In 1952 Contina II 524/24 was introduced,

with a redesigned shape on the top to accommodate for an uncoupled rangerfinder

 

In the Contina II, the film advance and rewind were still at the bottom

and the rangefinder and a film reminder control appeared

on the top plate but were kept as round knobs

These cameras have either a Novar or Tessar lens,

and come with Prontor or Compur shutters

 
These camera have a front-mounted shutter release,

which tends to push the camera down when the shutter is released,

because of that some care needs to be taken when taking pictures,

the best way to hold the camera (as any of the the Zeiss Ikon folding cameras)

is to support the bottom with the palm of your left hand

while looking through the viewfinder and shooting

The tripod bushing is on the door in the early versions,

with the name Ikonta or Contina painted on the front,

while later models have it on the body with the Zeiss Ikon Logo molded on the door

 Late models were equipped with a Zeiss-Opton Tessar T (coated)

The edge sharpness of photos will vary according to the lens and the aperture

the coated Tessar has very good tonal rendition and was optimized for color film

These lenses are threaded in the outside for 27mm (S27)

filters mounted in reverse, but it can also take 28.5 push-on filters