Canon (company)
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 laboratory 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.
The official Japanese name of the company is キヤノン (not キャノン).
Canon's main competitors include Nikon, Minolta, Leica, Pentax, Olympus, Sony, Epson and Hewlett-Packard..
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