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I never knew that.
#1

From :- http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/logo-evolution/

Scroll down to Canon.

   

So I have a Kwanon 350 D. Anyone got a kwikon Big Grin

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#2

(Apr 18, 2012, 15:13)NT73 Wrote:  Anyone got a kwikon Big Grin

Or do you mean Nippon Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha?

http://www.theoriginof.com/nikon.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon

Fascinating... thanks for sharing, Ray! Big Grin
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#3

Never knew that either. Weapons firm - Did they make a nikon flash gun?

I was looking for a bit of advertising from a tool company from the 80's.
They sent some photos (prints to hand out) of "impossible tools". e.g. three bladed screwdriver to screw three screws at once. (which looked rather like a tuning fork) and a hammer with 2 shafts (One at each end) plus about three others.
Now I can't remember the company's name. Might have been Ridgid or not.
I think there was something like the impossible staircase too.
If it comes to me, I will be back.

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(Apr 18, 2012, 18:40)NT73 Wrote:  Never knew that either. Weapons firm - Did they make a nikon flash gun?

I think they made the optical sights for rifles... Big Grin

Next time you "shoot" someone with your camera, spare a thought... Big Grin

EDIT: Actually it was more than that according to the wikipedia article

Quote:During World War II the company grew to nineteen factories and 23,000 employees, supplying items such as binoculars, lenses, bomb sights, and periscopes to the Japanese military.
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#5

Big link historically between optics and warfare...nowt like a really good war to kickstart imaging.!
Nope, I was unaware of the Kwanon name: delightful piece of serendipity Ray, excellent.
Good job Kia don't make cameras.

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