Hi all,

I’ve been looking for some gloves for the cold weather. I didn’t want to buy so-called “photographer’s gloves” as they are, in my opinion, ridiculously over-priced. I ‘ve been looking for some warm ones with just the tips of one’s thumbs and index fingers exposed and a good grippy surface on the palm. I found these cycling and running gloves on Amazon and they’re nice and comfy, warm and, above all cheap at £7.99 UK 🙂 Good for operating camera controls and/or touchscreen devices, I don’t know how long they will last but at this price I can afford to replace them as and when they need replacing. One size fits all so don’t know if they’re good for everyone but they fit my hands pretty well. These are very useful not only for operating one’s camera controls or mobile phone but even the simplest of things like zips on my jacket pockets or a compartment on my camera bag, fitting/removing a filter or lens, a battery or anything else where you need to operate something without having to constantly take them on and off which somewhat negates the purpose of wearing gloves.

You have to hand it to the Chinese manufacturers (no pun intended) 🙂 they often seem to include a small gift of some kind like a microfibre cleaning cloth or suchlike. In this case it was a keyring combined bottle opener and fingernail trimmer!, which I unexpectedly discovered inside one of the gloves when I tried to put it on. I don’t need this unless I’m out and about and have a hangnail and/or suddenly fancy a bottle of beer but it’s very good sales psychology on their part, they understand that everyone likes the feeling of getting something for free. I wish it’d catch on in Japan and the camera companies would give me a free couple of lenses when I buy a new camera. Maybe I’ll suggest it to them and see what they have to say. 🙂

KXF Winter Warm Fingerless Gloves For Men Women Windproof Thermal Gloves

Kind regards

Leigh

Hi all,

As you might remember I recently started using K&F concept 1/8 and 1/4 strength black mist diffusion filters. I bought their least expensive series of filter and noticed a green halo effect on quite a few of my images, they’re still very useable filters and excellent value for money but one should watch out for this effect. I contacted their support and they kindly offered me a refund of £25 UK to spend on a purchase of their Nano X top of the range series which I’m very keen to try out. I’ve never had any issues with any of their filters and I own VND, CPL, VND/CPL combined filters which have all worked very well but I think that it’s probably better to stick with their Nano-X series filters. I am impressed with the efficiency and helpfulness of their customer support which is first class.

Kind regards

Leigh