Canon is a Japan based website. The company was founded in the year 1937. It is a ‘Japanese Multinational Corporation’. The headquarters of Canon are located in Ota in Tokyo, Japan. Canon focuses mainly on imaging, which comprises of computer printers, cameras and photocopiers. The official website of the company is ‘www.canon.com’. Canon employs over 20,000 people as of the year 2008.

Canon products are available on the website. They are photographic equipment that are, SLR and Digital cameras, scanners, calculators, printers and binoculars, Document and Print solutions, IT, medical, broadcast and optical imaging equipment.

The first camera launched by canon was in the year 1934. It was a ‘35mm focal plane – shutter camera’. In 1940 Canon came out with ‘an indirect X – ray camera’. Read the rest of this entry »