Item description for VTG CANON T70 35mm CAMERA DUAL METER SYSTEM FL 50mm LENS 1:1.8 151046 188A FLASH

Canon Inc., Kiyanon kabushiki-gaisha is a Japanese multinational corporation that specialises in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, steppers and computer printers. Its headquarters are located in Ota, Tokyo, Japan.

Origins
The company was originally (until 1947) named Seikikogaku kenkyusho (Precision Optical Industry Co. Ltd.), founded by Goro Yoshida. In 1934 it produced a prototype for Japan’s first-ever 35 mm camera with a focal plane shutter. It was a copy of the Leica design and was named Kwanon. During these first years the company did not have the facilities to produce their own optical glass, so the first cameras came with Nikkor lenses from Nippon Kogaku K.K. (the later Nikon Corporation). In 1947 the company name was changed to Canon and the first own Serenar lenses were made.

Company milestones
Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory is the predecessor of Canon Inc. and was founded in Tokyo in 1937 by Takeshi Mitarai, Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda.
1930s – 1960s
1933 – 1936: ‘The Kwanon’, a copy of the Leica design, Japan’s first 35 mm focal plane-shutter camera, was produced in prototype form.
1940: An indirect X-ray camera, also a first for Japan, is developed.
1947: The company is renamed Canon Camera Co., Inc.
1958: A field zoom lens for television broadcasting is introduced.
1959: Reflex Zoom 8, the world’s first movie camera with a zoom lens, and Canonflex are introduced.
1961: Canon creates an Rangefinder camera, Canon 7, and 50mm 1:0.95 lens in a special bayonet mount.
1964: 'Canola 130', the first Japanese made 10-key calculator, is introduced. It was a substantial improvement on the design of the British Bell Punch company, which introduced the first fully electronic calculator two years earlier with the Sumlock Anita Mark 8 unit.
1965: Canon introduces Canon Pellix, an SLR camera with a semi-transparent stationary mirror which enables taking pictures through the mirror.
1969: The company's name is changed to Canon Inc.

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