Zeiss Ikon Contina 1b

Manufactured by Zeiss Ikon, Stuttgart, West Germany

Model c.1956, type in Zeiss Ikon Index 526/24

Camera is not labelled as 1b

35 mm film Viewfinder camera

Lens: Novicar Anastigmat 45mm f/2.8, Filter thread 27mm

Shutter and aperture rings are coupled according to Exposure Values, 3 to 18, rings turn together

Aperture: f/2.8 - f/22, setting separately: by pushing down the handle and turn the aperture dial ring on the back of the lens-shutter barrel

Focusing: front element manual focus, ring and dial on the front of the lens, w/DOF scale

Focus range: 1-10m +inf

Shutter : Prontor SVS, speeds: 60 sec - 1/300 sec. +B, setting separately by pushing down the handle and turn the speed dial ring on the lens-shutter barrel

Shutter release: on the center of the cocking lever, w/ cable release socket

Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, on the right of the top plate

Frame counter: coupled with cocking lever, advance type, manual setting

Re-winding knob: on the left of the top plate

Re-wind release: a small silver button on the bottom plate

Memory dial: on the re-winding lever

Flash PC socket: on the left lower front of the camera, X or M for flash synch sets by V X M setting lever on the back of the lens-shutter barell, set to X or M

Self-timer: V X M setting lever on the back of the lens-shutter barell, set to V

Cold-shoe

Tripod socket: modern 1/4''

Back cover: hinged, opens by a latch on the left side of the camera

Reliefs on the back cover leatherette: Zeiss Ikon, Made in Germany Stuttgart

serial no. R 11918

The Contina first arrived in 1951 as a folding design but the first of these compact models arrived in 1954.

More info: McKeown's 12th ed. p.1047

in Camerapedia

 

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