#1. Canon, a Japanese corporation, initially sold products under the name "Kwanon"; the title of a goddess in Buddhism. The company chose to re-brand itself as "Canon" in the early 1940's, to ensure that no consumers would be upset by the religious term.
#2. Kodak, an American company, was named for the sound emitted by a camera that was capturing a photograph.
#3. In 1826, the first photograph was taken.
#4. The most expensive camera in the world, the Daguerreotype, is 168 years old.
#5. Colored photographs first emerged during the 1940's.
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