Canon VL (1958)

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.