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The largest film camera museum in the world is located in the basement of a home in Athens. The owner is a retired postman, who's been collecting cameras for more than 60 years. Admission to the world's largest private collection of movie cameras is by invitation only. The reason soon becomes apparent.

The largest film camera museum in the world is located in the basement of a home in Athens.

The largest film camera museum in the world is located in the basement of a home in Athens. 



Retired postman, Dimitris Pistiolas, started buying cameras when he was 15. He's never stopped. Now he's 78. His collection has burgeoned to nearly a thousand vintage cameras and projectors.

Dimitris Pistiolas, camera collector, said, "When I get a camera in my hands I feel like it's New Year's Day and that I'm getting a present, like a little kid. The first thing I will do is examine it. Then I will restore it and I will put it there, in its place, to stay."

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