Canon cameras began its journey in the year 1933, when its predecessor, Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory, was founded in Tokyo. This was followed by a series of remarkable inventions and in 1947 the company became Canon Camera Co., Inc.
The earliest Canon cameras derived much from the design of the Leica thread mount rangefinder cameras. However, concerns about patents, as well as ignorance of the precise specification of the Leica thread mount, kept these earliest Canon cameras distinctive.
Starting with the vision to make the best camera for the world, today Canon is ranked 154th on Fortune 500. Canon India Pvt. Ltd. was set up in 1997, as a subsidiary of Canon Singapore Pvt Ltd; with an array of imaging products that include digital cameras, camcorders and many more. The series of Canon cameras and Canon camcorders available across world are:
Canon DC Series
Canon EOS Series
Canon FS Series
Canon HF Series
Canon HV Series
Canon IXUS Series
Canon MD Series
Canon MV Series and
Canon PowerShot Series