How to keep your hands warm in the winter.

voceumana · Dec 15, 2005

My warmest pair of gloves I bought around 1981 (still have them) from Marshal Field in Chicago suburbs when it was 20 below (F). They have a wool inner glove and a deerskin outer glove.

I suggest wooden tripods ONLY for outdoor use in cold or even cool weather. Mine's a Ries.

Charlie

roteague · Dec 15, 2005

Fintan said:
....and miss great B+W winter landscapes, no chance!!

Or great color winter landscapes ... you found my secret weakness.

David Brown · Dec 15, 2005

lee said:
live near the tropics

lee\c

I just stay indoors. :rolleyes:

wiseowl · Dec 16, 2005

I use a pair of charcoal based pocket warmers, basically these are a metal case in which you place a lit/glowing piece of charcoal. They last about 4 hours, much longer than the chemical ones. I bought mine from a fishing tackle shop many years ago when I was prone to standing on very cold hill tops flying model aeroplanes.

unohuu · Dec 16, 2005

Ditto the layers, liners and chemical handwarmers. Those warmers actually help with the batteries in the cameras as well. Luke- MN

Flotsam · Dec 16, 2005

David Brown said:
I just stay indoors. :rolleyes:

I agree, Studio photography can be very rewarding, especially when the outdoor temps dip below freezing

roteague · Dec 16, 2005

unohuu said:
Ditto the layers, liners and chemical handwarmers. Those warmers actually help with the batteries in the cameras as well. Luke- MN

Cameras have batteries?? Wow, the next thing you know, they will have cameras that don't need film.

unohuu · Dec 16, 2005

NO, Robert, those will not be cameras, they will be digital imaging devices. Not to be confused with cameras. KIOT Luke

roteague · Dec 16, 2005

unohuu said:
NO, Robert, those will not be cameras, they will be digital imaging devices. Not to be confused with cameras. KIOT Luke

I was recently in a room taking pictures along with two professional photographers (both shooting digital); as I was shooting my F5 I explained to them that "someone needed to bring a camera" - needless to say, they didn't appreciate the comment.

Ole · Dec 16, 2005

All these high-tech solutions...

Sheepskin mitts - with the fur on the inside.
Wood tripod.
Camera with big knobs that can be operated with the mitts on.

Aggie · Dec 16, 2005

Ole said:
All these high-tech solutions...

Sheepskin mitts - with the fur on the inside.
Wood tripod.
Camera with big knobs that can be operated with the mitts on.

What about electric gloves? I had them at the ski resort, and they had leather palms for good grip. The batteries last all day long. My daughter conviently forgot them someplace the one time she borrowed them.

Ole · Dec 16, 2005

Aggie said:
What about electric gloves?

Don't know - I've never tried them. Do they have a built-in cellphone?

I know from experience that sheepskin (with fur on the inside) will keep your fingers functional for more than four hours at -40°C (at that time I was handling a gun, not a camera). How well do electric gloves work when the batteries run out?

Fintan · Jan 27, 2006

Something of interest?
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/mittengloves-for-winter-photographers-150903.php

papisa · Mar 8, 2006

Go to this site dermatone.com Have used this stuff being a Iron Worker and you no the weather we work in, click on tins and the numbers are 2208-2207 and there is one in the Stick section for face and lips, it works.

avandesande · Mar 8, 2006

A pint of scotch.

JonJacob · Dec 13, 2011

Keep Hands Warm while editing on computer

If you're like me, your hands not only get cold during a shoot or while outdoors, when you sit down to edit on your computer, then they really get cold. I now use a heated mouse and have several great products from http://www.heatedmouse.com to keep my nice and cozy. No more space heater, at least I don't keep it cranked up as much -- the the Warm Mouse and the warm Heated slippers are both really great & my favorites. I picked up the warm heated shawl too, but so funny -- my wife stole it from me before I could try it out and uses it in bed with her laptop so I might want to get another one... one of these days. Ha ha.
These little gadgets seem to get power to make the infrared heat from the USB on your computer, so no need to plugin otherwise than right into your computer. Pretty neat, thought I should share. Cheers!

SchwinnParamount · Dec 13, 2011

You bumped a 5 year old thread?

JonJacob · Dec 13, 2011

Oops, just stumbled on it from a search since my hands were always cold and thought it would be good info to share

lxdude · Dec 13, 2011

SchwinnParamount said:
You bumped a 5 year old thread?

Sure, why not, if it's new info?

This place ain't p.nut, after all, where a thread is dead after two or three days. Hell, the deleted thread was deleted almost 7 years ago, and it's still around! (Thanks to various miscreants) The moderators keep trying to lose it by moving it around, and we just keep finding it!

Helinophoto · Dec 13, 2011

Well, here's a general tip, as long as the thread is awake:

Keeping your hands warm isn't enough, you need to be warm in general, or else, the hands and feet will get cold anyway. (the body removes blood from the extremities when you get chilly and your feet and hands are first to get cold if you aren't dressed properly.)

I always get cold when handling the camera with my bare fingers, but if I am dressed properly in general, the hands will warm up after I cover them.

coigach · Dec 13, 2011

Best gloves I have found for winter landscape photography are specialist shooting / fishing ones. The're windbloc fleece, and have a fold-down bit to free thumb and forefinger for doing fiddly tasks without taking gloves off. Mine are made by Orvis but many shooting / fishing equipment makers have similar.

BradleyK · Dec 13, 2011

Head over to MEC (or check out www.mec.ca) and have a "look-see" at their selection of Polartec gloves. Last winter, when shooting in Banff and Jasper National Parks, I used mid-weight Polartec gloves with a light-weight liner. I had no problems keeping the digits functional while retaining dexterity of same.

semi-ambivalent · Dec 13, 2011

seadrive said:
Hah, hah, hah. I'm pretty sure the women would say the opposite. Most of the women I've known have a real dislike for the cold, especially when it comes in the form of your cold hands anywhere on their warm bodies.

I think you'd have much better luck with a dog.

Yeah, and a dog won't complain about your hygiene...

s-a

Newt_on_Swings · Dec 13, 2011

http://www.seirus.com/tactical-ByTag/gloves/

Seirus makes great gloves that are warm but offer high dexterity. I still have a pair that I have destroyed over a 5 year period. Its not waterproof anymore, but is still warm. They look really cool too! Down side is that they are very pricey. =[

Klainmeister · Dec 14, 2011

If you have a pair of those wool gloves I grew up using whilst fishing--fingers cut off for tying bait but with a mitten flap that usually velcrows to the top--you can add one of those heat packs into that foldable mitten top. Surprising how much that helps.

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