Gloves in sizes

jollyg The relevant camera exposure at F2.8 is at least 5 seconds, possibly 10 or even 15, so I shall have to practice not breathing while the shutter is open. I shall have to use the burst setting, as the video settings are automatic and I don't think they will include that combination. I wonder how long I can last without breath? Then when I get home I'll have to do some cheating to turn the sequence of burst stills into a video. Heaven knows what a "video" shot at those speeds will be like!

A monopod is an excellent choice! Have a great time. Look forward to hearing about it on your return.

I have fond memories of seeing the'Northern dancers' from my home in Lochaber!

The watchword is "adventure before dementia" Jane!
I have just bought boots in Tiso's - had to get them two sizes too big to accommodate my EEEE feet, but they seem very comfortable. I think I now have everything I need.

Sounds like an exciting trip in prospect Elegran!

jollyg At least scenery isn't going to move out of shot while I fumble around! My camera takes videos, and I hope to get some night shots of the Northern Lights, so I need to practise those too (night shots plus video - double chance of shake and blur. I have put a monopod in my case, it just fits.)

Thanks for suggestions.

Well, I have bought what are described as "ice gloves" with waterproof textured fingers and palms and thick knitted backs, which fit me. I also have some glove liners, which I might wear underneath as an extra layer, and I shall take some mitts. Shall have a practice run with the camera.

Those cotton trader boots look good, but one of the reviews said they were not very wide - I need a 4E width! I have been offered the loan of a splendid pair of Berghaus boots with Goretex lining and a deep tread. They are size 9s and I take a 5! But I would have to wear at least a 6 anyway, and thick socks fill them up.

I have worn them for a trial walk to the shops - rather clumpy but not uncomfortable. My thinking now is to wear them to travel (they are two big for my case) and to have them ready for snow more than an inch or two deep, and pack my lighter leather ankle boots (lining said to be waterproof) to wear whenever possible.

Elegran

Set the camera at delay, about 10 secs, press the button and hope! nothing will have moved too much in the interim

If Iceland is anything like Norway I recommend a down full length coat with lots of layers underneath .It's very warm inside buildings even when -19 out (Oslo in March .It's the wind chill factor not just ambient temperature )

Coton traders do waterproof snow boots with a good grip elegran

elegran you can get woolly gloves with patches on the fingers for operating cameras ,phones etc when it's very cold. M and S do them
Your tour company will provide outer gloves for extreme cold along with the rest of the gear .Wore it in Norway in minus 20 and was fine even if I did look like the Michelin man .You wont be able to remove the outer gloves for long ...

I've looked at glove sizing charts and apparently my hand width is Medium to Large and my finger length Extra Small. I have no hope of finding gloves to fit. It will have to be knitted ones under waterproof mitts. How the ** do I take photographs in those?

www.turtleskinarmor.com/blog/turtleskin/5-tips-on-how-to-find-the-right-glove-size/ These are for tactical gloves (whatever they are , presumably for wearing with their body armour) but the measurements are interesting.

Most of our local charity shops seem to stock gloves - some are brand new. Worth a look?

I have Renaulds disease and my fingers soon go dead when on the scooter so I wear silk gloves(from Patra) under fur lined mitts.

Yes Dents do 61/2 AND their sale is currently on so you might get doubly lucky.

I have wide palms and shortish fingers, with a touch of artritis in the finger joints so that it is painful squeezing on tight gloves (and painful pulling them off again too). Knitted and stretchy gloves are fine, but I find that more substantial ones are both too narrow to be comfortable and so long in the fingers that there is a half inch of clumsy space at my finger-tips. Going up to a larger size just makes that into an inch.

I need warm waterproof gloves for a coming trip to Iceland (Northern Lights in the snow and darkness, involving standing around outside somewhere at the back of beyond, and I need to be able to operate my camera to capture some pics without getting frostbite). No success so far. Not doing too well finding waterproof boots either - I can't even resort to wellies as I can never get them on.

On the plus side, I read somewhere that contrary to popular belief, true blue-blood aristocrats don't have dainty hands and feet, they have wide ones, so I can blame mine on some anonymous upper-class donor in the past.

Although they don't use sizes, Totes (who are online) supply stretchy woolen gloves with 'nonslip bits' on the palms which make them great for driving too. I've just ordered my 2nd pair in two months, having managed to lose two pairs this winter already, but found they were reduced to just over £4 in their sale so great bargain and they deliver fast.

Jaeger sell lovely leather gloves for my large hands. A little expensive but I love them, they actually make my sausage fingers look elegant.

I have the opposite problem Small but not especially slim hands (same with feet)and some gloves are too tight on the palm.M and S leather gloves are ok and they do nice colours I would imagine they go up to large or even extra large though I don't think they are sized .

I'm lucky enough to live close to Dents' factory shop and they have a sale on at the mo. Gloves in all shapes and sizes. I have just bought 2 pairs in red, I couldn't decide which to buy! (£10 a pair)one pair is silk lined..... lovely to wear.

Tanith, only about once, many decades ago. I was in Germany and women's gloves there went up to a size 8. Whether they still do, I do not know.

...and I promptly lost them!

When doing one of my talks on disappeared department stores, a lady in the audience told us why she particularly enjoyed buying gloves at Jenners in Edinburgh : they had an elegant little chair to sit on and a velvet cushion for madam's elbow to rest on as the assistant eased the gloves on for her. Changed days now!

MOnica did you ever find any leather gloves to fit? My very tall daughter has long fingers but very slim hands and she's always wanted a pair of nice leather gloves but as you say ladies gloves have too short fingers and mens just too roomy. I've often looked for her when shopping but never found any to fit.

Do Dents still make sized gloves?

I have large hands, size 8, I buy knitted lined thermal gloves, or thermal sports gloves. I have no idea where I get my gloves, essentially wherever I see them, when I see them, but this does include sports shops and those big bargain sheds, not £land.

I used to have real problems with leather gloves because women's sizes only went up to seven and a half and my fingers were always pushing out of the tops of the fingers, men's gloves were too capacious. Even now I do not buy gloves specifically sold as women's gloves they are still too narrow and too short.

I bought some lovely warm fluffy gloves from Regatta a couple of years ago. I only take a size 6.5 too and they fit like a glove. If you have an outlet nearby it might be worth having a look.