Bob W wrote:
Thanks Jostein.
The glove factor of the Contax RX is generally ok in my experience, but I
have never used any gloves as bulky as ski gloves. Of course, I will be
wearing liners, and should be able to take the bulky gloves off and use the
camera with just the liners, as I've done before in sub-zero temperatures.
Yes, that ought to work out fine. I am able to use my thin wind-stop
fleece gloves with the camera. They're considered liners, and I have to
pull off my goretex outter mitts to be able to manipulate the *ist-DS.
One additional glove factor is that ski gloves have some sort of armour over
the finger tips. I don't know why, though. Anybody?
Because if you ski a lot, you wear through your fingers and palms too
quickly unless they're reinforced.
I may take my Leica Ms rather than the RXs because they don't need
batteries. Although I think lithium batteries are ok at low temperatures.
Surprisingly I found that my NiMH batteries weren't a problem while
skiing with my *ist-DS. It was a warmish day though, and in fact I was
even able to ski without gloves for awhile. Perhaps warmth from my
hands on the grip kept the batteries warm enough.
Dave
