i LOVE pixar and their willingness to be so open and helpful like this. such a great studio.

"Lens focal lengths are largely meaningless unless you also know the the actual camera format the lens is going to be used with."

I'm no expert, but in my experience, the crop factor of a camera will effect depth of field and framing. however, the focal length itself still maintains its emotional impact in terms of image compression regardless of format. An 85mm on MFT or full frame is still going to "feel" like an 85mm in terms of compression. you will just lose or gain depth of field control. So when a director says he likes to use, say, a 50mm over a 24mm, i think they are referring more to the emotional effect that the standard focal length has over the wide focal length, and not so much the depth of field control. What that means for me is that I don't have to fret so much over my sensor size. the control over the level of perspective compression and lens distortion is still available to me regardless of the crop factor.

but that's just me! :)

We seem to be fussing about how his comment "high ISO equals more noise" is antiquated with modern cameras. Even if this were true, he barely mentioned the concept of noise. His main point was about executing good artistic and aesthetic set design and lighting techniques, and how incredibly important they are.

His main theme is always "don't invest in gear, but instead, invest in knowledge and skills and artistry". And that again is his theme here.

I really enjoy my video assist. Even if the image is not as flawless as the small hd 501. The recording capabilities really make it an incredibly useful tool!

I love this. Very fascinating. And the amount of planning and detail is a good thing to take note of: stuff like this doesn't happen by chance.

On my Asus i7 2.4ghz, Geforce 750m, 16 gb ram, SSD drive, laptop, when I start using Lumetri color panel on 4k footage it really chops down my systems performance. When using 1080 footage (from a GH4 btw), I can use the panel fairly comfortable.

But ultimately, if I want a clean watch-through of my edit, I really need to disable all the lumetri stuff because it tends to tax my system way more than the old stuff, like the "fast color corrector" or the "3 way color corrector".

Oh well! One day i'd love to upgrade to a powerful beast of a machine.

still, this lumetri panel is SUPER intuitive and well designed. it's just, natural, and feels like something that should have been there all the time haha! great work Adobe.