Custom 158-lens Camera Exposed [Japanese University Builds 158-lens Camera, Gets Guinness World Record]

A team from Japan’s Nagoya Institute of Technology has created a custom-built 158-lens camera, which was quickly awarded the ‘Camera With The Most Lenses’ Record by the good people at Guinness World Records. The camera was used for their studies into fire, and can also double as a 3D camera.

This isn’t an obscure $10,000 digital camera from a boutique South Korean company – it actually has a real scientific purpose and was custom-built. Professor Yojiro Ishino and his group of students built the camera to capture a burning flam from as many degrees as possible. The camera took six-months to complete. The main body of the device is roughly 7.2cm (2.8 inches) high and 47cm (18 inches) in diameter.

The camera can also generator a 3D picture of the flame by using  CT (computed tomography) technology. You’d expect something like this to be expensive, but the press is reporting that the device only cost the team roughly $332 to construct it. It’s a cool gadget, but don’t expect it to be hitting the shelves of your local Best Buy anytime soon.