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Gloves for surgeons: Luxury in the repair shop


I use the dark gray ziplok anti-static bags made for circuit boards to hold my film holders when not in use. This both avoids static buildup and keeps them more dust and dirt free.
 
I did that too for awhile. But it made little difference from ordinary Ziplok bags because my holders themselves are coated with anti-static wipe. One exception was when I was doing a lot of desert shooting. Now I simply avoid blowing playa clay dust, especially this time of year in Death Valley etc. I also had to use wide blue masking tape all around the back of the pickup cab window and gate, to prevent fine dust entering into the back on dirt roads - as much to prevent me sneezing all night sleeping in there as for sake of my gear itself. Now I have an extended cab 4WD pickup with the gear itself up front instead.

I've alway used multiple plastic bags around all my gear just in case - whether the issue was dust, or me and my big pack accidentally getting dunked in some mountain stream, which has happened several times. Getting a camera soaked is a big disappointment; but getting your sleeping bag or coat or replacement clothing soaked can potentially be fatal in the mountains.
 

In another life I had a chance to work in an operating room as a scrub tech. We used the latex gloves and they came in glove sizes, 7, 71/2, 8, and 81/2. I have fairly large hands and wore an 8 and a 71/2 was a tight fit and could cramp in the middle of a long operation. They should fit without any space in the fingers, sort of like a second skin. The gloves in your illustration look slightly large and if they are 81/2, then I would go with an 8. Just my 2 cents.
 

Thanks, I'll try size 8, 1/2 size smaller.
 
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