Talk:Canon Inc.

Meaning?

What is this sentence supposed to mean?

The company was founed [...] by the co-founder Yoshida Goro, his brother-in-law Uchida Saburo aid by 御手洗毅 to pursue research of luxury cameras.

It doesn't seem to make any sense to me. -- Timwi 14:40 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)

This page states that the original name was 'Kwanon'. But list of company name etymologies states that it was 'Kannon', named after a Buddhist deity (or somesuch). So, which is it? grendel|khan 07:45, 2004 Aug 9 (UTC)

Neither. Its first camera was Kwanon (after buddist goddess of mercy). I have corrected both. T Long 03:01, 2004 Sep 5 (UTC)

Removed a bunch of external link that were too specific (why would we link to tutorials on underwater photography, or the product page for a single line of cameras?) and just left the one link to the official homepage. The others didn't really add anything. grendel|khan 04:37, 2004 Sep 27 (UTC)

Hi, what's up with the backpack picture? :-) Seriously, that's quite a surprise on Canon Inc. page, plus it really does not bring any light on the subject... ClementSeveillac 22:18, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Since no one shouted, I have just removed it ClementSeveillac 22:12, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

I think Nikon cameras must be better, just look at how much better the Nikon wikipedia page is. Funkyj 16:24, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

"The company was founed [...] by the co-founder Yoshida Goro, his brother-in-law Uchida Saburo aid by 御手洗毅 to pursue research of luxury cameras."

御手洗 is "toilet". Someone messed up something big here. Kannon (the goddess) is 観音. (Stefan2 13:33, 17 October 2006 (UTC))

The word for toilet is actually 洗面所 Bilky asko 17:01, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

You're both right, sort of. 御手洗 can be read as おてあらい (Otearai), meaning toilet. However, it is also the current Chairman's surname, and then it's read as みたらい (Mitarai). Yes, it's a weird name. Stauff 00:28, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Canon Still making SLRs

Someone has requested that I post a reference to the paragraph that I removed. I generally don't cite something that isn't there, but placing the link to an appropriate article here, nottaproblemo!

The Associated Press took things even further. Their article entitled "Canon to Stop Making Single-Lens Camera" seemed to suggest that the company would cease making SLR film cameras altogether.

AP oopsied Canon's intent

Madmaxmarchhare 18:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for opening the discussion! This is the text that was removed from the article:

In May of 2005, the company announced it would stop developing new single-lens reflex film cameras. The company will continue to sell its existing models as long as demand remains.

Note that it doesn't say that Canon will stop making film cameras; it says the company will stop developing new film camears. They're still making existing models, just not investing in R+D to produce additional new models.

This doesn't conflict with what AP reported, and matches what other news outlets (like Reuters [1]) have reported. -- Mikeblas 18:26, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

To be clear, Canon has not stated that it is halting development of film cameras - be they SLRs or compact models. Instead, the company has basically suggested that it is continuing to evaluate the market, so as to determine how much longer its development of new models (and production of existing models) should continue.

I guess this is the relevant paragraph, here. So, in essence, if I'm reading this right, there's no official anything to suggest that they are giving up film cameras, SLR or otherwise. [to add, including development] Madmaxmarchhare 18:30, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I guess if you want the paragraph back, it could paraphrase this line:

would consider whether it needs to continue developing" film cameras

Madmaxmarchhare 18:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Please read the Reuters article: A spokesman at Canon, the world's largest maker of digital cameras, said it made the decision to freeze development of both compact and single lens reflex (SLR) film models because the markets for both are shrinking. This is the same thing the AP article says (past its headline). Is it your contention that both sources are completely incorrect? The article you've referenced doesn't explain how it knows the intent of Canon better than Reuters and AP. My take is that Development isn't the same as manufacturing; that they're not investing in R+D for film cameras and will focus those efforts instead on digital imaging. -- Mikeblas 18:38, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't care about the paragraph; I'm just trying to find out the truth. That is, how do we decide if AP and Reuters are correct, or if the unreferenced, unsubstantiated link you've provided is correct? Or something in the middle (that is, it's about development and not manufacturing)? -- Mikeblas 18:39, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Here's the original Kyodo service story, which Reuters and AP are both (mis?) quoting. -- Mikeblas 19:01, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, one could write to the author of the story, Mike Tompkins, to see what more he knows. It does seem like a bit of a confusing snafu. I'm personally not invested enough in this article to desire doing this, but, I agree, it's probably worth finding out the truth in this case.. Madmaxmarchhare 20:30, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Lacking?

This article seems lacking to me, especially considering how much is written about the company's products elsewhere in Wikipedia. Perhaps some inspiration could be found on this page of the Japanese Wikipedia...? Japanese article on Canon cameras It seems like there's some info there that would be relevant to the discussion of Canon's history and entry into the photography market (it's hard for me to tell based on Google's translation of it :) ). Perhaps someone flutent in Japanese can make use of that. Personally, I'd actually like to see the article expanded to talk about their entry into all the markets they're in now (i.e., consumer printers, cameras, etc.). A lot of company pages have histories and I'm rather surprised there isn't one for Canon. RobertM525 19:16, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Contradiction

The article states that Canon was founded in 1937 but established in 1933. This seems like a contradiction. Greenshed 21:43, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

28-November-2006: The Canon website says "August 10, 1937" so I'll use that date and reword the article about "1933" as formative. -Wikid77 00:44, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Goro Yoshida?

Wasn't Goro Yoshida the main "behind-the-scenes" villain, yami shogun (dark lord) in Raymond Benson's The Man with the Red Tattoo? JIP | Talk 18:02, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Link confusion

I am searching for Canon PowerShot S2 IS, and this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_PowerShot_S2_IS apparently linked me to Canon Company.

This is quite odd... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Emancipator (talk • contribs) 06:23, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

Slogan

Is "Delighting You Always" only used in Japan? I don't know about the US, but here in the UK they use "You can". 86.132.138.168 15:26, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Suprised

For such a large and well known brand as Canon, it suprises me that it has such a small article? It would be good to see it improved--Matt von Furrie 03:16, 16 June 2007 (UTC)