Name : Daffa Nur Ihsan F. Class : 1B – Photography Subject : General English Tittle of the article : history of canon A. Article Canon’s predecessor, Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory, is founded in Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, to conduct research into quality cameras. The origins of Canon date back to the founding of Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory in Japan in 1933 by Takeshi Mitarai , Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda. It became the company Precision Optical Instruments, Co., Ltd. in 1937. During its early years, the company did not have any facilities to produce its own optical glass, and his first camera used Nikkor lenses from Nippon Kogaku K.K. (the later Nikon Corporation ). The company was originally named Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho . In 1934 it produced the Kwanon , a prototype for Japan's first-ever 35 mm camera w...