The Makina II was a well-made press type camera and one of the first coupled rangefinder plate cameras. The original Makina had the same general appearance as the II but without the rangefinder.

The earliest models of the II had the diaphragm setting on the side of the camera nearest the optical finder. Later models have the diaphragm setting surrounding the lens. The next variation was to add a focusing stop for the wide-angle lens. With this lens the rangefinder could be used to measure distance but was not coupled. Very late models have two rectangular rangefinder windows rather than one being circular. The model IIs introduced in 1937 differed mainly in having the standard and wide-angle lenses fitted in front of the shutter rather than either side of the shutter as in the II. The front standard was also finished in chrome rather than the black enamel of the model II.

Several accessories were made for the model II:

• Single metal slides, film pack adapter and roll-film holder.
• Filters and lens hoods.
• f6.3 21 cm telephoto lens with Clip-on mask for optical finder.
• f6.8 7.3 cm wide-angle Orthar lens.
• T1.5 close-up lens for objects at 60 cm.
• R0.1 close-up lens for 1:1 reproduction.
• Cover for camera back.
• Panoramic head.
• Reproduction stand.
• Enlarger, employing the camera and lens.
• Extension bellows for close focusing with the telephoto lens.
• Lens stop to reduce the aperture of the standard lens.