One Camera, 158 Lenses

After six months of hard work and then waiting for certification, Associate Professor Yojiro Ishino and his students at the Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan have set a new Guinness World Record: The most lenses on a working camera.

The camera, measuring 47cm in diameter and 7.2cm in height, boasts 158 single lenses. The lenses are attached in a semicircle, each simultaneously capturing a slightly different viewpoint of the action. The goal of the camera is to capture 3D images of the irregular movements of flames, using CT technology. However, Professor Yojiro Ishino already has larger goals than 3D still images of flames, commenting, once “digitized, you can also improve movie[s].”

Surprisingly small and relatively cheap (each lens cost just over two bucks), I wouldn’t be surprised to see more attempts at breaking this record. After all, when first launching this project, the team had planned to use 800 lenses.