Canon L Lenses: Robots to Hand Polishing

Canon Europe just posted an interesting little article on 10 points about Canon's Utsunomiya lens factory in Japan.

It's an interesting look into a very complex and exacting process to bring great lenses to the buying public.

The points covered in this article are;

• Japanese engineering is everywhere
• Lens experts can hear faults
• Lens polishing tools are made with diamonds
• Aspherical lenses are made by melting glass
• Sci-fi robots roam the factory
• Lens polishing machines self-correct
• Lens measurements are incredibly precise
• The hardest lens to make is…
• The innovation never ends
• Canon lenses could (probably) cover half the world

Please take a look at this article here..

• Canon Europe
• via CanonRumors