HVL-F42AM has been confirmed to be the next dedicated flash from Sony with a Guide Number of 42 and ability to tilt and swivel from 90 to 180 degrees. This new 42 GN flash could have been produced to replace the old Minolta 3600 HS Flash or Sony HVL-F36AM model that has been in the market for quite some years already. The release of this new flash is yet another measure of Sony to ensure the whole range of Sony Alpha products is able to capture a huge portion of the photography market. This flash is very likely to be released at the same time with Alpha 300/350.  It is possible that another higher end flash will also be introduced to the market possibly with the introduction of Sony Alpha 900.

Tokyo, Japan – Sony Corporation today announced the development of a 35mm full size (diagonal:43.3mm/Type 2.7) 24.81 effective megapixel, ultra-high speed high image quality CMOS image sensor designed to meet the increasing requirement for rapid image capture and advanced picture quality within digital SLR cameras.

Only a few more moments before the long awaited PMA08 finally arrives and more photos of Sony's new DSLRs are already "leaking out" in the Internet. Sony fans and photographers are all looking forward to the release of 2 possible DSLR models during the show:

Sony Alpha 900 - "The mothership that will rule them all". 

Today, I will post a very basic skin softening technique, that can be applied on faces of female subjects to give their skin a more smooth look and a touch of glamorous shine. These kind of softening techniques are widely used in the creative industry where you see models with soft and perfect skins in movie posters, advertisements, etc...

For example, I will apply this simple Photoshop technique on the Sony Alpha model below. 

If you suck at Photoshop, now you can do better after watching Donnie's Photoshop Videos!  Watching these videos make me realise how fun Photoshop can be! Apart from the funny jokes, these videos do really teach interesting photo editing techniques in Photoshop! If you have not watch these videos before, do watch them now!

Volume 1: Distort, Warp, & Layer Effects