The year was 1934 when born the Kwanon, the first prototype camera from the Japanese company would end up calling Canon. It was the first Japanese photographic machine 35 mm focal plane shutter. The baptized inspired the name of the Buddhist goddess of mercy. At the top of the camera body can be seen engraved with the goddess of a thousand arms. The inventor of the Kwanon, and co-founder of the company, named Goro Yoshida (1900-1993). At that time the leading manufacturers of film cameras were 35mm Leica and Contax. It was supposed to be four variants Kwanon; however, no finished seeing the light. The objective of the machine is also given a name related to Buddhism, Kasyapa, commemorating Mahakashapa, a disciple of Buddha.
It took another couple of years for the Japanese company could launch its first commercial camera on the market: the Hansa Canon, the standard model. It was presented in February 1936 with an introductory price of 275 yen a Nikkor 50mm F / 3.5. It is an improved version of Kwanon. This 35mm camera with focal-plane shutter technology incorporates Nikon not only the goal but also in the optical rangefinder and focus frame. The display was displayed after pressing a button, so it was called “surprise box”.
The first SLR marking machine, the Canonflex, dating from 1959 , followed by the Canonet (1961), a telemetry camera with a bestseller. Later came other popular models such as the Canon F1, a reflex of 1971, and Canon AE-1 (1976), the first SLR with integrated microprocessor world. The Canon EOS debut in 1987 , the first SLR camera with autofocus market wearing a fully electronic mount system. The switchover to digital occurred in 1995 The Canon EOS DCS 3 went on sale in July 1995 at a price of 1,980,000 yen; based on a 1.3-megapixel CCD sensor, could continuous shooting at 2.7 fps (frames per second) in bursts of 12 frames. The EOS DCS 3 kept the photos on a memory card of 260 MB, which could hold some 189 large images, and was prepared to operate in low light.
In 1934, his country Kodak launched to market three models: the Baby Brownie, which would be on sale until 1941; the Junior BROWNIE SIX-16; and Junior BROWNIE SIX-20 (both available until 1942). It had been over three decades since Kodak launched its first camera, The Brownie Camera , in 1900 Meanwhile, the Germans of Leica had to catalog his Leica III from 1933 debut In 1934 the Leica 250 , also known as reporter , I could work with rolls ten feet of film for 250 exposures without reloading. Combined with a spring motor, the Luftwaffe used it on reconnaissance.
Canon Kwanon, Canon's first camera turns 80
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