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Canon

by Derek Fung · Published June 9, 2017 · Updated June 9, 2017

The company was founded in 1933 in Tokyo as the Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory. In 1934, it released its first prototype, a 35mm focal plane shutter model named Kwanon.

Kwanon or Kwannon is the Japanese name for Guanyin, a Buddhist deity commonly referred to as the Goddess of Mercy in English.

The prototype is followed up by a production model, known as the Hansa Canon. It wasn’t until 1947, after World War II, that the company changed its name to Canon.

Source: Canon official history via Internet Archive.
Header image: Canon lens cap by Tanner White on Flickr.

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