Canon Virtual Lens Plant – How Lenses are Made

ShaolinTiger posted this at 1:45 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 —

Canon has launched a new section of their site showing how the high grade lenses are manufactured in Japan (In this case it’s the EF 500mm F4L IS USM lens)

Canon Virtual Lens Plant

It’s a lengthy process.

You can see how the Raw materials are processed, the lenses machined and the final lens assembly process.

You can see the whole show here:

Canon Camera Museum – Virtual Lens Plant.

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