List of Canon products explained

The following provides a partial list of products manufactured under the Canon brand.

Other products manufactured and/or service-rendered under the Canon brand may not appear here. Such products may include office or industrial application devices, wireless LAN products, and semiconductor and precision products.

Slide, 8 mm and Super 8 mm film projectors

Slide projectors

Regular 8 mm projectors

Dual Gauge (Regular, Single orSuper 8 mm) projectors

Single 8 or Super 8 mm projectors

Cameras

Rangefinder film cameras

Seiki Kogaku (now Canon) began to develop and subsequently to produce rangefinder cameras with the Kwanon prototype in 1933, based on the Leica II 35mm camera, with separate rangefinder and view finder systems (3 windows). Production began with the Hansa Canon on the Leica III format through World War II. Post war, Canon resumed production of pre-war designs in early 1946 with the JII viewfinder and the S1 rangefinder. But in late 1946 they introduced the SII which departed from the Leica design by offering a combined viewfinder/rangefinder system, reducing the windows on the front of the camera to two. However, in most other respects these cameras remained visually similar to the Leica III.

In 1956, Canon departed from the Leica II Style and developed a more contemporary look, along with a Contax style self-timer level to the left of the lens mount. This was the first Canon camera with a swing-open camera back for film loading. Upper end models had a new three-mode viewfinders and winding triggers.

Canon partnered with US manufacturer Bell & Howell between 1961–1976 and a few Canon products were sold in the US under the Bell & Howell brand e.g. Canon 7 Rangefinder, Canon EX-EE, and the Canon TX.

SLR cameras

(See also:)

Canon developed and produced the Canon R lens mount for film SLR cameras in 1959. The FL lens mount replaced R-mounts in 1964.

Details http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/search.php?param=canonflex

Canon developed and produced the Canon FL lens-mount standard for film SLR cameras from 1964 to replace the Canon R lens-mount standard. The FD lens mount standard replaced FL-mounts in 1971.

In 1969 Canon introduced an economy camera/lens system where the rear three elements (in two groups) were built-on-to the camera, and several front element options could be interchanged. This had been used by Zeiss-Ikon in their mid-level cameras of their Contaflex series, and by Kodak in early interchangeable lenses for the top-end Retina series (later going to full lenses). Canon offered four lens options: 35mm f/3.5, 50mm f/1.8, 95mm f/3.5, and 125mm f/3.5.

Through the lens metering was center weighted and automatic exposure was shutter speed priority. Only two cameras were offered and the line was not successful.

Canon developed and produced the Canon FD lens mount standard for film SLR cameras from 1971 to replace the FL lens mount standard.The FD mount had two variants – original lenses used a breechlock collar to mount whilst later versions used a standard bayonet twist lock with a short twist action.The EF lens mount standard superseded FD-mounts in 1987. Canon ceased to produce FD-mount cameras in 1994.

F series
A series
T series

In 1987, Canon introduced the EOS Single-lens reflex camera system along with the EF lens-mount standard to replace the 16-year-old FD lens-mount standard; EOS became the sole SLR camera-system used by Canon . Canon also used EOS for its digital SLR cameras. All current film and digital SLR cameras produced by Canon use the EOS autofocus system. Canon introduced this system in 1987 along with the EF lens mount standard. The last non-EOS based SLR camera produced by Canon, the Canon T90 of 1986, is widely regarded as the template for the EOS line of camera bodies, although the T90 employed the older FD lens-mount standard.

For a detailed list of EOS Film and digital SLR cameras, see Canon EOS.

Digital SLR cameras

See Canon EOS

Mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras

See main article: Canon EOS and Mirrorless camera.

Cinema EOS cameras

See main article: Canon Cinema EOS. Canon Cinema EOS cameras as of May 2022.[2]

35 mm compact cameras

35 mm compact half-format cameras 18×24 mm

35 mm rangefinder cameras

Regular 8 mm cameras

Single 8 mm cameras

Super 8 mm cameras

16mm cameras

Digital compact cameras

US names listed

Canon PowerShot digital cameras

See main article: Canon PowerShot.

PowerShot N series

(first PowerShot camera with built-in Wi-Fi)

(not officially sold in North America)

(first SX-Series based PowerShot camera to be more compact)

(first Powershot camera with a flip screen for selfies and vlogs)

See main article: List of Canon camcorders.

Electronic dictionaries (only sold in Japan)

Canon Wordtank

See main article: Wordtank.

Portable flash

See main article: Canon EOS flash system.

E line

EG line

EX line

Speedlite 300EZ,Speedlite 420EZ,Speedlite 430EZ,Speedlite 540EZ

T line

The 300T is a layover from the FD system, it was introduced with the FD mount Canon T90, but is compatible in TTL mode with most non-digital EF cameras.

Macro flashguns

Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX, Macro Ring Lite ML-3

Remote flash trigger

Multifunction peripheral/digital copiers

imageRUNNER series

All-in-One office printers manufactured from 2007 to 2013. The "iR" series uses Ultra Fast Rendering (UFR) printing system, and some models use UFR II, a page description language.[6]

Manufactured as of 2022 color printers[7]

Manufactured as of 2022 black&white printers[8]

Canon Laser series

CanoScan

Computers

Portable computers

StarWriter

StarWriter Jet 300 - a word processor and Personal Publishing System.

NoteJet

See main article: article and Canon NoteJet. Beginning in Spring 1993, Canon produced a series of notebooks with integrated inkjet printers called NoteJet. The initial price for the first-model NoteJet was U.S. $2,499.[11] The NoteJet lineup was eventually discontinued, and computers belonging to the series are valued by collectors.

Calculators

Printers

Canon printers are supplied with Canon Advanced Printing Technology (CAPT), a printer driver software stack developed by Canon. The company claims that its use of data compression reduces their printer's memory requirement, good quality compared to conventional laser printers, and also claim that it increases the data transfer rate when printing high-resolution graphics.[14]

Series introduced in the 1990s. Black & white only.

Series introduced in the 1990s.Canon refers to inkjet printers as bubblejets, hence the frequent BJC-prefix (BubbleJet Color).

In Japan, the models are denoted with a trailing "i", whereas in the rest of the world they are denoted with a leading "i". While the 50i corresponds to the i70, for all other corresponding models the numerical model numbers are identical.The "X" denotes models sold under special dispensation by retail outlets in Europe.

Since about 2005 Canon introduced a numbering scheme for some whereby the least significant (non-zero) digit signifies the geographic region ("3" signifying Japan) the device is sold in. This leads to a large number of models, all belonging to the same family, but possibly incompatible to some degree, and also makes it difficult to ascertain whether a device is unique or part of an existing family. The software driver filename will often use the family designation.Some MP devices have fax capability (MP740).R=remote

The DS700 and DS810 are inkjet printers; all the other models are thermal dye-sublimation printers.

Laser Printers

imageCLASS

imageCLASS X

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Lenses

EF and EF-S line

See Canon EF lenses for the product line-up.See Canon EF-S lenses for the product line-up.

EF-S lenses are built for APS-C 1.6x crop sensors, so they only work with models that use this sensor size. When EF-S lenses are used on a 35mm (full frame) camera the back element will hit the mirror assembly or cause substantial vignetting since the sensor is bigger than the image produced by the lens.

FD line

See Canon FD lenses for the product line-up.

FL line

See Canon FL lenses for the product line-up.

Rangefinder line

Tilt-shift

Dedicated macro

Note: Even though the tilt-shift and dedicated macro lenses are designated TS-E and MP-E respectively, these lenses are still compatible with the EF mount.

Broadcast Studio/Field Lenses

HDTV Studio Box Lenses

Cinema lens

Presenters

Software

Applications bundled with Canon Digital Cameras and printers include:

Canon TrueType Font Pack

Released in 1992, Canon TrueType Font Pack is a 3½-inch 1,44 MB floppy disk collection of supplementary truetype fonts bundled in selling box of some Canon printers of years '90 and useful for Windows 3.1 and 95.

The fonts contained in the collection were:

Font name File name
American Text BT TT0211M_.ttf
Americana Bold BT TT0500M_.ttf
Broadway BT TT0131M_.ttf
Charter Black BT TT0709M_.ttf
Charter Black Italic BT TT0710M_.ttf
Charter BT TT0648M_.ttf
Charter Italic BT TT0649M_.ttf
Cloister Black BT TT0757M_.ttf
Cooper Black BT TT0630M_.ttf
Dom Casual BT TT0604M_.ttf
English 157 BT TT0840M_.ttf
Fraktur BT TT0983M_.ttf
Impress BT TT0209M_.ttf
Informal 011 BT TT1115M_.ttf
PosterBodoni BT TT0129M_.ttf
Raleigh Demi Bold BT TT1080M_.ttf
Schadow Black Condensed BT TT1114M_.ttf
Seagull Heavy BT TT0820M_.ttf
Staccato 555 BT TT1153M_.ttf
Umbra BT TT1074M_.ttf

Accessories

References

Notes
Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Canon Customer Service Counter Book-1 Photo Products (1935–1977). Camera Service Division, Canon. May 30, 1978. Tokyo.
  2. Web site: Europe . Canon . Cinema EOS Cameras . 2022-05-07 . Canon Europe . en-EU . 2022-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220507234515/https://www.canon-europe.com/video-cameras/cinema-eos-cameras/ . live .
  3. Web site: The Canon Cine 8S 8mm Movie Camera . 2008-10-31 . 2011-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110712215414/http://www.honda600coupe.com/random/Canon_8S_movie_camera/ . live .
  4. Web site: Canon PowerShot ELPH 340 HS . 2020-06-24 . 2020-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200626051439/https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/cameras/point-and-shoot-digital-cameras/slim-stylish-cameras/powershot-elph-340-hs . live .
  5. Web site: Canon shows off new PowerShot N100 'Story Camera' . January 6, 2014.
  6. http://www.canon.com/technology/canon_tech/explanation/hspeed_processing.html Dramatically Faster Data Processing: UFR and UFR II
  7. Web site: Europe . Canon . Multifunction Colour Printers . 2022-05-07 . Canon Europe . en-EU . 2022-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220507164517/https://www.canon-europe.com/business/products/office-printers/multifunction/colour/ . live .
  8. Web site: Europe . Canon . Multifunction Black & White Printers . 2022-05-07 . Canon Europe . en-EU . 2022-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220507174547/https://www.canon-europe.com/business/products/office-printers/multifunction/black-and-white/ . live .
  9. Web site: Canon A-200 III HD20 - Computer - Computing History . 2020-01-28 . 2020-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200128004426/http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/4827/Canon-A-200-III-HD20/ . live .
  10. Web site: Canon AS-100 - Computer - Computing History . 2020-01-28 . 2021-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210225050340/http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/43517/Canon-AS-100/ . live .
  11. News: Lewis . Peter H. . Canon laptop has a built-in ink-jet printer . . 1993-04-19 . 2014-04-28 . 2014-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140428025244/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-04-19/business/1993109128_1_printer-and-computer-office-printers-ink-jet-printer . live .
  12. Web site: The History of Canon 1988–1995 . About Canon . Canon . 2022-06-01 . 2022-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524181129/https://global.canon/en/corporate/history/04.html . live .
  13. News: D. . Normile . J.T. . Johnson . Computers without keys . Popular Science . 66–69 . August 1990 . 237 . 2 . 2022-06-21 . 2023-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231204185954/https://books.google.com/books?id=lgEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66 . live .
    • Web site: Technology Used in Laser Printers . Canon . 2011-07-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607173007/http://www.canon.com/technology/canon_tech/explanation/lp.html . 2011-06-07 . dead .
  14. News: February 6, 2023 . Canon U.S.A. Expands Laser imageCLASS X Series with Four New MFP and Printer Models, offering Enhanced Security and Easy Operation . February 11, 2024 . Canon . December 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231231061721/https://www.usa.canon.com/newsroom/2023/20230206-printer . live .
  15. Web site: Canon : Technology Studio Zoom Lens for 4K Broadcasting . 2022-05-06 . www.canon.com . en . 2018-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180523013036/http://www.canon.com/technology/interview/4k-bctv-lens/index.html? . live .