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For me, the question is not simply whether a piece of gear is good, but whether it earns its place on the journey. With compact proportions, an intuitive home-time display and an attainable pre-owned price, the overlooked IWC Pilot’s Watch UTC makes a compelling case as a true travel companion.
A relaxed Palm Springs getaway featuring mid-century architecture, great restaurants, boutique hotels, pool days, and desert sunshine.
The Insta360 Ace Pro2 showed up on my radar a couple of months ago as I started to research replacements for my aging GoPro Hero 8 Black. While my original use case for it stemmed from its core niche (action videos of mountain biking, snowboarding, motorsports, diving etc.) I was increasingly drawn to it for its much-touted broader capability set.
Five hours into a backcountry hike north of Vancouver, standing in a crystal-clear glacial stream with camera in hand, I watched my beloved Olympus XA sink straight to the bottom. As it turned out, the water had its own ideas about how these photos should look and some of them are better for it.
Once at the end of the road you’ll find yourself in a small dirt parking area and that’s where the adventure begins. From there, the lake entry-point is accessed via a winding 2.5km forest trail.
It’s not often you hear someone say, “I hope there’s a storm”, when planning a weekend to the coast, but then Tofino, British Columbia isn’t your typical beach destination.
Could the Insta360 Ace Pro 2 really work as a travel camera? After two weeks shooting with it across Athens, Sifnos and Milos, I came away impressed by its versatility—and increasingly aware of where a dedicated stills camera still wins.