Canon made a TV commercial campaign on national networks featuring world-renowned athletes, such as tennis player John Newcombe, diver Jennifer Chandler, and golfer Ben Crenshaw

Canon was first called Kwanon.

There were five different logos before the current one.

Canon’s first camera’s lens was made by Nikon, its main rival camera company.

Over one million Canon AE-1s were sold.

No SLR (single-lens reflex) camera has sold as many as the Canon AE-1.

Canon has been awarded Most Trusted Camera Brand for 11 consecutive years.

Kwanon, Canon’s original name, is the Buddhist goddess of mercy. The engineers hoped this would make her share her benevolence as they pursued their dream of making the world's finest cameras. 

This symbol was engraved on each Kwanon to represent the goddess of mercy.

Canon’s first camera turned 80 in 2014.

Plastic was used to make many of Canon’s cameras but was disguised so no one would know.

The lens of the Kwanon was named Kasyapa, after Mahakasyapa, a disciple of the Buddha.

Many of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) laser printers are made by Canon but sold by HP under their name since 1985.

Canon manufactures in the United States, Germany, France, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam along with a manufacturing joint venture in Korea.

Canon is an American translation of Kwanon.

Canon’s first time making a non-optical product was in 1933 when they made a calculater.

The Canon AE-1 was the world’s first camera with an embedded microcomputer.

All Canon AE-1 commercials had a slogan that says, “So advanced, it’s simple” at the end.

The concept of the AE-1 was that anyone can take a professional photo because it was so easy to use.