Working in the Cold

[Kilgallb]

It has been a frosty Christmas where I live (-34C on several nights). I have tried battery operated heated gloves meant for construction workers but they are still too bulky for fine adjustment of the lens or focus on my 4x5.

Has anyone found a more form fitting heated glove?

 

[MurrayMinchin]

It has been a frosty Christmas where I live (-34C on several nights). I have tried battery operated heated gloves meant for construction workers but they are still too bulky for fine adjustment of the lens or focus on my 4x5.

Has anyone found a more form fitting heated glove?

I read an article about someone photographing Siberia and Mongolia in winter. I forget what brand of gloves he used, but they were winter gloves designed for snipers...they had multiple layers and designed so you could get some fingers free if you needed to. Think they were of German or Russian manufacture, and those guys know cold! Might be worth a search?

 

[Craig]

I was thinking of going out but figured my breath would just frost up the ground glass, so I stayed in the warm.

That being said, my dad has a toque made from possum, and it is amazingly warm. There are gloves made from it, most of the possum comes from New Zealand.

 

[Trail Images]

I use a mitt-glove similar to these with 4x5 LF & 6x7 MF.....
MITT-GLOVE

 

[Doremus Scudder]

I've used mittens similar to the mitt-gloves linked to above and with a good pair of polypro liner gloves. Flop the tops off the mittens and fiddle with the camera with just the liner gloves then flip them back. Keep your hands in pockets as much as possible, limit exposure time, or, like I do these days, travel south in the winter to photograph

Doremus

 

[bdial]

These showed up in an email this morning. Haven't tried them or even looked, but seem like they might do the trick. No affiliation to Hunt's

Promaster 4-Layer Photo Gloves

 

[Arthurwg]

I flew over Calgary once in winter. Cold not see anything. All white.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Edmonton goes below freezing the end of August beginning of September and does not go above freezing until some time in June. I think people live there because they believe that the climate will make them age slower and live longer. I would think those people might know a thing or two about gloves.

 

[Kilgallb]

I was thinking of going out but figured my breath would just frost up the ground glass, so I stayed in the warm.

That being said, my dad has a toque made from possum, and it is amazingly warm. There are gloves made from it, most of the possum comes from New Zealand.

I use a swim snorkel that pokes through a hole in the dark cloth.

 

[Kaptainevil]

I use a swim snorkel that pokes through a hole in the dark cloth.

I've read your comment over and over and finally I have to just ask; are you being serious? This is one of those times it could be a joke but the more I think about it this seems like it would legitimately work to solve the fogging problem, and I've never thought to try it....please say you really do this!

 

[abruzzi]

I've read your comment over and over and finally I have to just ask; are you being serious? This is one of those times it could be a joke but the more I think about it this seems like it would legitimately work to solve the fogging problem, and I've never thought to try it....please say you really do this!

I should try it when I'm wearing my mask, so it doesn't fog my glasses. I've never had fogging issues, but it seems like it could work, as long as you could vent the output of the snorkel outside the space under the dark cloth.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I should try it when I'm wearing my mask, so it doesn't fog my glasses. I've never had fogging issues, but it seems like it could work, as long as you could vent the output of the snorkel outside the space under the dark cloth.

It will work better if you have a mask with a nose wire to conform the top of the mask to your nose.

 

[Kilgallb]

I've read your comment over and over and finally I have to just ask; are you being serious? This is one of those times it could be a joke but the more I think about it this seems like it would legitimately work to solve the fogging problem, and I've never thought to try it....please say you really do this!

I really do it.

You need to force yourself to breath through the mouth only.

 

[Kaptainevil]

I really do it.

You need to force yourself to breath through the mouth only.

Makes sense! Wow...not a bad idea at all. Filing this one away...thanks for that!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Edmonton goes below freezing the end of August beginning of September and does not go above freezing until some time in June. I think people live there because they believe that the climate will make them age slower and live longer. I would think those people might know a thing or two about gloves.

What a load of BS lol

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I was out photographing in the Fraser Valley this morning. -4°C. To prevent fogging up the ground glass, I zip my jacket up over my mouth.

 

[John Koehrer]

I was out photographing in the Fraser Valley this morning. -4°C. To prevent fogging up the ground glass, I zip my jacket up over my mouth.

Sooo, Is that where the term "zipit" (as in be quiet.)comes from?

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Well, I dunno. I was careful not to zip it to my lips though

 

[Sirius Glass]

What a load of BS lol

"I would think those people might know a thing or two about gloves."? Really?

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

"I would think those people might know a thing or two about gloves."? Really?

I was referring to your comments before that. I'm from Saskatoon. I know of what I talk about.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I was referring to your comments before that. I'm from Saskatoon. I know of what I talk about.

I was referring to your comments before that. I'm from Saskatoon. I know of what I talk about.

I was referring to the beginning of the tv show Rhoda where is she said she moved to Minneapolis because she thought that the cold weather would help her keep better.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I was referring to the beginning of the tv show Rhoda where is she said she moved to Minneapolis because she thought that the cold weather would help her keep better.

Sorry I didn't catch on. I preferred MTM show. She was hot.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I just realised no one is alive from that show anymore as we just lost Betty White...

 

[Sirius Glass]

Sorry I didn't catch on. I preferred MTM show. She was hot.

On that we agree.

 

[SteveinAlaska]

..................from the REAL Great White North. December 26th to about the 30th. 24inches snow, mixed in with sleet and freezing rain for a day. Then the bottom dropped out of the thermometer to -34/40f for a couple of nights. I wear light weight glove liners under winter gloves. Work for a VERY short time with my German 120 folders & the 35mm film gear. Metal gets cold real fast!