Meanings
present singular third person digibins · participle present digibinning · participle past digibinned · past digibinned
- To record distant images by coupling a digital camera with a pair of binoculars.
After 14 hours of flying, we arrived at Osaka airport, where I was able to digibin this Black-backed Wagtail on the tarmac.
2006 December 14, R.J. Hall, “Birding Noumea”, in A Brit abroad (blog), archived from the original on 13 Apr 20242 more examples
A less-expensive and more portable alternative to digiscoping is digibinning, in which a compact camera is temporarily attached to a pair of binoculars. Understandably results are a little more hit and miss than with a tripod-mounted scope, but digibinning is a viable option if you have to travel light.
2011, David Tipling, “Equipment”, in The Bird Photography Field Guide, 1 edition, →ISBN, Digiscoping Equipment, pages 22—26Will post my photos as soon as I can-- they are digibinned, on iPhone through binoculars, as I was out for only a casual walk and did not have my camera on me.
2022 April 18, Brendan Murtha, “Archived copy”, in Macaulay Library, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2024
Origin
Blend of digital + binoculars.
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