Solar Eclipse Maestro 1.6.7v3 for MacOS X released

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Solar Eclipse Maestro 1.6.7v3 for MacOS X released

Postby xjubier » Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:39 pm

Solar Eclipse Maestro 1.6.7v3 is now available for download, please visit:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/Solar_Eclipse_Maestro_Photography_Software.html

This release fixes all the reported bugs since the previous version and many more; under the hood improvements were made as well.

Users of all the previous versions planning to connect a Nikon or Canon camera and a GPS are strongly urged to upgrade to this
version. Support for previous versions is terminated as of this day. Browse the ReadMe file to know more.
Please report soonest any problem you may encounter.

Here is a short list of the latest improvements and bugfixes:
- Final adjustment to ∆T value for PSE 2011 January 4
- Moved partial solar eclipses in a separate hierarchical menu
- Optimized the display of time zones
- Added an indicator to show the best camera orientation for coronal streamers
- Fixed a crash when creating the observer’s PDF file of the orthographic eclipse map
- Preliminary support for the Nikon D3100 and D7000
- Preliminary support for the Canon 60D
- Improvements and corrections on the Baily’s bead simulator
- Improved support for the Nikon D3000
- Fixed problems with the GPS position tracking
- Fix for a synchronization problem with the time given by the GPS
- Fix for parsing decimal notation shutter speeds
- Less chatty application log when using a fixed aperture lens
- Improvements for Glenn Schneider’s E-Flight
- Corrected a display bug on the timezone
- Fix for a regression bug in the exposure calculator
- Fix for a preference problem on noise reduction
- Switched to UTC time where UT time was still being used
- An HTTP request can now be sent using the scripted COMMAND action
- Added time zone and local time support
- Fix for a problem where new cameras weren't being correctly referenced anymore
- Modified a few keyboard shortcuts, so that they can be used with any international keyboard layout
- Added display of the comets that may be visible during totality
- Direct access to Bill Kramer's eclipse chasers database: updates can be done from Solar Eclipse Maestro
- Removal of a spurious character inserted in the action log
- Fix for the Live View becoming sometimes synchronous
- Improved the Live View management when a script is running
- Fixed a problem where the Live View window title wasn't always displayed
- Fixed a crash when taking a test exposure from the Hardware Configuration dialog
- Multiple cameras with bracketing improvements
- Access to additional sounds without modifying the application package
- Display of the solar corona during totality
- Fixed an occasionally erroneous date display on the sky chart
- Fix on the sky chart for locations in the southern hemisphere
- Fix for local time when changing location
- User interface tweaks
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements

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