Carl Kolchak: Who is that reporter with the Rollei 16?

[CameraQuest]

Trivia time.

What world famous reporter shot his stories with a Rollei 16 (with flash) ?

Stephen

[sevo]

Did anybody really, ever, apart from the odd case of a concealed sub-miniature in a "photography forbidden" venue? I distinctly remember considering the reporter sleuth hero consistently carrying a Rollei 16 as one of the more glaring props errors in some early seventies (perhaps Italian?) vampire movie I once saw on a trash film festival...

[Richard G]

You don't mean Carl Kolchak? But I am thinking that your use of the term world famous for a reporter must mean a TV fictional character.

[CameraQuest]

You don't mean Carl Kolchak? But I am thinking that your use of the term world famous for a reporter must mean a TV fictional character.

bingo.

Kolchak is world famous,
in the cameras in movies / TV world.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolchak:_The_Night_Stalker

most Kolchak internet pundits describe his camera as a 110,
or even as a digital!

Kolchak fans, if you found this thread on google
you can find out more about Kolchak's camera here:
http://cameraquest.com/rollei16.htm

you can also buy a camera like Kolchak's on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=%22rollei+16%22&_sacat=625&_odkw=rollei+16&_osacat=625&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

Stephen