Alan Chan wrote:
>>Although its speculation my impression is that its the other way >>around;
>>Canon may have done the initial reasearch but the working optics are
>>patented by Asahi. Regardless, IS patents includes lots of Asahi
>> >>patents.
>Could that indicate Asahi had a stronger optics design team than >Canon? Or
>there are more than one Asahi companies in Japan?
Well, there's Asahi Beer (one of my favorite beer) and the largest newspaper
in Nippon, the Asahi Shibum (sp). I don't know if they're related to our own
Asahi Optical though. :)
Regards,
P. Ernest
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