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During WWII Hubert Nerwin thought about a new 35mm folder. The results of his thoughts were developed after the war to Zeiss Ikon's first completely new postwar product, made since 1948 as Ikonta 522/24. As Zeiss was unable to produce sufficient Tessar lenses (due to war damage to their production facilities), this is one of the few Zeiss models ever to feature a non-Zeiss (Schneider Xenar) lens. The model was continued in 1953 as Contina, as one of the first cameras of the new Contina series of 35mm viewfinder cameras (one was a rangefinder) made in Germany by Zeiss Ikon. The first models were folders, later models were rigid. Some had linked shutter/aperture rings, using the Light-value system. The folding models had knob wind, frame counter and rewind fitted to the bottom; the later ones had top-mounted 180° lever wind, knob rewind and frame counter around the shutter release.
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| Contina "Ib" c.1956 (526/24) by Awcam (Image rights) |
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| Contina II with Pantar 1:2.8 f=45mm lens by eastendimages (Image rights) |
Contents
Specification
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- Manufacturer: Zeiss Ikon
- Origin: Stuttgart, Germany
- Introduced: 1951 (folder); 1954 (rigid)
- Film: 35mm
- Shutters: Prontor-SVS, 1sec-1/250 or 1/300 with X & M sync & self-timer, Prontor-SLK or Synchro-Compur
Models[1]
| Name | Date(s) | Cat no. | Lens | Features | ||
| Ikonta 522/24 | 1948-53 | 522/24 | Novar, Tessar, or Schneider Xenar 45mm/2.8 |
Folding | ||
| Contina I | 1951-55 | 522/24 | Novar 45mm/3.5 or Tessar 45mm/2.8 |
Folding | ||
| Contina II | 1952-53 | 524/24 | Opton-Tessar 45mm/2.8 or Novar f3.5 |
Folding, Rangefinder
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| Contina Ia | 1954-55 | 526/24 | Novar 45mm/3.5 | Rigid | ||
| Contina Ia | 1955-57 | 526/24 | Novicar 45mm/2.8 | Rigid | ||
| Contina Ia | 1958 | 526/24 | Pantar 45mm/2.8 | Rigid | ||
| Contina "Ib" | c.1956 | 526/24 | Novicar 45mm/2.8 or Pantar |
not labelled as "Ib" | ||
| Contina Ic | 1958-60 | 10.0603 | Pantar 45mm/2.8 | name in script on front | ||
| Contina II | 1956-58 | 527/24 | Novar f3.5 or Novicar f2.8 |
Light meter | ||
| Contina IIa | 1954-56 | 527/24 | Novar 45mm/3.5 or Novicar f2.8 |
dual-range Light meter | ||
| Contina III | 1955-58 | 529/24 | Pantar 45mm/2.8 | Light meter + convertible lens | ||
| Contina | 1962-65 | 10.0626 | Color Pantar 45/2.8 | updated, rounder styling; crank rewind, second viewfinder window for bright-line | ||
| Contina J | 1964-65 | 10.0604 | Color Pantar 45/2.8 | no self-timer | ||
| Contina L | 1963-65? | coupled meter
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| Contina LK | 1963-65 | 10.0615 | Color Pantar 45/2.8 | coupled meter
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| Contina-matic II | 1958-59 | 10.0613 | light meter | |||
| Contina-matic III | 1959-60 | 10.0622 | Pantar 45/2.8 | meter |
Notes
Links
In English:
- Contina on UK Camera
- Contina IIa among classic cameras on Karen Nakamura's Photoethnography
- Contina II on The Camera Site by Reijo Lauro
- Contina III by deanw; shows lens converter and sample photos (most recent version stored at web.archive.org)
- Manual of the Contina III (529/24) in David Richert's website
In French:
