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Canon VL

December 1957 - December 1958

​Production: 5450 units
Serial numbers: 555000 - 592000

​The VL used a silvered half-mirror prism like the late-model VT Deluxe. The silvered finish made the viewfinder image easier to see than a gold finish. The Canon VL is sometimes called the VTDM, but the VL had a film advance lever on the top instead of a winding trigger on the camera bottom like the VTDM. The VL was the top V-series camera.

© Image from Canon Camera Museum

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