"Best" Photography Gloves

Hey Sandy,

I think they missed out on an important aspect of glove use. That’s based on nearly 50 years of winter/wet/windy of outdoor activity in Alaska, and a whole lot of experimenting with new gloves almost each year.

In our experience the range of gloves they highlight is pretty useless unless you START with lightweight glove liners, your choice of polypro or silk. They’re cheap, thin and compact ($7-$15), to the point we keep a pair in the pocket of every jacket and others in every camera bag, fishing bag, glove compartment and boat. We often use them without the benefit of heavier gloves. Here is an example of the “expensive” silk models. And here is a polypro version. Buy them by the handful and stuff them everywhere you’re likely to need them.

The liners are fine by themselves to a point, and if insufficient you pull your choice of over-gloves right over the top of them. Over-gloves too bulky for a particular task? When you pull them off the liners are still there to protect your hands for the moment. In really cold weather it’s the ultimate luxury to add these to the palms of your hands (or as my wife prefers the backs of her hands) INSIDE the liners.

It’s all cheap and low tech while convenient. None of the gloves in the article work so well without them, and they leave your hands instantly cold on cold camera gear when you remove the outer gloves for intricate or small tasks.