Picture This: Photography Podcast Ep. 7 – Canon Cameras: The History

 

For those listening to the audio podcast, here are the photo examples from the YouTube video version of the show:

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Goro Yoshida, founder of Canon Global

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A 1914 Ur-Leica, by Oscar Barnack

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Kwanon Prototype

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One of the first Canon (then labeled Kwanon) logos

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Evolution of the Canon logo

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Takeshi Mitari, co-founder of Canon Global

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An early Canon 50mm f/1.8 lenses (then branded as Serenar)

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The Leica M-3

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The Canon Flex, one of the earliest Canon SLR models

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The Canon AT-1, which quickly became commercial success

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A Canon 7 fitted with a unique 50mm f/.095 lens. Note the size – necessary for ultra-shallow depth of field

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The Canon Pellix – another one of Canon’s popular SLRs

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The Canon F-1

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The Canon AE-1

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These type of ads from Canon helped sway potential customers to the Canon brand

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The Canon T70

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The Canon EOS 650 – on of the first SLRs with the “EOS” branding

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The Canon EOS-1. Starting to look familiar? This style of body influenced the look and feel of contemporary Canons

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The Canon EOS RT

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The Canon EOS 10

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Magazine advertisement from the Andre Agassi EOS Rebel campaign

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The Canon EOS 5

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The Canon EOS Elan IIe

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The Canon EOS-1 N. This 35mm SLR was capable of shooting 10 frames per second, a groundbreaking achievement at the time

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The Canon EOS D30

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The Pentax K200 D – Justin’s first (and current) digital camera. This camera sold me with its waterproof housing and in-body image stabilization!

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The Sony Mavica MVC-FD5. This digital camera used 3.5″ floppies to store its images

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The Sony Mavica MCV-CD1000. The next-generation of Mavica DSLRs, this camera used CD-Rs (and later, CD-RWs) to write its images

frontviewThe Canon 5D – Canon’s first digital SLR

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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