New milestone reached by Canon
20 Dec 2007
Canon has today announced it has reached a new milestone in terms of camera manufacture.
The firm has now produced more than 30 million EOS series film and digital SLR cameras. More than ten million EOS digital cameras have also been produced.
Coinciding with the firm’s 70th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the EOS range, the manufacturer confirmed the production has reached the milestone level.
A number of innovations have been made by the firm in the development of the EOS series. Indeed the first model to be produced, the Canon EOS 650, was the world’s first camera with a fully electronic mount system, which led to a new generation of autofocus SLR cameras.
The firm notes that ease of use and high speed have been central to the development of the range, while technologies such as eye-controlled focusing systems have also been created to aid the user.
Recently, the latest model in the series, the Canon EOS-1D Mark III, has just been released. It features, among other things, a 20-megapixel image sensor.
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