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11/18/2005 03:16:52 PM · #1 |
Due to some unseasonably cold weather in my area, I decided to buy a pair of gloves to wear tonight while I'm shooting high school football. I bought these:
LowePro Photo Gloves
I'm ultimately not going to be happy with them because they are thicker than I would really like. I'm curious what gloves some of you may be wearing for shooting in the cold. I have been told that golfers gloves are good, but I looked at some and couldn't imagine them being that great for cold weather photography.
What do you use?
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11/18/2005 03:19:44 PM · #2 |
I use lightweight 1/2 gloves for dexterous work and carry warmer gloves for when the fingertips get chilled. After a while my hands are balled into my pockets 1/2 the time anyway though.
Edit to say:
The need for gloves is another reason to leave the great white north :\
Message edited by author 2005-11-18 15:20:32. |
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11/18/2005 03:23:05 PM · #3 |
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11/18/2005 03:24:06 PM · #4 |
Isotoner! Not that I use mine anymore now that I'm a Floridian. :)
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11/18/2005 03:24:22 PM · #5 |
| I have Patagonia gloves that are similar, I think, to these. They're nice - quite thin and comfortable and easy to shove into mittens for the times when I'm not shooting. |
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11/18/2005 03:30:37 PM · #6 |
I looked around for a pair of gloves where the fingertips fold back. In all the camping shops I could find, the only gloves like this that they had were mittens with ends that folded back to completely expose the fingers. A friend suggested a trip to a gun shot, where I picked up a pair of Barbour shooting gloves. Made of neoprene, the tips of the thumbs and first two fingers fold back. Most useful. The folded-back tips are even held in place with Velcro.
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11/18/2005 03:31:04 PM · #7 |
pockets.
grip the camera tight, keep some warmth, pain is fleeting, just pocket your hands every twenty minutes or so.
works for me, skiing sub zero.
...then again, I was never bright enough to think i should put on some thin gloves...so dont listen to me
:-P
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11/18/2005 03:33:20 PM · #8 |
I bought a cheap pair of thin fleece gloves at Wal-Mart and cut the very tips off the right thumb and first finger. Since they are fleece they don't fray. They work wonderfully - they are warm, hug your hands so you can do anything you want and only cost $1.97!!!
It is bitter cold here in the winter and you really need gloves. These cheap ones from Wal-Mart work better than the more expensive fingerless gloves that I bought at first. |
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11/18/2005 03:35:01 PM · #9 |
I use glove liners under fingerless wool gloves that have a mitton type closer for the fingers if you get to cold. Used them for over 5 years. Works great when it's reall cold, and or your out a long time.
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11/18/2005 03:43:44 PM · #10 |
I bought a pair of winter golf gloves so I could keep playing when It gets cold... like it gets cold in Southern Nevada. But they have worked really well for photography also, they have enough feel to everything that I need to do, and even change CF cards without taking them off. I didn't even have to cut any finger tips off.
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11/18/2005 04:00:09 PM · #11 |
I have a pair of flyfishing wool gloves with the fingertips sewed out. They are great for warmth and wetness (since they are wool). They also have rubber? grips dots on the fronts, so holding items is easy (i.e fly rod, slippery 25" rainbow, or camera) Cabela's sell them for around $15.00 or less.
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11/18/2005 04:19:22 PM · #12 |
I have a pair of Pearl Izumi winter cycling gloves, the back is thick and insulated while the palm side is basically just soft leather. with not too much padding.
With them on, I can easily operate my 10D, switch lenses quite easily and my hands stay quite toasty even when it's below zero.
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11/18/2005 04:34:45 PM · #13 |
| while I have never worn these while shooting, when I did carpentry in Boston I used to wear these framers gloves which are very grippy and leave the thumb, fore and middle finger exposed at the last digit, warm, comfortable and they are tougher than the proverbial nails. |
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11/18/2005 04:49:59 PM · #14 |
These are those of which I spoke earlier.
I'm normally a heat generator so these work just fine for me. I've worn them (or similar) in some mighty chilly weather (< -10F, gale force winds). Then again I'm known to do dumb things like that.
Heat is as heat does. |
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11/18/2005 06:08:45 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by AJAger:
I picked up a pair of Barbour shooting gloves. Made of neoprene, the tips of the thumbs and first two fingers fold back. Most useful. The folded-back tips are even held in place with Velcro. |
This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for for a couple of years now. I saw someone wearing a pair like this on a trip a few years back and just haven't been able to find any. Where exactly did you buy these?
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11/18/2005 06:15:13 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Kavey:
Originally posted by AJAger:
I picked up a pair of Barbour shooting gloves. Made of neoprene, the tips of the thumbs and first two fingers fold back. Most useful. The folded-back tips are even held in place with Velcro. |
This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for for a couple of years now. I saw someone wearing a pair like this on a trip a few years back and just haven't been able to find any. Where exactly did you buy these? |
I bought them in a huntin', shootin' and fishin' shop in Baddow, near Chelmsford. You could perhaps try looking Here
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11/19/2005 12:47:55 AM · #17 |
| I shot with the lowepro gloves in below freezing temperatures tonight at the football game. I didn't think I would like them but they work very well and they kept my hands warm too. I think I'll stick with these for a while but I will keep my eyes open for better ones... |
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11/19/2005 01:17:45 AM · #18 |
Golfer's gloves work very well for me, but I'm seldom shooting in really frigid temperatures for more than half an hour max before I'm back in the car. The real problem, I've found, is the wind-chill factor, and the golf gloves eliminate that. It doesn't get all that cold here: 28-30 degrees is about as bad as it gets. But it can be (usually is) windy.
Robt. |
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11/19/2005 05:02:29 AM · #19 |
Over winter I used a pair of woollen fingerless gloves, that my Mum knitted me years ago.. On a couple of really dismal rainy days I still got really cold hands, but as long as I as dry they worked OK...
Cheers, Me.
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11/25/2005 01:07:29 PM · #20 |
I believe I found the best option for cold weather shooting gloves today...
//www.spyder.com/product.asp?productid=20508
I bought a pair of these at Dick's Sporting Goods for $25. I thought the LowePro gloves I mentioned earlier were great until I found these...
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11/25/2005 01:45:01 PM · #21 |
| My Fujifilm camera's pretty hot, even though I say so myself. |
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