A great day for popular photography: Canon ships 100 millionth compact digital camera
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United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, 19 August 2008: Canon is pleased to announce that the company has shipped its 100 millionth digital compact camera. To mark this milestone in popular photography, a special colour variation model will be launched in the near future.
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Canon scores hat-trick at prestigious EISA awards
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United Kingdom / Republic of Ireland, 15 August 2008: Canon has been presented with three highly respected awards by EISA (European Imaging and Sound Association) – Europe’s premier consumer technology awards association. The Canon EOS 1000D was named European Consumer Camera 2008-2009; the Canon SELPHY ES2 took the plaudits for European Mini Photo Printer 2008-2009, while the Canon HV30 was voted European HD Camcorder 2008-2009. The trio of awards underlines Canon’s success in pushing imaging technology forward.
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Canon & Adventure Film Festival 
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If it’s adventure you’re looking for, you’ve found it. Canon have teamed up with the 2008 Nissan Adventure Film Festival to showcase the best adventure films and documentaries from around the world – and this autumn, it comes to a big screen near you!
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High performance and high capacity – two new HDD camcorders from Canon
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United Kingdom / Republic of Ireland, 07 August, 2008: Canon announces the Canon HD Camcorder HG20 and Canon HD Camcorder HG21: two new AVCHD High Definition (HD) camcorders that record movies to high-capacity internal Hard Disk Drives (HDD). Successor models to the award-winning HG10, the HG20 offers 60GB capacity – enough for over 22 hours of movies – while the HG21 doubles available space to 120GB. In addition, both camcorders feature a new MXP recording mode – offering a maximum data rate of 24Mbps, the highest possible under the AVCHD format – as well as Canon’s Dual Recording system: the ability to record to internal hard drive or easy to share, removable SDHC card media.
“The HG20 and HG21 represent the next evolution of Canon’s High Definition range,” said Mogens Jensen, Head of Canon Consumer Imaging Europe. “Bringing a new level of recording quality to consumer AVCHD models, both camcorders make it easier for even more consumers to enjoy stunning 1920x1080 Full HD quality movies at home, on their HD TVs.”
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Canon announces winners of The Assignment
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United Kingdom / Republic of Ireland, 04 July, 2008: Canon is pleased to announce the winners of The Assignment, the European challenge for amateur photographers. Following an outstanding response of 43,404 submitted images – voted for by 192,127 registrants on the competition website – the final four winners are the UK’s Ivan Hoo (Portrait), David Bernard of the Czech Republic, (Sport) France’s Alan Laboile (Macro) and Dave Derbis from Germany (Landscape).
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