LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., May 20, 2008 – Canon Inc. today announced that the Company has developed its own LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) reflective LCD panels, a key device used in multimedia projectors. At this year’s InfoComm ’08 trade show being held on June 18-20 in Las Vegas (Las Vegas Convention Center), this technology will be showcased (Booth #C1529). more

New 20x HD Video Lens, Enhanced Image Control and Other User-Requested Refinements Serve the Needs of Event Video, Documentary Filmmaking and Pro Markets

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., April 10, 2008 – Building on the success of its acclaimed XL H1 High Definition (HD) camcorder, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging technology, has introduced the new shoulder mount XL H1S and XL H1A HD camcorders, which include new advanced features requested by professional users for improved operation and image control. more

In the competitive world of independent cinema and television pilot production, achieving the high-quality look of film while staying within budget is an ever-present challenge. For one talented filmmaker, however, Canon’s XH G1 and XH A1 HD camcorders provided an affordable, yet creatively versatile means of capturing first-rate images. more

For Traffic Planning and Design (TPD), a Pottstown, Penn.-based civil engineering firm, visual details are mission-critical. In order to show CADD (Computer Aided Design & Drafting) graphics of upcoming projects, TPD needed a display solution that could accurately convey every visual detail with intricate precision and clarity. After researching available options TPD outfitted its primary conference room with a Canon REALiS SX6 Multimedia Projector, which provides crisp SXGA+ (1400 x 1050) resolution display, 3,500 ANSI Lumens of brightness, a contrast ratio of 1000:1, and Adobe RGB color matching. more

David and Christopher Thaler have been in the television production business for more than 20 years. Working for a wide array of broadcast, cable and corporate clients, the brothers have captured motion images on everything from 35mm film to DV tape. In recent years their Emmy Award-winning New York-based company, Thaler Films, has provided production services for many top-rated cable series, including John Edward Cross Country, on WE tv, featuring the world-famous psychic medium, author and lecturer. When the show’s producer asked if they could capture high-def close-ups of John Edward interacting with audience members, but do it inconspicuously with a telephoto lens from the back of a 5,000-seat studio, David Thaler sought an alternative to the cameras they had been using to shoot this live-to-tape series. more

Students pursuing a graduate degree in art history at the University of Maryland’s flagship campus in College Park carefully study the detail and color of world-famous artworks, most of which they’ve never seen in their original versions. Providing students with an accurate visual reproduction of the color and detail subtleties of art masterpieces is essential, which is why the university’s Department of Art History and Archaeology chose the Canon REALiS SX6 Multimedia Projector. more

As the final seconds ticked away on the thrilling action of Super Bowl XLII, in Glendale Ariz., the New York Giants were not the only team that would emerge triumphant from the contest. Game Creek Video, a leading mobile production company, had captured every moment of football’s greatest annual event in full HDTV (high definition television) for a worldwide audience. With so much riding on its coverage of this second-most-watched broadcast in U.S. TV history, the Hudson N.H.-based company chose only the best production equipment, and this included an array of HD lenses from Canon U.S.A., Inc.’s Broadcast and Communications division. more

As the final moments of 2007 ticked away in New York City’s Times Square, holiday cheer was not the only thing in the air. High above atop a Manhattan office building a Canobeam DT-150 HD video transceiver from Canon U.S.A., Inc. relayed live television images of the crowd of more than 1 million celebrants to a second Canobeam DT-150 HD at street level. From there the historic “bird’s-eye view” HD video was transmitted to TV audiences around the world. This video, captured by an HD camera outfitted with a Canon DIGISUPER 100xs long-zoom HD lens, was sent wirelessly via free space optics by the Canobeam DT-150 HD video transceiver, which requires no frequency licensing or coordination. The Canobeam DT-150 HD video transceiver provides reliable bi-directional, uncompressed 1.5 Gbps transmission of embedded digital HD video, audio, and camera-control signals on a single HD-SDI stream with no delay. Bexel Broadcast Services supplied and integrated the Canon Canobeam DT-150 HD video transceivers used in the telecast. more

“The Voice of the West” since 1865, the six-time Pulitzer Prize winning San Francisco Chronicle is now the eyes and ears as well, with online video on its SFGate.com Web site further expanding its comprehensive coverage of the Bay Area. Among the top five newspaper Web sites nationally for daily visitors, the Chronicle’s staff photographers capture their SFGate.com online video reports using Canon’s XH A1 HD camcorders, which do double-duty shooting still images for the paper as well. more

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., January 15, 2008 – Laurence Joseph Thorpe, the national marketing executive of Canon U.S.A., Inc.’s Broadcast and Communications division, was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the Sports Video Group’s League Technology Summit on December 11, in New York City. One of the broadcast technology industry’s most accomplished executives, Thorpe joined Canon U.S.A.’s Broadcast and Communications division in 2004. more