Dilish Parekh of Mumbai, India, speaks to Gizmodo about his collection of cameras.

Dilish Parekh of Mumbai, India, holds the claim to the world’s largest camera collection, with a whopping 4,425 of them in his possession.

His first camera?

A Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex he bought for $30 in 1978.

In a video interview with Gizmodo, Parekh credits his grandfather for instilling a love of photography, as well as bequeathing him the first 600 cameras of his collection.

Parekh, who is a photojournalist, jeweler and government worker, previously held the Guinness World Record for his paltry collection of 2,634 cameras in 2003.