Down the Road

Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Since 2007

Tag: repairs

  • Time to send my Pentax ME out for CLA

    Sadness: my favorite camera has developed a light leak. Time to send it out for CLA!

  • Seeking expert repair and restoration of classic film cameras

    I think it happens to most camera collectors: the time when you decide to pare the collection down to just the ones you’re likely to keep using. I’ve been slowly giving away and selling all of my other cameras. I want to slowly invest in having my remaining cameras restored and, as needed, repaired. I…

  • Trying to repair a sticky shutter on a Canon EOS Rebel S

    When I reviewed this Canon EOS Rebel S not long ago, two thirds of my test roll’s photos were mostly or entirely black. The shutter was clearly not firing properly. I said I thought it was failing. Fellow film photographer Mark O’Brien left an incredibly helpful comment: “…the problem with the shutters is that the…

  • On taking life as it comes

    This is the street in front of my house after it rains a lot in a very short time. The storm sewers can’t keep up. I think they’re partially collapsed. I’ve complained to the city, but have gotten nowhere. This is one of my two cars. It will become my son’s if he ever gets his…

  • Broken cameras

    You can’t buy as many old cameras as I do and not get a few duds. Sometimes I buy a camera because it looks to be a bargain. Such was the case with this Agfa Super Silette from 1955. I picked it up for five bucks plus shipping several years ago, and when it arrived nothing…