X-Nico

6 unusual facts about Canon Inc.


Canon EF 40mm lens

The Canon EF 40mm lens is a standard prime lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.8 featuring Canon's new stepping motor (STM) technology.

Photocopier

The first electrostatic color copier was released by Canon in 1973.

Rita R. Colwell

In 2004 Dr. Colwell left her position as Director of NSF to become the chief scientist at Canon U.S. Life Sciences, a division of Canon.

Shivang Mehta

He has conducted more than 100 field programs across forests of India, Africa and Sri Lanka in collaboration with brands like Canon, SanDisk, National Geographic - to name a few.

Stephen Coronel

He has done for instance showrooms and expos for clients such as Canon Inc. in 2010.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive

In April 2005 the Royal Society of Arts in the UK (in conjunction with Canon) unveiled a 7 metre tall sculpture titled WEEE Man on London's South Bank, made from 3.3 tonnes of electrical goods - the average amount of electrical waste one UK individual creates in a lifetime.


IPTC Information Interchange Model

Other speakers included photographers such as David Riecks and Peter Krogh, photo and news agencies such as Reuters; representatives of standards bodies such as PLUS, IPTC, and IFRA; as well as spokespersons from the photo metadata implementers side, such as Adobe Systems, Apple Inc., Canon Inc., FotoWare AS, Hasselblad, and Microsoft.

Whitefield, Bangalore

Commercial Space at Prestige Shantiniketan is LEED Gold Certified and houses operations of multinationals like Hindustan Unilever, Britannia, Capgemini, Canon, AIG, Caterpillar, Airwatch and others One of the oldest establishment is Tata Elxsi which came to Whitefield around the late 80s.


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