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Jun 15, 2023 · The story of Canon as a camera brand begins in 1933, with the founding of the Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory in Tokyo, Japan. Established by Goro Yoshida and Saburo Uchida, the laboratory aimed to develop high-quality cameras that could rival the dominant European brands of the time.
With his brother-in-law, Saburo Uchida (1899-1982) and Takeo Maeda (1909-1977), a former subordinate of Uchida, Yoshida established the Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory to develop a 35mm rangefinder camera in November 1933.
Sep 2, 2014 · Yoshida formed Seiki-Kogaku Kenkyusho with his brother-in-law Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda, and the company worked from a room in the Rappongi district of Tokyo. The advert for the Kwanon appeared in June 1934, after three different prototypes had been made or just designed – no actual product ever appeared, and the Kwanon was never brought ...
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Apr 12, 2019 · His discovery inspired him to investigate further and in 1933, he, along with his brother-in-law, Saburo Uchida (1899-1982) and another man, Takeo Maeda (1909-1977), formed the Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory, its purpose: to conduct further research into the mechanics of cameras.
Saburo Uchida is the Founder of Canon.
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In 1942, Takeshi Mitarai (1901 – 1984), a friend of Saburo Uchida, became president of the company. Although he was an obstetrician by profession, Mitarai had long been an enthusiastic supporter of Uchida since the early days of Precision Optical Industry Co., Ltd.
Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda created the company which would later become Canon, and sold their first camera in 1936. After the war, occupied Japan was forced to convert its industry to civilian purposes. One of the activities it chose was the production of photographic cameras.
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