Promoting the collection, use and historical study of Ihagee cameras and associated accessories
Promoting the collection,
use and historical study of Ihagee cameras and associated accessories
Sphere
of activity
We are a group of enthusiastic collectors from all
over the world who share a common interest in the products of the Ihagee
company. Originally set up in the early 1980s to gather what data could
be found about Exakta cameras, the Circle has widened its sphere of activity
with time so that we are now dedicated to the collection and use of, and
research into all things Ihagee, but we have retained our historic name.
Foundation and Rules
The Circle was founded in the early 1980s by the late
Marc Bramson, and other individuals, many
of whom remain members of the Exakta Circle.
The Rules of the Circle were last updated in 2016, and are supplied
to new members when they join.
Membership
Subscriptions costs are reviewed from year to year
and decided on at the AGM; a Membership Application and Renewal form can
be downloaded from this site (see below).
Meetings
The Circle holds two formal meetings each year, one
in the springtime and the Annual General Meeting about six months later.
These meetings are currently held in locations strategically choosen so as to allow the majority of UK members to reach them without a long journey.
However, for convenient participation of all members regardless to location, decisions will be based on votes cast by mail or - preferably - e-mail with respective forms distributed in advance.
Next
meetings
will be announced right on top of our homepage.
Journal
By far the most important method of remaining in contact
with all our members is our quarterly journal, the Exakta Times. This carries
articles of technical and historic interest, together with notices and reports
of meetings and articles on members' activities.
This Website
Besides pages of information of general interest about
the Exakta Circle, one of which you are reading now, the website aims to
be a definitive source of information to members and non-members on all
things Ihagee-related.
There are areas which are restricted to Exakta Circle Members only. If you
are a Member and do not have access to these areas, please contact the webmaster
(see contacts page or below) for access.
Library/Archive
A very large collection of reference material is held
by the Historian, who is always willing to consider members? requests for
copies of documents. Most of these documents are the personal property of
the Historian, and most of them are irreplaceable, so access to the original
material is very restricted. There are hundreds of brochures, instruction
manuals, articles and books, some available in more than one language.
The Library also contains a Bibliography, listing so far as is known, everything
printed about Ihagee and its products, including all the material in the
Library and much more besides. The Bibliography was published by parts in
the Exakta Times starting with issue No. 53, Winter 2003 to No. 63, Summer
2006.
Interested members should contact the committee secretary.
The committee of the Exakta Circle consists of the following members (May 2022):
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John Richardson |
Chairman |
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John Richardson (temporarily) |
Secretary |
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John Mawditt |
Membership Secretary |
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John Richardson (temporarily) |
Treasurer |
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Harry Körmeling |
Accountant |
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Peter Longden |
Archivist |
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Mark Stuecheli |
North American Representative |
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Tim Sharples |
Exakta Times Editor |
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Abdel Mahgoub |
Webmaster |
Annual
fees
The Club Year goes from the 1st of April to the end of March.
The strongly recommended way to pay for overseas members is PayPal.
Membership fees are very reasonable, please find payment details in the membership form for 2024/25 in English/Français/Deutsch.