We thought you might be interested on a brief history of Canon cameras. We did a research and here it is:

1933: Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory established.

1934: Kwanon camera prototype developed.

1936: Hansa Canon camera introduced. Hansa Canon 35mm focal-plane-shutter camera.

1947: Company name changed to Canon Camera Co., Inc.

1955: New York branch office opened.

1957: Sole European distributor, Canon Europa, established.

1961: Canonet camera introduced. Canonet Electric Eye (EE) camera.

1964: Canola 130 calculator introduced. Canola 130, the world's first 10-key electronic calculator.

1969: Company name changed to Canon Inc.

1976: AE-1 SLR camera introduced. AE-1, the world's first SLR camera with a built-in microcomputer.

1987: EOS650 AF SLR camera introduced.

2000: Canon Inc. ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

2000: PowerShot S100 DIGITAL ELPH (DIGITAL IXUS) compact digital camera introduced.PowerShot S100 DIGITAL ELPH (DIGITAL IXUS in other areas) compact digital camera.

2001: Canon is working on something big, something that will be the foundation of 35mm DSLR as we know it today.

2002: EOS-1Ds digital SLR camera introduced and the whole photographic world will never be the same again.

2011: The rest is just plain history.