International Ihagee/Exakta Convention 2012

What happened, step by step

The convention took place from 11 to 14 April 2012. It was a great success. The amount of participants was different every day, but the final dinner, offered by the Steenbergen Foundation, was attended by 80! people.

I will try to inform you about what happened before, during and after the meeting, but stepwise and not in logical sequence.

1E. Dr. Gerhard Jehmlich, former head of the Pentacon R&D department and author of the impressive book "Der VEB Pentacon Dresden, Geschichte (history) der Dresdner Kamera- und Kinoindustrie nach 1945", wrote an article on the history of Ihagee for just this occasion. Michael Spencer translated it for us. Here it is.

1D. Dr. Gerhard Jehmlich, ehemaliger Leiter der Forschung und Entwicklung bei Pentacon und schriftsteller des eindrucksvollen Buches "Der VEB Pentacon Dresden, Geschichte der Dresdener Kamera- und Kinoindustrie nach 1945", hat zu dieser Gelegenheit ein Artikel geschieben über die Geschichte des Ihagee. 
Die Originalversion findet man Hier.

2E. Mark Stuecheli, participant from the USA, describes his experiences during his visit to Dresden, in two parts. Here is Part One.

3E. In the Dresdener Technical Museum is a public exposition named "Exakta in aller Welt" (Exakta all over the World) until 4 November 2012. A short video, in which custodian Dr. Andreas Krase explains the main points of this exposition, is to be found Here.

3D. In den Technischen Sammlungen in Dresden gibt es eine Ausstellung "Exakta in aller Welt" bis 4. November 2012. Ein kurzer Video von Kustos Dr. Andreas Krase erklärt das Wichtigste dieser Ausstellung. Man findet den Video Hier.

4E. Olaf Nattenberg has made many photos during the Convention in Dresden. A selection is available Here.

4D. Olaf Nattenberg hat während des Treffens in Dresden viele Fotos gemacht. Ein Auswahl findet man Hier.

5E. My lecture "Johan Steenbergen, the Man'' is now ready in written form. Many of the images I have shown in Dresden have been added. You will find it Here.

6E. Mark Stuecheli, participant from the USA, describes his experiences during his visit to Dresden, in two parts. Here is Part Two.