super 8mm camera)
  • 310 XL
  • 312 XL-S
  • 514 XL
  • 514 XL-S
  • 814 XL Electronic
  • 814 XL-S
  • 1014 XL-S

Single 8mm Film

  • Single 8 518
  • Single 8 518 SV

16mm Film

  • Scoopic 16
  • Sound Scoopic 100
  • Sound Scoopic 200
  • Sound Scoopic 200S (200SE is the same but has viewfinder markings for TV)
  • Sound Scoopic 200S10
  • Sound Scoopic 16M
  • Sound Scoopic 16MN
  • Sound Scoopic 16MS
  • Systema Sound 16

image contributor credits

  1. ↑ EOS 300D and EOS 400D, image by Martin Taylor, license: image used with permission, all rights reserved.
  2. ↑ RC-701, image by Bambi851, license: image used with permission, all rights reserved.
  3. ↑ PowerShot SD630 Digital Elph, image by pointnshoot, license: image used with permission, all rights reserved.
  4. ↑ Powershot S2 IS, image by Tim Williams, license: image used with permission, all rights reserved.
  5. ↑ FX, image by clicks_1000, license: image used with permission, all rights reserved.
  6. ↑ T80, image by Mike Caine, license: Creative Commons (commercial use allowed).
  7. ↑ EOS 100, image by Tim Williams, license: Creative Commons (not for commercial use).
  8. ↑ EOS 1000FN, image by Arty Smokes, license: Creative Commons (not for commercial use).
  9. ↑ IV sb, image by Mike Caine, license: Creative Commons (commercial use allowed).
  10. ↑ GIII QL 17, image by Martin Taylor, license: Creative Commons (not for commercial use).
  11. ↑ AF35 MII, image by LucisPictor, license: Image used with permission.
  12. ↑ IX, image by Mike Caine, license: Creative Commons (commercial use allowed).
  13. ↑ 110 ED, image by Tom Brogan, license: Creative Commons (not for commercial use).
  14. ↑ auto zoom 518, image by Harri Haataja, license: Creative Commons (not for commercial use).

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