Today, we’re excited to share a special episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. This episode features our friend and cinematographer David Mullen (Season 1, Episode 83) in conversation with us concerning what and how much technical knowledge a cinematographer should know these days. Late in the episode, David discusses the subtleties between different lenses and formats, and we reflect on the diversity in images in older Hollywood films despite limited film stock and optical options. We also consider director Yasujiro Ozu’s prolific and effective use of a single 50mm lens when the conversation drifts towards the phenomenon of people avoiding “boring lenses”. And on the topic of knowing how to know what lights and equipment you need, David shares how, over the course of his early career, he learned what tools he needed for a job by pushing what he already had to their absolute limits.⁠ ⁠ Cinematographers at all levels, from the aspiring to the battle-worn, can enjoy and learn from this dis...