I was born on Feb 7 1963 in Amstelveen, close to Amsterdam. My wife Marianne and I have three children, Alexander,Riccardo and Carmen. I started collecting Ihagee camera's some 15 to 20 years ago. I joined the Dutch 'Fotografica' (#1336) , got into contact with the IHG and recently joined the ECC (#301). At this moment I have a collection of about 70 Exakta's, 50 Exa's and 60 other Ihagee camera's of which the oldest one Patent Duplex 720 #932 of about 1915, the best an Tropen New Gold 920.