Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week – 28 May 2010

Continuing our “Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week” series, we have Photoshop and Canon 5D firmware updates, the Photographer’s Ephemeris solar angle calculators, and more.

News

• Alamy changes submission size – Stock agency Alamy has reduced the uncompressed minimum file size requirement from 48MB  to 24MB.

Software Updates

Canon 5D firmware update – Newly released firmware update 2.0.7 corrects:-

• The phenomenon in which the aperture exhibits abnormal movement when shooting movies in manual exposure mode and Aperture Priority AE (Av mode) using some Canon lenses (such as macro lenses).
• A phenomenon in which the exposure level shown in the LCD panel differs from what is shown in the viewfinder when shooting still images in manual exposure mode.
• A phenomenon in which the Wireless File Transmitter (WFT-E4 or WFT-E4 II) may not automatically power off when used for FTP transfers.

Adobe Issues Security Update for Photoshop CS4 11.0.2 – Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Photoshop CS4 11.0.1 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these vulnerabilities to take control of the affected system. Adobe recommends Photoshop CS4 customers update to Photoshop CS4 11.0.2, which resolves the issues. The Photoshop 11.0.2 update also addresses a number of problems with brushes, styles and gradient preset files discovered after Photoshop CS4 was released

iPhone apps

• Seesmic (FREE) – I have been using the Seesmic Desktop app for a year now, as it has the option to aggregate multiple twitter accounts and a facebook account into one feed. They have finally released the iPhone and iPod  app which operates slightly different to the desktop app, but is still easy to use.
• The Photographer’s Ephemeris ($11.99 AUD) – Developed by Steven Trainor the Photographers Ephemeris is a tool to help with the planning of all types of outdoor photography, but particularly landscape and urban scenes. It is a map-centric sun and moon calculator to see how the light will fall on the land, be it day or night, for any location on earth. The desktop applications is free for download.

Web links

• Motions of the Sun Simulator – A great web-based tool for  determining sun angles at any location and time.