digibin
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of digital + binoculars
Verb
[edit]digibin (third-person singular simple present digibins, present participle digibinning, simple past and past participle digibinned)
- To record distant images by coupling a digital camera with a pair of binoculars.
- 2006 December 14, R.J. Hall, “Birding Noumea”, in A Brit abroad[1] (blog), archived from the original on 13 April 2024:
- After 14 hours of flying, we arrived at Osaka airport, where I was able to digibin this Black-backed Wagtail on the tarmac.
- 2011, David Tipling, “Equipment”, in The Bird Photography Field Guide, 1 edition, →ISBN, Digiscoping Equipment, pages 22—26:
- 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.
- 2022 April 18, Brendan Murtha, “Archived copy”, in Macaulay Library[2], archived from the original on 13 April 2024:
- Will 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.