Ideal Gloves for Camera Operation?

Keegan

The title says it all.
I live in a very chilly place. Summer is nice and the other three seasons are freezing. I film year-round and am often exposed to the elements.
Last year, when we shot Sentry, I chose not to wear gloves in order to maintain all tactile movement in my fingers. As I'm sure you all could have guessed, my fingers turned into icy rocks and the only way to use my camera was to push my hand in the direction of the record button and hope one of my inanimate fingers would successfully push it.
Do any of you have any experience with the operation of DSLR cameras while wearing gloves? I need something tight enough to allow my fingers to manipulate the controls and something with enough grip to hold the camera, glidecam, or tripod safely.
Any ideas? My fingers, they beg you!

StormyKnight

How about a pair of leather driving gloves? The kind that have the finger tips cut off. Your finger tips might get cold but the rest of your hand shouldn't. Just a shot in the dark there. I suppose you could modify any type of glove by cutting the finger tips off though.

MjlnerVFX

Yea, i agreed with StormyKnight, leather-driving-gloves with the ends of the fingertips cut off.

SimonKJones

Might be worth looking at windsurfing gloves, which are quite tight. Alternatively, maybe gloves designed for mobile phone touch screen use:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/tag/mobile phone gloves/products#?_encoding=UTF8&tag=heaprcom03-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=19450

RossTrowbridge

I have a pair of the fingerless gloves with flip top mittens. Here is an example on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Fleece-Repellent-Fingerless-Mitten/dp/B005T45ZAC/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&qid=1352132835&sr=8-26&keywords=fingerless+mittens
They work well. You flip the mitten off when you need your fingertips, and then pull the top back on to keep your fingers warm.

Keegan

Wow! great feedback everyone! One of my old classmates recommended I wear 2 pairs of gloves at once. A super-tight pair and then a heavier pair of finger-less gloves on top of that. I do like the flip-top mittens idea, though I'm afraid my fingers might get claustrophobic!

StormyKnight

Hey Keegs,
Thought about you today when I saw this:
http://store.worldstart.com/product/8372?utm_source=dd_standardv2&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2013-01-11

They are similar to the ones Simon linked to on Amazon.