When was the Canon brand founded?

It was founded in June of 1933, 1 1, and was named "Seiki Optical Research Institute" at that time. 1934, a group of young people copied the German Leica camera in Tokyo and developed the first 35 mm focal plane shutter camera Kwanon in Japan. 1935 introduced the 35 mm focal plane camera Hansa Canon, and in the same year officially registered Canon's trademark "Canon". On August 1937, "Precision Optics Industry Company" was formally established, and on August 1947, it was renamed as "Canon Camera Co., Ltd.". Kwanon is the evolution of the Roman word Guanyin in Japanese. For more than half a century, with the advent of a new generation of Canon cameras, Canon has created countless firsts in the history of camera development in the world, and the "Canon" camera brand has become one of the most famous cameras in the world.

Canon launched the first 35mm single-lens reflex camera Canon Flex 1959. After years of research and development, the professional 135 SLR F- 1 and its supporting FD lens were first introduced in 197 1. This advanced professional camera, which is famous for its durability, can be used at -30℃ and 60℃. The shutter of this camera has withstood the trouble-free test of100000 times and adopted the advanced ultra-thin titanium horizontal curtain shutter. As soon as this well-designed professional camera went on the market, it caused a sensation in the whole photography industry.

Canon developed the first ordinary paper copier in Japan in the early 1970s, and successfully developed bubble inkjet printing technology for the first time in the early 1980s. The emphasis and investment in technology research and development has made Canon a leader in the same industry. In 2004, Canon registered 1805 patents in the United States, ranking among the top three patents registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office for 13 years in a row.