not photo history, but name history

I wonder if there's a Canon Canon then .😁😂

Canon may mean different things, like this: www.stgregoryoc.org/article/article-archive/saints-of-the-canon/

Google search AI comment:

Kwanon most notably refers to the 1934 prototype of Japan’s first 35mm focal-plane shutter camera, which later evolved into the global brand Canon. Named after the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, ...

Looks like Canon is not just a Saint, but the Goddess itself :)