PHOTOGRAPHE CANON
Canon Inc. est une entreprise japonaise basée à Tokyo spécialisée dans les produits optiques, incluant appareils photo, photocopieurs et imprimantes. Le nom officiel japonais de la compagnie est kiyanon.
Le nom Canon vient du Bodhisattva bouddhiste Avalokiteśvara (Kan'non en japonais). La société se dénommait initialement 精機光学研究所 (Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho) pour "Laboratoire d'instruments de précision optique". Le premier appareil photo 35mm commercialisé portait le nom de Kwanon, qui devint rapidement Canon pour l'internationaliser. La société prit ensuite le nom de Precision Optical Industry Co. Ltd. en 1937 puis, dix ans plus tard, elle adopte son patronyme actuel Canon (1947).
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Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation specialized in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, steppers, computer printers and medical equipment. It is headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. Canon has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX index. It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. At the beginning of 2015, Canon was the tenth largest public company in Japan when measured by market capitalization.
The company was originally named Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho (jpn. 精機光学研究所, Precision Optical Industry Co. Ltd.). In 1934 it produced the Kwanon, a prototype for Japan’s first-ever 35 mm camera with a focal plane based shutter. In 1947 the company name was changed to Canon Camera Co., Inc., shortened to Canon Inc. in 1969. The name Canon comes from Buddhist bodhisattva Guan Yin (観音, Kannon in Japanese), previously transliterated as Kuanyin, Kwannon, or Kwanon in English.
Le nom Canon vient du Bodhisattva bouddhiste Avalokiteśvara (Kan'non en japonais). La société se dénommait initialement 精機光学研究所 (Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho) pour "Laboratoire d'instruments de précision optique". Le premier appareil photo 35mm commercialisé portait le nom de Kwanon, qui devint rapidement Canon pour l'internationaliser. La société prit ensuite le nom de Precision Optical Industry Co. Ltd. en 1937 puis, dix ans plus tard, elle adopte son patronyme actuel Canon (1947).
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Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation specialized in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, steppers, computer printers and medical equipment. It is headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. Canon has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX index. It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. At the beginning of 2015, Canon was the tenth largest public company in Japan when measured by market capitalization.
The company was originally named Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho (jpn. 精機光学研究所, Precision Optical Industry Co. Ltd.). In 1934 it produced the Kwanon, a prototype for Japan’s first-ever 35 mm camera with a focal plane based shutter. In 1947 the company name was changed to Canon Camera Co., Inc., shortened to Canon Inc. in 1969. The name Canon comes from Buddhist bodhisattva Guan Yin (観音, Kannon in Japanese), previously transliterated as Kuanyin, Kwannon, or Kwanon in English.