Canon 1st company to ship 100 mil. compact digital cameras

Canon 1st company to ship 100 mil. compact digital cameras

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the PowerShot 600, the first compact digital camera that Canon Inc. released in July 1996. The world's largest digital camera maker said Aug. 19 it has shipped more than 100 million compact digital cameras worldwide, becoming the first company ever to reach the milestone.

Japanese cameras to capture children's E. Timor

Japanese cameras to capture children's E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - Japanese photographer Hikaru Nagatake (far R) explains to children in Dili, East Timor, how to use a disposable Japanese camera on Aug. 16. Nagatake told Kyodo News she plans to hand out 100 cameras to East Timorese kids in various villages as part of a personal project to foster creativity among the territory's young and capture their perspectives on life. She will then collect the cameras and have the film developed in Japan. Copies of the photos will be sent to the children and the best ones will be given awards.

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Photo journalists set up their cameras near the finish line of the men's 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2021, ahead of the start of the event.

Canon 1st company to ship 100 mil. compact digital cameras

Canon 1st company to ship 100 mil. compact digital cameras

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the PowerShot 600, the first compact digital camera that Canon Inc. released in July 1996. The world's largest digital camera maker said Aug. 19 it has shipped more than 100 million compact digital cameras worldwide, becoming the first company ever to reach the milestone. (Kyodo)

Olympic scenes: Cameras after Bolt's gold in 100 meters

Olympic scenes: Cameras after Bolt's gold in 100 meters

Photo shows dozens of cameras left on photographers' seating after Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the men's 100 meters at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 14, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese cameras to capture children's E. Timor

Japanese cameras to capture children's E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - Japanese photographer Hikaru Nagatake (far R) explains to children in Dili, East Timor, how to use a disposable Japanese camera on Aug. 16. Nagatake told Kyodo News she plans to hand out 100 cameras to East Timorese kids in various villages as part of a personal project to foster creativity among the territory's young and capture their perspectives on life. She will then collect the cameras and have the film developed in Japan. Copies of the photos will be sent to the children and the best ones will be given awards.