Canon
Company Name Canon Inc.
Founded August 10, 1937
Headquarters 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan
Chairman & CEO: Fujio Mitarai
President & COO: Tsuneji Uchida
Capital: 174,698 million yen(As of December 31, 2007)
Number of Employees: 23,429
Net Sales: Non-Consolidated 2,887,912 million yen (2007) Consolidated 4,481,346 million yen (2007)
Net Income: Non-Consolidated 366,973 million yen (2007) Consolidated 488,332 million yen (2007)
Ordinary Income: 552,843 million yen (2007)
canon Powershot A470
Canon’s current entry level offering, the PowerShot A470 similar to Samsung S860, looks a tad less powerful on the spec sheet but is still a potent performer. It is the only 7MP camera in this comparison, which means the images will only be slightly smaller. Image quality wise, it is not as good as the bigger A590 IS, but is not a problem for most people. The lens has a zoom of 3.4x and like the Samsung S860, the lens is equivalent to 38mm at its wide end. Again, we would have preferred a wider Read more
