"A photo-journalist from Mumbai has broken his own world record with a collection of antique cameras. The Guinness Book of World Records states that Dilish Parekh has collected 4,425 cameras, which has broken the previous record also held by Parekh.
His collection previously amounted to 2,634. Most of the cameras are antiques and he now officially holds the record for the largest collection.
Parekh announced his news on August 19th, World Photography Day. He admits to having a passion for antique cameras and has a wide range of makes and models, collected over the last 25 years. The collection of cameras includes some well-known makes, including Canon, Leica, Kodak, Nikon and Zeiss."
Very true. There's no mention how many are functioning, if he uses any of them, etc. But at least to his credit, he's a photojournalist... So one might assume he uses at least some of the stuff.
Being that he's also the Guinness Book of World Records holder for most cameras - in this case it IS about sheer numbers.
Lars Johnsson wrote:
The world record is also a joke They don't know how many camera's 99,99% of the collectors have.
That's a very good point, actually. There could be a lurker with 4,426 cameras out there...
They don't know how many camera's 99,99% of the collectors have.