My takeaway from the article was that most of that gear either wasn't necessary or was only necessary because of Apple's specific self-imposed production requir

My takeaway from the article was that most of that gear either wasn't necessary or was only necessary because of Apple's specific self-imposed production requirements. And also due to the fact that they just hired a production team like they always do for these things, but this time they had them slap the iphone into the usual equipment in place of their regular camera.