Click on the link to go to Digital gloves. I right now use fingerless gloves and while that works great for touch, dang my digits get cold. I was wondering if anyone has tried them?
They're fingerless gloves covered by a mitten. On really cold days, I put one of those "hotties" on top of my fingers in the mitten, works like a charm, fingers never get the least bit cold. They're not waterproof though... hasn't been an issue though.
They're fingerless gloves covered by a mitten. On really cold days, I put one of those "hotties" on top of my fingers in the mitten, works like a charm, fingers never get the least bit cold. They're not waterproof though... hasn't been an issue though.
Yep have those ones too, lol. Like I said just don't want to have my lil piglets out. Now one thing I did is sacrificed one. Shut the mitten but just had my trigger finger out. I have done the warmers too, did one in the mit and one in the palm kept the body warm holding it.
Those gloves are awesome! They don't provide a lot of warmth, but they do allow you good tactile feel with the camera.
I recently found that I can fit a pair of "magic" gloves (you know, the $1 stretch gloves they have in Walmart, Zellers, wherever...) underneath the mechanix gloves. It helps immensely in keeping my hands warm without loosing the tactile feel. For extended periods of standing still, I still would recommend hand-warming packs (your fingers will still get cold). This combo held up pretty well when I was out walking/shooting last weekend for two hours in Canada's winter weather.
I just got them and haven't tried them in real life bone freezing cold, but we all know that mittens are warmer than gloves, we need some tactile sensation to work the camera, and it gets darn cold out there.
These "gloves" give you the fingerless opportunity, but they have the mitten fold over that should really help. I guess you can also get a pair of liners to help even more.
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PS - I just saw that someone else beat me to it!!!!!
Tom, what I've found is that it's next to impossible to find a pair of gloves to shoot with that keep your hands warm and offer the touch and feel we need to turn dials and press buttons.
I've tried about every kind of material imagined...fingered, fingerless, pull-over mittens, mechanics gloves...you name it. About half way through the '06 football season I picked up a pair of wide receiver gloves similar to what athletes wear and those are now my "go to" gloves. I especially like that they have a great grip, are tight fitting and keep my hands dry, but they're not the warmest gloves out there.
Keep in mind that I'm usually shooting sports so I like that if I have to throw my 400/f2.8 over my shoulder and quickly more to the other end of the field, the grip of those gloves on my monopod is always good (regardless of the elements).
I'm like you Scott I have tried them all. For a game I am ok, but if I am doing a long day or multiple games that is where I run into issues. I like the look of the inside palm looks very tacky/grippe. The think I liked about he gloves I posted was it combined what 400d said up above glue a dot to it. But this gel dot goes through the glove so you get tactile feel but ski glove warmth. It also states that there is suede like material in the palm for grip too.
I went a head and ordered them.. heck what is one more on the pile right?
I also use the "Mechanics Wear" gloves. Just enought warmth (if you want to call it that) and still have great control of the camera wheels and buttons.
They're warm, wind proof & easily maneuverable, I never need to take them off when I'm outside. The palm has soft rubber so your camera won't accidentally slip out, the rubber also glows in the dark too, just something cool to have and scare people
If the weather gets really cold, I'll put on another layer of wind/water proof shell.
i had a pair of Rothco neoprene police search gloves for a while. They worked AWESOME down to about freezing so long as there wasnt terribly much wind.
Being from Minnesota, I think this is sort of funny. What we call cold here, you could never do with most of these gloves. Tonight, for example, it is supposed to be -15F and I'm supposed to be out shooting alpine skiing in the morning.
What works is to wear your normal heavy gloves - you can trip the shutter with them BTW, if you are careful. Wear glove liners (pick your favorites) and if you have to adjust camera controls, use that out of your heavy gloves for a moment.
Most of the gloves on this page, I probably wouldn't worry about. For the temp that they work in, it isn't cold enough to be wearing gloves (down to about 20-25F if wind is low) for shooting.
I'm with John. A pair of liner gloves inside a warmer glove or mitten will work much better than something like what is shown here if its really cold.
If it is not that cold then a lighter glove like an X-C skiing glove (the thinsulate/leather kinds are really nice but kinda hard to find) or a wool glove works great. Just pull your hand out to change settings and trip the shutter with your hand in the glove.
