[Samina Yousaf:] So, today I am in Bremen.
I have encountered 2 Arandanauts in the wild.
They’re hiding from the camera
because they’re very shy
and they prefer to watch
what Michael is doing right now.
As are you.
[ Mechanism whirring ]
[Michael Aranda:] We’ve had a few
light dustings of snow before today
but this—this feels like the beginning of winter.
We’ve finally achieved winter status.
[Michael:] Kelsey must acquire
live crickets for a friend’s bearded dragon
so, I think for the first time in my life,
I’m about to walk into this PetSmart.
[Kelsey Cote:] If I buy 76, they’re only
12 dol—er—
12 cents.
[Michael:] 12 cents each.
[Kelsey:] Not 12 dollars each.
[Michael:] Kelsey, do you want a pet Sharpie?
[Kelsey:] Uh, what does he eat?
[Michael:] (Amused) Rubber bands, clearly.
Hey guys, you’re gonna be food for a bearded dragon.
Hi kitties.
This kitty is a sad kitty.
This kitty is a playful kitty.
This kitty is a wise kitty.
This kitty has had enough of your [bleep].
[Michael:] So there was that thing
that we tried to do with Todd yesterday.
[ Kelsey laughs ]
Now Kelsey’s giving it a shot.
But you’re actually going through with it!
[Kelsey:] Did he not even go?
[Michael:] No!
[Kelsey:] Did he just give up?
[Michael:] Like, we didn’t even start recording
and that—that was enough for Todd to know
that this wasn’t what he wanted to do.
[Kelsey:] I would like to do it
just because of how, like, giggly I am.
I’m very—I’m having lots of fun.
[ Michael chuckles ]
[Michael:] Kelsey wants some Pie Hole,
so we’re walking to Pie Hole.
How did you find your on camera experience?
[Kelsey:] As compared to this one?
[Michael:] Sure.
[Kelsey:] This is very informal.
[Michael:] Yeah.
[Kelsey:] The other one is very formal.
[Michael:] Yeah.
[Kelsey:] (Laughing) I like informal.
[ Folksy guitar music plays in pizza shop ]
[ Synth drone ]
[Michael:] This happened last night.
[Index:] (Timidly) Mew.
[ Snow crunches ]
[ Background chatter ]
[ Soda fountain hiss ]
[Michael:] There’s a lot of stuff that
we still need to finalize about episode three.
Right now, uh, we just want to focus
on getting a—enough animation done
that we can use it as the thumbnail
for this video at the end of episode two.
[Marcus Schlueter:] Gotcha.
[Michael:] In episode 3, we’re talking a lot
about the elements in the periodic table.
They’re being anthropomorphized
[Marcus:] Oooh.
[Michael:] as, uh, rockstars.
I think the idea is that
the first four elements are the Beatles.
So the thing that I had thought of to try to finish ASAP
so that we could use it as the thumbnail
would be iron as a heavy metal rockstar
like headbanging, maybe as he’s... doing some hammer
and pull off stuff on—on his guitar.
Over the course of this episode we’re building
the periodic table and the periodic table
is made of those squares, you know?
[Marcus:] Mhm.
[Michael:] So like, the way that this Premiere icon looks
sort of like an element from the periodic table
um, but like, just stick some eyes and arms 
and legs on the thing
so, like, all the characters will be these
squares with the element.
Iron would be the—the Fe square, but dressed up as a—
[Marcus:] Sure, so they’re all squares!
[Michael:] Yeah.
[Marcus:] (Whispering) Ok, gotcha, gotcha...
Yeah. I can do, uh, a loop of headbangin’ iron in no time.
[Michael:] This is the Sony Alpha 7S Mark II.
Last month we had the GoPro Omni on lease from B&H.
This month they’re letting us borrow this
camera to test it out.
And the low light capabilities of this thing…
It’s just blowing my mind.
You guys wanna see something crazy?
Watch this.
[ Happy xylophone notes ]
[Michael:] Wooaah. Woooaaah!
It’s—It’s night time. And I can make it so bright
with this camera that, uh…
you can see the clouds in the night sky.
[Michael:] So this is side-by-side of the iPhone
at it’s brightest setting
compared to the Sony Alpha 7S
on not even close to it’s brightest setting.
I have the Sony set to kind of mimic
what it looks like to my eyes.
At least on the screen on the back of the camera.
Of course I could… I could make it waaay brighter.
(Faked panic) Aaahhh! Aaahhh! Aaahhh!
[Katelyn Salem:]  —look like we’re driving in daylight?
[Michael:] So this is what the iPhone sees
in my apartment with all the lights off.
And this is what the Sony sees in the same condition—
I’m shooting these at the exact same time.
Granted, the Sony picture— It’s pretty grainy
because of how much gain is being applied.
But like… You can see.
There’s a cat down there.
This is iPhone.
And Sony.
iPhone.
Sony.
That’s ridonkulous.
This is a shot with significantly less noise.
I have the ISO (laughing) chan—
Well, this is shooting at ISO 80,000.
The other one was shooting at ISO 400,000.
So the noise is better - obviously it’s still there -
but, you can still… you can still see.
I’m just— I’m so blown away by this camera.
That’s crazy.
[ Upbeat music ]
