For those listening to the audio podcast, here are the photo examples from the YouTube video version of the show:
Goro Yoshida, founder of Canon Global
A 1914 Ur-Leica, by Oscar Barnack
Kwanon Prototype
One of the first Canon (then labeled Kwanon) logos
Evolution of the Canon logo
Takeshi Mitari, co-founder of Canon Global
An early Canon 50mm f/1.8 lenses (then branded as Serenar)
The Leica M-3
The Canon Flex, one of the earliest Canon SLR models
The Canon AT-1, which quickly became commercial success
A Canon 7 fitted with a unique 50mm f/.095 lens. Note the size – necessary for ultra-shallow depth of field
The Canon Pellix – another one of Canon’s popular SLRs
The Canon F-1
The Canon AE-1
These type of ads from Canon helped sway potential customers to the Canon brand
The Canon T70
The Canon EOS 650 – on of the first SLRs with the “EOS” branding
The Canon EOS-1. Starting to look familiar? This style of body influenced the look and feel of contemporary Canons
The Canon EOS RT
The Canon EOS 10
Magazine advertisement from the Andre Agassi EOS Rebel campaign
The Canon EOS 5
The Canon EOS Elan IIe
The Canon EOS-1 N. This 35mm SLR was capable of shooting 10 frames per second, a groundbreaking achievement at the time
The Canon EOS D30
The Pentax K200 D – Justin’s first (and current) digital camera. This camera sold me with its waterproof housing and in-body image stabilization!
The Sony Mavica MVC-FD5. This digital camera used 3.5″ floppies to store its images
The Sony Mavica MCV-CD1000. The next-generation of Mavica DSLRs, this camera used CD-Rs (and later, CD-RWs) to write its images
The Canon 5D – Canon’s first digital SLR
The Canon 5DmkII – The next generation in the 5D series. This camera introduced 1080p video capibilities, a huge advent at the time. Major studio films still use these regularly to film short clips or as “crash cams“
