re: Best cinematography you've seen?

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CK set the bar for cinematography that no one can ever reach.

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It wasn't even that he did anything "new" - it was that he combined all the techniques learned to that point, and used them to great effect. He put on a clinic of lighting and camera use of techniques that had not been used liberally or to the same effect.

Toland did a great job with the lights and cameras on that film - Welles nabs the lion's share of the credit, but Toland - and their sound guys, Fesler and Stewart, deserve a lot of credit for the final package. Welles almost predicted Kubrick, in that he had studied enough of the photographic and recording techiques to make a difference as the director (as well as being the writer/producer/star - which predicted folks like Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner in the post-contract era.)