v.
To take a photo by holding a camera against the eyepiece of a pair of binoculars.
—phone-binning pp.
Example Citations:
I got on the radio to inform the other guys out on site and managed to get a record shot (phone-binned) - below.
—Andy Walker, " Black Redstart: Smart Find!: http://awbirder.blogspot.ca/2011/12/black-redstart-smart-find.html," A. W. Birder, December 15, 2011
A rare fully juvenile individual, 'phone-binned' (using my BlackBerry and reserve pair of Opticron Alpin 10x40 binoculars) from the car in heat haze and a strong wind.
—Neil G. Morris, " Caspian Gull: http://www.tarsiger.co.uk/Tarsiger4/pages_children/gull_pages/gull_caspian_2012aug11_2_page.htm," Birding...Occasionally, August 11, 2012
Earliest Citation:
The weather was literally awful, as was the light so the few photos I managed to take with my phone and binoculars (phone-binning?) were almost embarassing! [sic]
—Zac Hinchcliffe, " Bangor in Drizzle - 25th January 2011: http://zacswildlifeblog.blogspot.ca/2011/01/bangor-in-drizzle-25th-january-2011.html," Zac Hinchcliffe's Birding Blog, January 25, 2011
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