Canon Inc. announced on February 6 that it achieved a camera manufacturing milestone as the combined production of the company’s film and digital EOS-series interchangeable lens camera surpassed the 70 million market on February 5.
Production of Canon EOS SLR cameras began in 1987 at Canon Inc’s Fukushima Plant with the EOS 650, later moving to production bases such as Oita Canon Inc and Canon Inc Taiwan. After the spread of D-SLRs in the early 2000s, production rapidly increased, surpassed the 60 million unit mark in October 2012 and has now reached the 70 million unit threshold.
