Canon

Japanese camera giant

Canon is a Japanese multinational corporation known primarily for cameras, printers, and optical equipment.

The brand name appears on photography and office equipment worldwide: I shoot with a Canon, The office uses Canon printers. (Lowercase canon refers to authoritative collections or church officials.)

brand

camera

Image capturing device

  • lensLight-focusing curved glass
  • DSLRMirror-reflex digital camera
  • mirrorlessHaving no reflective glass

SLR · imaging · Japanese · Nikon · photography · printer · inkjet · megapixel · sensor · aperture

Categories
Opposites
official acceptance

Canonapocrypha

Works of doubtful authenticity

non-canon · fanfiction · fan fiction · heresy · pseudepigrapha

religious/ecclesiastical law

Canoncivil law

Law governing private disputes

secular law · common law · statute law · state law

musical structure

Canonthrough-composed

Entirely new throughout

homophony · monophony · cadenza

Phrases
Family

canyon, canonical, canonize, canons, canonically, canonicity, noncanonical

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G