Canon is pleased to announce that, in collaboration with the National Technical Museum, it opened an exhibition entitled Canon's Great Image Digital Revolution to the general public last Wednesday. It will be open until February 28, 2015 and will guide visitors through the history of Canon film and digital cameras as well as camcorders.
The exhibition is organized on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Canon brand in the Czech Republic, and focuses on the transition from analog to digital camera and video camera technologies in the last three decades. On display are a number of historical materials, devices and technologies from the world of photography, which Canon significantly influenced. But you will also learn what accompanied the launch of the first Kwanon model, what has changed since the days of the first compact digital cameras, or how the Canon CZ branch was established.
On display are pieces such as the VM-E1 video camera of the Video 8 system from 1985 or the first SLR of the EOS series - the EOS 650 from 1987. There is also the first DCS 3 digital SLR and you can also compare here the first PowerShot 600 from 2006 with the current G7X model . The exhibition is complemented by practical examples of construction technologies that made the brand famous.
The exhibition also includes interviews with key personalities who shaped the Canon brand and its position in the Czech Republic - with Ladislav Paleček (general director of Canon CZ and Canon SK), Milan Škoda (FotoŠkoda), Jozef Bosković (BossCan International) and Lidmila Stellová (first director of the brand's Czech representation).
Most of the exhibits come from the archive of the Czech representation, valuable pieces were also contributed by other entities. The Canon CZ company would like to thank the AWH Servis company, Mr. Karl Jeřábek and video camera expert Petar Jelínek for the kind loan of the items for display. Big thanks to Pavel Scheufler for his great insight into the history of photography. The National Technical Museum in Prague is open on weekdays except Mondays from 9 a.m. to 17:30 p.m. and on weekends from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m.
