Very thin, warm gloves for winter shooting

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I live in Ithaca--a bit more temperate than Rochester, which gets some wicked lake-effect wind and snow. I drive up there now and then to go to Eastman House for a photography show, or to House Of Guitars, the great (and highly disoranized) musical instrument store.

 

[Roger Hicks]

I live in Ithaca--a bit more temperate than Rochester, which gets some wicked lake-effect wind and snow. I drive up there now and then to go to Eastman House for a photography show, or to House Of Guitars, the great (and highly disoranized) musical instrument store.

There's a great tradition in England of those from the north referring to 'soft bloody sootherners', but fortunately Frances is much nicer than that and refrained from saying "Ithaca! Practically Florida!" which is the sort of comment you sometimes get in the UK. Yes, it's the lake effect. Evil! But I envy you access to the Eastman House.

I find that I can operate a M (just!) with motorcycle gauntlets on: the most difficult bit is the diaphragm. A Leicavit or Rapidwinder helps, of course. Any reasonably thin gloves, without huge ridges on the fingers, work OK for me: the perception of not being able to make the settings is, I find, far worse than the actual ability to make them.

Cheers,

R.

 

[peter_n]

I use Forum snowboard mittens, pull-back tops with fingerless gloves underneath. Ugly but efficient.

 

[raid]

I have warm wool gloves in which each finger tip can be flipped over.They are photgrapher gloves. I sometimes use glove liners as second layer,and then as I take photos, I take the top layer off.

 

[abenner]

Photographer's gloves, flying gloves, iPhone gloves, what's next? Online forum gloves?

 

[Ken Ford]

I can't wear gloves while shooting, but years ago one of the other guys at the paper swore by thin diving gloves made out of wetsuit material (neoprene?). Apparently they come in different thicknesses.

 

[FallisPhoto]

I recommend some thin Kangaroo leather gloves. Very durable, warm and soft. I use them for motorcycling (with shielding) but you can get them thinner and more flexible for other applications (like shooting & bicycling), too.

The importation of kangaroo products is banned in the USA.

 

[Roger Hicks]

The importation of kangaroo products is banned in the USA.

Really? Any idea why? They're not exactly an endangered species (in fact, they're close to vermin). Is it on the grounds of some strange and improbable kangaroo disease?

Not being funny: I'm genuinely intrigued. I eat quite a lot of kangaroo, here in France...

Cheers,

Roger

 

[kully]

I spent a shocking £85 on some very well fitting leather gloves last year, but then found some equally well fitting leather gloves in a shop called 'Timberland' a few weeks ago - £30.

The test is whether I can twiddle the shutter speed onmy M2 with my thumb and forefinger and - passed.

Wool gloves tend to be too thick and even the thin ones stretch very quickly.

I agree about Southerners being pansies, but nothing beats gloves when it's wet, cold with a sharp wind.

 

[wpb]

It appears in 2007 the Supreme Court of the State of California upheld a state law dating back to the 1970's in which the importation of kangaroo was made illegal when some species were considered to be threatened. I am unsure of the status of direct importation to the other states but California does not allow it. The case in question was not as much about kangaroo per se as about the state of California having the right to decide for itself what products it will or will not allow to be imported.

 

[Roger Hicks]

It appears in 2007 the Supreme Court of the State of California upheld a state law dating back to the 1970's in which the importation of kangaroo was made illegal when some species were considered to be threatened. I am unsure of the status of direct importation to the other states but California does not allow it.

Interesting; thanks. I think I have indeed read elsewhere that some species may be (or may have been) endangered, but this decision strikes me as somewhat shaky science. After all, some species of clam are endangered...

Cheers,

Roger

 

[ferider]

The importation of kangaroo products is banned in the USA.

It never was an issue "in the USA". It was a Californian issue connected to a law-suite against Adidas.

Now, Kangaroo leather product are (again) available everywhere in California. Just bought a pair of gloves 2 weeks ago.

While the ban was never really enforced, It's formally legal since 04/08, see http://www.abc.net.au/rural/qld/content/2007/s2131875.htm. And the big red is not exactly an endangered species ... (see for instance http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18656748).

Roland.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Can anyone recommend extremely thin, yet still fairly warm, gloves for shooting in winter? Everything's white here and soon my fingerless glove liners won't do the job anymore...

Depends on your flavor of "Winter". For example, for Minnesotan Winters, no glove is ever thick enough. Usually I have to put thick mittens over thinsulate-lined leather gloves between late December and late February.

Right now, thinsulate-lined leather gloves barely get me through phase two of "Fall".

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

So I discovered that there is an EMS sporting goods store in my town and stopped in...I ended up with some tight thinsulate glove liners. They feel great!

In other news, I got new Doc Martens. Holy $^%#, it hurts to break 'em in...it's been so long since I had a new pair, I totally forgot.

 

[3js]

Depends on your flavor of "Winter". For example, for Minnesotan Winters, no glove is ever thick enough. Usually I have to put thick mittens over thinsulate-lined leather gloves between late December and late February.

Right now, thinsulate-lined leather gloves barely get me through phase two of "Fall".

To me this is the way things are, cold begings from -10 C. I remember a couple times that I broke my finger nails and I even didn't notice it, because my fingers were so numb. So heavy gloves with cut finger tops and a flap bending over them is the way to go.

 

[FallisPhoto]

Has anyone mentioned driving gloves yet?

 

[gb hill]

I use leather Isotoner's. Thin enough & they keep my hands warm. If it's blistering cold out then I just stay home.

 

[peter_n]

Scratch those Forum snowboarding gloves I posted about above. I was in Newport, RI for a long weekend and it was bitter there, especially out on the wharves in the wind. They couldn't cope with the cold. Back to the drawing board!

 

[rbiemer]

This goofy picture turned out to be harder to shot than I thought. But this is what I use. Under bigger gloves that I remove to then use these.
Rob

 

[John Lawrence]

You could try these:

http://www.uncrate.com/men/style/accessories/the-north-face-etip-gloves/