I am living in a pretty old town called Muenster in Germany and I am happily married to my english wife. Usually we are not very lucky with nice and sunny weather over here, so it was not a natural thought to me to collect a camera or even start with photography. But since my childhood I was fascinated by black & white photography of architecture and landscape in "the change of time". One day I got a nice old VoigtlŠnder as a present and I think the "initial infection" of collecting cameras was set. Well, in the very moment I learn more about photography and about handling my EXAKTA in the right way. Next is, to prepare a small internet-exhibition about my country (muensterland) in the change of time since photography was born......and we had a lot of changing in Germany ! I am always looking for a little help to complete the equipement fitting to my EXAKTA Varex VX (1956). And I think joining the EXAKTA circle could help.

Bernd Rippold, born in 1966, profession Dentist, Muenster (Germany)