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Sorry to bring up winter cold at a time like this...hope I don't get booted. :angel:
While reading the terrific thread on the Leica M2, the subject of refitting the camerra for cold-weather shooting came up. Tom A's solution is, for the time being, a limited-production one, and likely out of reach of a number of people. My Hexars are quite amenable, ergonomically speaking, to cold-weather shooting, but every camera (and photographer holding it) could use help.
So far, I've yet to find a great solution for 20° and lower; the best I've found were those convertible-mitten things, the best example of which I bought from Ken Hansen about 20 years ago. After I wore those out, I couldn't find them again. Everything else I came across was quite inferior in quality...or maybe I've been looking in the wrong places. (Yes, I've tried hunting-style mitts, but they're not quite the same.)
What I have found is a pretty good solution for temps down to about 20º, and a damn sight better than those fingerless numbers that leave you with warm palms but frozen digits. The gloves are Manzella N2S (next-to-skin) Windstopper. (I actually thought I'd lost these up until a few days ago; thanks to reading Ken Ford's entry in the M2 thread, I got to looking for them again, and found them). A grippy texture in the palm and on the fingers. Fabric just thin and flexible enough to manipulate most any controls on the camera (I actually changed rolls a few times while waering them, but remember, my Hexars don't need manual film-leader threading; I'll have to try it with the Auto S3 to see how full-manual loading works in these gloves). And, handy pull-tabs to aid quickly slipping them on.
They were about $25 when I bought them a few years back, at Paragon Sports. I can't imagine their not still being available.
Right, then...now let's just forget I ever mentioned the "W" word and get back to basking in the sun. Don't forget the sandals.
- Barrett
While reading the terrific thread on the Leica M2, the subject of refitting the camerra for cold-weather shooting came up. Tom A's solution is, for the time being, a limited-production one, and likely out of reach of a number of people. My Hexars are quite amenable, ergonomically speaking, to cold-weather shooting, but every camera (and photographer holding it) could use help.
So far, I've yet to find a great solution for 20° and lower; the best I've found were those convertible-mitten things, the best example of which I bought from Ken Hansen about 20 years ago. After I wore those out, I couldn't find them again. Everything else I came across was quite inferior in quality...or maybe I've been looking in the wrong places. (Yes, I've tried hunting-style mitts, but they're not quite the same.)
What I have found is a pretty good solution for temps down to about 20º, and a damn sight better than those fingerless numbers that leave you with warm palms but frozen digits. The gloves are Manzella N2S (next-to-skin) Windstopper. (I actually thought I'd lost these up until a few days ago; thanks to reading Ken Ford's entry in the M2 thread, I got to looking for them again, and found them). A grippy texture in the palm and on the fingers. Fabric just thin and flexible enough to manipulate most any controls on the camera (I actually changed rolls a few times while waering them, but remember, my Hexars don't need manual film-leader threading; I'll have to try it with the Auto S3 to see how full-manual loading works in these gloves). And, handy pull-tabs to aid quickly slipping them on.
They were about $25 when I bought them a few years back, at Paragon Sports. I can't imagine their not still being available.
Right, then...now let's just forget I ever mentioned the "W" word and get back to basking in the sun. Don't forget the sandals.
- Barrett
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Graham Line
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Cross-country ski shops and mountaineering shops are great places to find things like this -- well-fitted, thin and tightly woven gloves. Usually a pair of these under a heavier mitten keep me out and comfortable all day. Makes a big big difference when the wind is blowing.