The Tao Colorist

The Business

• The Tailand Floods Impact On Electronics Industry - An in-depth follow-up from this item in last week's newsletter. The recent floods may create shortages not just in hard drives but all sorts of electronic equipment using microprocessors. (money.cnn.com via @silveradosys)

• The Science and Future of 3D Films - A 3-part Forbes Magazine article with Legend3D founder Dr. Barry Sandrew. This post is a summary of each part, with links. (FilmmakerIQ.com)

• Are You Ready for 4KTV? In 3D? - Writeup of 4k technology at last month's CCW convention in New York City. Includes a panel where Mark Shubin claims 4k distribution will eat up only 5% more bandwidth than 1080p. This is a pretty detailed writeup and clues us in to where the 'big boys' plan on taking us. Good read, but dense. (HDTVMagazing.com)

• [Video] Interview with Kino Flo Founder - Interviewed by Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut. And it shows. The lighting is great. (FilmmakerIQ.com)

• Canon Goes Hollywood - Invests in a product research, support, and training center in Hollywood, following similar moves by Panasonic and Sony. (BroadcastEngineering.com)

• Apple's Planned Obsolesce Schedule - Based on what we've seen with the development of Mac OS X, is it possible to generalize how long you can expect your latest Mac to be supported by new versions of the OS? (TidBits.com)

The Unicorns: Revealed

Note: In my day it was called Vaporware. The kids on Twitter call them Unicorns - gear that's promised (often for years) but has never been seen. On November 3rd the Unicorns from several companies were revealed. Here's a quick roundup.

• Roundup: Unicorn Day - A quick summary of the November 3 announcements from Canon and RED. Including a new unicorn from Canon. (DylanReeve.com)

• RED's Scarlet is finally revealed - The official show thread. Shipping November 17. (RedUser.net)

• Canon C300 - Billed as the inheritor of the 5D Mark II legacy, this post gives a nice rundown of the features. Available in January. (blog.abelcine.com)

• [Video] Canon C300 Short Film: 'Mobius' - This page also has a Behind The Scenes video. Nicely produced short. (NoFilmSchool.com)

• [Video] 15 Minutes with the Canon 1D X - A look at the video features of another new camera. Koo offers up a nice summary of this video. (NoFilmSchool.com)

• Revealed: Avid Media Composer 6 - New features include a complete 64-bit re-write that took over 2 years to complete. Support for AJA Kona & Decklink cards. Avid Artist Support. Stock footage previewing via integration with Thought Equity. Also of note: Avid Symphony is now software-only. Release date: In a week. (ProVideoCoalition.com)

• [Review] Avid MC 6 - Shane Ross has been beta testing this new version of Avid for the past few months. He shares his thoughts on this latest release. (LFHD.net)

Outside 'The Box'

• Technicolor Cinestyle Profile Steals Your Dynamic Range! - The 'Marvel Cine Style' profile designer rants on the Technicolor profile for Canon DSLRs. (ColorByJorg.wordpress.com)

• LightWorks Mac OS X Beta: Join the Forums - Recent tweet by LightWorks that forum members will get first shot at the Mac OS X Beta, scheduled for release in mid-December. If I read their roadmap correctly, you'll need to be a paid member - which they'll start offering at the end of November. (Twitter.com, LightWorksBeta.com)

• Using a Light Meter to Find Your Camera's Latitude - With all this talk of new cameras, seems like a timely link. (NoFilmSchool.com)

• [iApp] Accurate Short-Term Weather Predictions - Out on set and need to decide if you should grab the shot now? Or wait 20 minutes for the sky to clear? That's what DarkSky promises to provide... Hyper-accurate, pin-point weather predictions for the next 60 minutes or so. If you like - then you can donate to their Kickstarter campaign. (Kottke.org)