Quote Originally Posted by Kirk Gittings View Post
5x7 seems like huge overkill on these humble buildings.
Hi Kirk,
I recently did a 5x7 job in downtown San Francisco on a reservoir that was also overkill. But once the mitigation language is written into the Memorandum of Understanding, there's no way to do anything less than the exact specification listed. Good thing someone didn't specify 8x10, or you'd be spending summer with an even bigger camera. I read your facebook post, good thing you still have 5x7 holders, they have become rarified over the years. I remember buying the last 5x7 holders Calumet Hollywood had as they were closing, not knowing those were the last to be made by Fidelity/Lisco.

It is pleasure to work with those 5x7 negatives in post production though, and the scans look fabulous. I recently "upgraded" a 4x5 HABS project of the Santa Barbara Presidio from 4x5 to 5x7 when I saw that it was an addendum to some of Jack Boucher's 5x7 photos in the 1970s. It was fun to put my tripod legs in some of his old spots.

-Schaf