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Photography, Style

Review: Kenneth Cole New York Automatic Watch KC8100

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A few months ago while browsing at Macy’s, my fiancee landed eyes on the watch display and insisted that I get one to wear for the wedding. (The watch I’ve been wearing every day for the last several years is a Seiko 5 automatic, which is an awesome piece, but not particularly elegant.)

Most of the watches at Macy’s are “fashion watches” – known mainly for their brand recognition and how fancy and/or blingy they look, rather than their actual quality or heritage. Some of these brands include Diesel, Fossil, and Kenneth Cole.

She fell in love with one of the pieces from Kenneth Cole New York, so in classic PRAKTICALA style, I went home, worked my magic, and finagled a smoking deal on it. A few days later I had a package at my front door.

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Deals, Photography

Deal: Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Aspherical Wide-Angle Fisheye Lens

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Amazon has a smoking deal right now on a 6.5mm f/3.5 wide-angle lens from Opteka. This wide-angle lens lets you capture almost 180 degrees of image into your frame! This is sometimes also called the “fisheye” effect.

You can get this cool lens for Nikon, Canon, or Sony mounts. All three on priced the same, on sale for $150 from Amazon with free shipping.

Note that this is a manual focus lens. Time to get your camera skills on!

Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 HD Aspherical Fisheye Lens

Photography, Style

Review: Polo Ralph Lauren Lander P Sneaker – Wear Those Boat Shoes!

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PRAKTICALA has a bunch of other things to do besides talk about shoes all day, but I was able to snag an incredible deal on these Polo Ralph Lauren Lander P boat shoes and figured somebody ought to hear about it.

Boat shoes are one of those items that are super old school and always considered to be in style, but at the same time seem to weave back and forth between enjoying widespread popularity (I hesitate to use the “F” word because I dislike FADS) and being on the backburner. Lately, boat shoes have been leaning towards the former, although I think they are beginning to slow down again as a trend (which is good).

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Outdoors, Photography, Video

Shotgun Showdown: Remington 870 vs Mossberg 500

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I visited my folks last week and finally got the chance to try out my dad’s new Mossberg 500 “Persuader” 12-gauge shotgun.

I own the Remington 870 and I’ve shot some other Remington shotguns, but I had never fired the Mossberg before, so I was quite curious to see how this one held up to mine. Here’s what I found.

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Deals, Photography, Travel

Shark Attack in Morro Bay

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I picked up a 35mm f/1.8 prime from the deal that I posted a couple weeks ago (I already had this lens, but it was stolen) and took it for a spin in Morro Bay, CA. Turns out there was a shark attack yesterday; we just missed it.

Apparently the birds don’t care.

EDIT: This lens, and the 50mm f/1.8 prime I mentioned in a previous post, are both on sale again. Don’t miss out!

Deals, Photography

Good deal on Nikon lenses + Lightroom 5

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Buydig has some great deals on Nikkor lenses right now for Nikon mounts. Both the 35mm ($197) and 50mm ($217) AF-S f/1.8G lenses are quality, fast lenses for photographers on a budget. I have both, and I use them often and recommend them. And right now they come with a free copy of Adobe Lightroom 5! Buydig also offers free shipping and no tax in most states.

A few other lenses are also included in the sale, but these two are the highlights.

Grab them before they’re gone!