To inspire users before a shoot, or to help them unwind after one, Canon Japan has launched a range of traditional ‘Edo Kiriko’ cut glass tumblers with designs based on photography themes. The company has employed the Mitsuwa Glass Crafts studio in Tokyo that uses traditional Edo Kiriko cutting techniques to shape light as it passes through the glass. The studio has come up with a series of designs that either look like a lens, feel like the dials on an EOS camera, actually have a lens designed into the base or which are decorated with the visual expression of the sound of a shutter.
There are two basic shapes of glasses to choose from, each with variations in the design of the cuts and patterns. One has the ribbed pattern of a lens focusing ring cut into the sides and is made from a mixture of black and clear glass, while others have an aperture iris pattern in the base and come in red or blue glass.
The designer said that the idea was to capture the things we can’t see in the lines cut into the glass such as the sound of a shutter tripping, as well as the shapes and patterns of light.
Edo Kiriko is a particular way of cutting glass in Japan and is considered a highly skilled craft. All glasses have to be cut by hand and have to use specific materials, and when colored a very thin layer has to be used – which made creating the jet black especially difficult.
The glasses will be available to order from December but may take up to three months for delivery as they are all handmade. Prices will be from ¥13000 (approx. $125). While these glasses are made for Canon users they can be enjoyed by owners of all camera brands without adapters. For more information see the Canon Japan website.
These will be more of a collectors item. I have a number of Waterford models. But most have been made with the same designs for decades. They’ve become common.
I got a pair of limited ones with a matching decanter and broke one of them lol, so picked up a cheap one for £20 and now use that in order not to break the other:)
and during the holidays non-stick frying pans embossed with Canon logo, will be offered for a limited time. But order now and get a second free ( just pay an extra fee).
Tumblers? Are they saying EOS cameras are for mature gentleman who lounge around in wood-panelled, smoke-filled rooms?
How about something young and innovative. A flame-thrower styled like an R-5 which rapidly heats up when you push the shutter button and throws flames from the lens would be a far cooler viral piece of marketing, a la Elon Musk.
The post modernist hipsters with a Yamazaki or Hibiki stash will be all over these.. But these are tumblers so its not the way most Japanese take their whiskey. They use a highball glass.
I like it and Canon's marketing + sales is on top form. Cue this Nikon on how to be best at your game - they can have less than stellar stuff but they manage to still sell well and still be no 1, although Nikon make excellent stuff - quite lot of the time better than Sony and Canon but execution of marketing and sales is what lets Nikon down.
"While these glasses are made for Canon users they can be enjoyed by owners of all camera brands without adapters" Now thats hilarious... Can't wait for Chris and Jordan do a hands review in DPReview TV
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