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Tom Coetzee Website: www.fstopsafaris.co.za Email: tom@fstopsafaris.co.za Alex Rostocil Phone: +254 722 411 566 Website: Beach2bushkenya.com Email: alex@beach2bushkenya.com Website = photosociety.net Page 18 email = magazine@photosociety.net
Product Review MacWet Sports Gloves These gloves have been around for a while, they are used in many sports from skiing and golf to canoeing and horse riding, and even diving. Their website at www.macwet.com holds testimonials from may sports people and photographers. The gloves have excellent grip and are water resistant, the grip on the palm face actually increases as the gloves get wet. They are made of a very fine materiel which is warm and soft, and a snug fit ensures good feel of the equipment in the hand. This feel makes the use of the gloves excellent for photography in that you can easily use the gloves while taking the picture. Normal gloves are thick and heavy which means that you can not feel the camera buttons to adjust ISO and AF etc., but the softness of the MacWet gloves allows just that. In short this means that you can sit out in cold weather ready to take the pictures with your gloves on, and you do not have to remove them before using the camera and potentially losing the shot. Interestingly, a problem I have when using the computer is that my hands get very cold. But I wore the gloves and was able to use the keyboard and mouse almost as easily as I would have done without, but my hands stayed warm. Now down to the practicalities of using them for photography. Having used them I can say that there is no problem using the camera, all the buttons and controls are easily usable with the gloves. Even the smallest buttons on the 7D can be felt through the material. Changing the lens is a breeze, and the extra grip can only be a bonus. The fact is that once you have them on they are quickly forgotten. You can even operate your mobile phone without taking off the gloves. For those of us that venture out to the car on cold mornings when the steering wheel feel like it is caked in ice, or for those who have driven so far that the same wheel has become polished to a slippery shine, these make excellent driving gloves. Drawbacks? The price, at around the £29 mark they are probably expensive, especially when compared to grannies woollen mittens, but for the quality and durability I would say that they are well worth the money. If they stop you dropping your equipment just once they have paid for them selves, but what price can you put on keeping your hands warm when waiting for the picture to present? In all, I suggest that these are a good buy and will prove to be well worth the money. I do not usually wear gloves because I like to feel what I am holding. With these I can and so will be wearing them during the cold weather, although I may have to get the wife her own pair first. Post Script: For those with elderly parents who suffer with cold hands, and as a result are often cold within themselves, these gloves really are the perfect answer, giving both warmth and a sure grip. What is surprising is that this is the one application that is not mentioned in their promotional materiel or on their website. Website = photosociety.net Page 19 email = magazine@photosociety.net
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