What gloves do you use?

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What gloves do you use whilst out and about with your camera?

I tried with some normal thin gloves, but they felt a bit funny, and I couldn't get to grips with it.

I'm tempted to get some Etre Touchy gloves, but wondered if there are any other good designs out there for photographers.

Andy
 
The North Face Pamir Windstoppers. Bit thicker than the e-tips but not as flexible and obviously no e-tip function which means no iPhone use :( but good tough gloves with grip for the camera
 
Northface etips too.
You're right that the fingertip is a little thick so its hard to use touch screens with precision. But at least it works when you need to ring someone.

Anyone else using other thin warm gloves that is touchscreen compatible?
 
primark, 2 pairs for a quid. takes the bite off the cold metal but still lets you touch the buttons...
 
Probably wont interest many photography folk as I reckon we're a sad old bunch for 'brands' but I picked up a pair of grippy Neoprene gloves from Liddell the other day. They had a hemmed 'stretchy' slit for the thumb and forefinger - ideal for operating a camera. £2.99 !
 
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I have the etips, the tips are okay for touch screens etc. They are thin so you can feel the camera, but they don't seem to keep my hands that warm.
 
Thinsulate thermal gloves, tops fold back to reveal cut off finger tips (gloves not mine)
 
I have a pair of ETips and the coldest I've used them is minus 3 and my hands were still toasty.
 
As mentioned on another 'what gloves' thread.. I use a pair of winter cycling gloves. They need to be thin enough to control the gears and brakes on my road bike, but warm enough to still be able to feel your fingers. I find they work well with my camera, and they're grippy too, to stop your hands slipping on the bike if it rains.
 
I use Sealskinz Ultragrip, but to be honest I'm not that thrilled with them because unlike Mark (post #2) I don't think they give enough fingertip feel. I've wondered about cutting slits so I can pop a finger and thumb through, but I don't know if they'll just start falling to bits if I do that. As often as not I'll end up wearing the left glove only (which is a big help when gripping a freezong cold 100-400) and going bareback on the right.

I did discover a day or two ago that Stealth Gear are now (or possibly soon to be) selling "Photographers Gloves". I don't have a pair of those, but I do have the full four piece "Photographers Suit", which I rather like. The gloves may well be ideal.
 
Altura spring cycling gloves. I chose these because they are warm enough as they're microfleece, yet thin enough to feel your way around the cameras buttons, and more importantly they have grip pads on fingers and palm to stop any slippage.

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About £14 I think, and I would recommend them wholly.
 
I've a set of Lowpro gloves I got as a present and they're great, have grippy nobbly bits on to help and give confidence when holding / using the camera
 
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