Company Overview

Canon, Inc.

Company Website: www.canon.com
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Canon is a Japanese based corporation specializing in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, displays, TV broadcasting and film equipment, projectors, photocopiers, computer printers, image scanners, photocopiers, binoculars, microscopes, medical equipment, MRI and diagnostic ultrasound systems, LCD and OLED panel manufacturing equipment, CCTV solutions, imagining sensors, calculators, high precision positioning and measurements solutions, and custom optical components (including lenses) for third party companies. It is headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.

Lens Models

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FD Series Primes

Canon FD Fisheye 7.5mm f/5.6
Canon FD S.S.C.-Fisheye 7.5mm f/5.6
Canon nFD Fisheye 7.5mm f/5.6
Canon FD L 14mm f/2.8
Canon FD S.S.C-Fisheye 15mm f/2.8
Canon nFD Fisheye 15mm f/2.8
Canon FD 17mm f/4.0
Canon FD S.S.C. 17mm f/4.0
Canon nFD 17mm f/4.0
Canon FD S.S.C. 20mm f/2.8
Canon nFD 20mm f/2.8
Canon FD S.S.C. ASPH 24mm f/1.4
Canon nFD L 24mm f/1.4
Canon nFD 24mm f/2.0
Canon FD 24mm f/2.8
Canon FD S.S.C. 24mm f/2.8
Canon nFD 24mm f/2.8
Canon FD S.S.C. 28mm f/2.0
Canon nFD 28mm f/2.0
Canon FD S.S.C. 28mm f/2.8
Canon nFD 28mm f/2.8
Canon FD 28mm f/3.5
Canon FD S.C. 28mm f/3.5
Canon FD 35mm f/2.0
Canon FD S.S.C. 35mm f/2.0
Canon nFD 35mm f/2.0
Canon FD TS 35mm f/2.8
Canon FD TS S.S.C. 35mm f/2.8
Canon nFD 35mm f/2.8
Canon FD 35mm f/3.5
Canon FD S.S.C. 35mm f/3.5
Canon nFD 50mm f/1.2
Canon nFD L 50mm f/1.2
Canon FD 50mm f/1.4
Canon FD S.S.C. 50mm f/1.4
Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4
Canon FD 50mm f/1.8
Canon FD S.C. 50mm f/1.8
Canon nFD 50mm f/1.8
Canon FD AC 50mm f/1.8
Canon nFD 50mm f/2.0
Canon FD S.S.C. Macro 50mm f/3.5
Canon nFD Macro 50mm f/3.5
Canon FD 55mm f/1.2
Canon FD S.S.C. 55mm f/1.2
Canon FD AL 55mm f/1.2
Canon FD S.S.C. AL 55mm f/1.2
Canon FD S.S.C. ASPH 55mm f/1.2
Canon FD S.S.C. ASPH 85mm f/1.2
Canon nFD L 85mm f/1.2
Canon FD 85mm f/1.8
Canon FD S.S.C. 85mm f/1.8
Canon nFD 85mm f/1.8
Canon FD Soft Focus 85mm f/2.8
Canon nFD 100mm f/2.0
Canon FD 100mm f/2.8
Canon FD S.S.C. 100mm f/2.8
Canon nFD 100mm f/2.8
Canon FD Macro 100mm f/4.0
Canon nFD Macro 100mm f/4.0
Canon nFD 135mm f/2.0
Canon FD 135mm f/2.5
Canon FD S.C. 135mm f/2.5
Canon nFD 135mm f/2.8
Canon FD 135mm f/3.5
Canon FD S.C. 135mm f/3.5
Canon nFD 135mm f/3.5
Canon nFD L 200mm f/1.8
Canon FD S.S.C. 200mm f/2.8
Canon nFD 200mm f/2.8
Canon nFD II 200mm f/2.8
Canon FD 200mm f/4.0
Canon FD S.S.C. 200mm f/4.0
Canon nFD 200mm f/4.0
Canon nFD Macro 200mm f/4.0
Canon FD S.S.C. Flourite 300mm f/2.8
Canon nFD L 300mm f/2.8
Canon nFD 300mm f/4.0
Canon FD S.S.C. 300mm f/4.0
Canon FD L 300mm f/4.0
Canon nFD L 300mm f/4.0
Canon FD 300mm f/5.6
Canon FD S.C. 300mm f/5.6
Canon FD S.S.C. 300mm f/5.6
Canon nFD 300mm f/5.6
Canon nFD L 400mm f/2.8
Canon FD S.S.C. 400mm f/4.5
Canon nFD 400mm f/4.5
Canon FD L 500mm f/4.5
Canon nFD L 500mm f/4.5
Canon FD Reflex S.S.C. 500mm f/8.0
Canon nFD Reflex 500mm f/8.0
Canon FD S.S.C. 600mm f/4.5
Canon nFD 600mm f/4.5
Canon FD S.S.C. 800mm f/5.6
Canon FD L 800mm f/5.6
Canon nFD L 800mm f/5.6
Canon nFD L 1200mm f/5.6

FD Series Zooms

Canon nFD L 20-35mm f/3.5
Canon FD S.S.C. Asph. 24-35mm f/3.5
Canon nFD L 24-35mm f/3.5
Canon FD S.S.C. 28-50mm f/3.5
Canon nFD 28-50mm f/3.5
Canon nFD 28-55mm f/3.5-4.5
Canon nFD 28-85mm f/4
Canon FD S.S.C. 35-70mm f/2.8-3.5
Canon nFD 35-70mm f/2.8-3.5
Canon nFD 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5
Canon FD AC 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5
Canon nFD 35-70mm f/4
Canon nFD AF 35-70mm f/4
Canon nFD 35-105mm f/3.5
Canon nFD 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
Canon nFD 50-135mm f/3.5
Canon nFD L 50-300mm f/4.5
Canon nFD 70-150mm f/4.5
Canon nFD 70-210mm f/4
Canon nFD 75-200mm f/4.5
Canon FD AC 75-200mm f/4.5
Canon FD S.S.C. 80-200mm f/4
Canon nFD 80-200mm f/4
Canon nFD L 80-200mm f/4
Canon FD S.S.C. 85-300mm f/4.5
Canon nFD 85-300mm f/4.5
Canon FD 100-200mm f/5.6
Canon FD S.S.C. 100-200mm f/5.6
Canon nFD 100-200mm f/5.6
Canon nFD 100-300mm f/5.6
Canon nFD 100-300mm f/5.6 II
Canon nFD L 100-300mm f/5.6
Canon nFD 150-600mm f/5.6

DSLR/Mirrorless Primes

Canon RF 5.2mm f/2.8 L Dual Fisheye
Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM
Canon TS-E 17mm f/4 L
Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L II
Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM
Canon RF 24mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM
Canon RF 28mm f/2.8 STM
Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L II USM
Canon TS-E 50mm f/2.8 L Macro
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM
Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM
Canon RF 50mm f/1.2 L USM
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro
Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Canon EF 85mm f/1.4 L IS USM
Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM DS
Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 L Macro
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
Canon RF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
Canon RF 135mm f/1.8 L IS USM
Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS III USM
Canon RF 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Canon RF 600mm f/11 IS STM
Canon EF 600mm f/4 L IS III USM
Canon RF 600mm f/4 L IS USM
Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM
Canon EF 800mm f/5.6 L IS USM
Canon RF 800mm f/5.6 L IS USM
Canon RF 1200mm f/8 L IS USM

DSLR/Mirrorless Zooms

Canon EF 8-15mm f/4 L Fisheye USM
Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM
Canon RF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM
Canon RF 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Canon EF 11-24mm f/4 L USM
Canon RF 14-35mm f/4 L IS USM
Canon RF 15-30mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM
Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Canon EF 16-35mm f/4 L IS USM
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L III USM
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Canon RF-S 18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Canon RF-S 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
Canon RF 24-50mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II USM
Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS II USM
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM
Canon RF 24-105mm f/2.8 L IS USM Z
Canon RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 IS USM
Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 L USM
Canon RF-S 55-210mm f/5-7.1 IS STM
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS II USM
Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS III USM
Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM
Canon RF 100-300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II USM
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II USM
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 IS USM

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History

Founded: 1933 — Tokyo, Empire of Japan (modern day Japan)

Currently: Canon Inc.

Canon is an Japanese brand founded in 1933 as Seiki Kogaku Kenkyujo (Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory) in Tokyo by Goro Yoshida, his brother-in-law Saburo Uchida, Uchida’s colleague Takeo Maeda, and Uchida’s close friend Takeshi Mitarai. Over the decades, Canon has grown to become an enormous multinational company producing a wide variety of imaging products such as photocopiers, scanners, and, of course, cameras.

The story goes that Goro Yoshida was interested in the possibility of making high end 35mm rangefinders in Japan and so established a company to further investigate the matter. After closely studying a disassembled Leica II, Yoshida became angry when he realized that the premiumly priced German camera was made of high quality but relatively inexpensive parts. He went to work replicating the Leica II and produced the company’s first camera in 1934: the Kwanon which was named after the bodhisattva Guanyin, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy. Two years later, the company eased up on the religious iconography, registered the “Canon” trademark, and released its first commercially available camera: the Hansa Canon which used a Nikon-sourced lens since they didn’t start making their own optics until just before World War II.

Precision Optical Industry, Co., Ltd. emerged from World War II virtually unscathed and resumed operations with the goal to surpass Leica. Luckily for them, there was a growing interest in Japanese-made cameras among Allied (mainly American) soldiers occupying postwar Japan but the Precision Optical Industry Co.’s disjointed naming conventions began to hurt sales so they decided to unify all products and rename the company as Canon Camera Co.

As Nikon began dominating the professional market in the late ’50s and early ’60s with the venerable F and its successors, Canon slowly distanced itself from the high-end market and began manufacturing lower-end models for consumers and even entered into a partnership with Bell & Howell to market Canon models in the United States. With cameras like the ever-ubiquitous AE-1 and the wildly popular Canonet QL17 G-III, Canon gained control over a significant portion of the consumer camera market before striking back at Nikon in 1989 with the professional-grade EOS-1 and a brand new line of autofocus lenses which lured countless photographers away.

Today, Canon is a leader in the camera industry having claimed the number one spot in global Digital SLR sales since 2003. In addition to digital cameras, Canon also offers a wide variety of other products such as consumer and professional grade camcorders, flatbed scanners, fax machines, photocopiers, printers, ophthalmic diagnostic equipment, and digital X-ray machines.

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Table of Contents

Company Overview

Canon, Inc.

Lens Models

Cine Lenses

K-35 MkI

K-35 MkII

K-35 MkIII

K-35 Macro Zoom

Super 16 Zooms

CN-E Primes

CN-R Primes

Sumire

CN-E Zoom

Flex Zoom

Cine-Servo

Compact- Servo

Zooms

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