digiroid

n. a test photograph taken with a cheap digital camera before a more expensive or complicated one is used. Subjects: English, Technology, Slang

Editorial Note: Polaroid instant cameras, which offer cheap, self-developing pictures, have long been used in this way. Etymological Note: Digital + Polaroid

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Citations: 2002 Snow Magazine (Oceanside, California) (Aug. 21) “What The Pros Are Rockin’ Nick Hamilton 16.1”: Canon D30 digi body for digi-roids. 2003 [Michael Quack] Usenet: de.rec.fotografie (Jan. 16) “Re: Canon stellt Produktion der Kamera EOS D60 ein”: “Diggi ist im Prinzip nicht viel mehr als die Weiterentwicklung der Polas.” “Dann aber eine unglaublich weit fortgeschrittene Entwicklung, immerhin reichen die Digiroids jetzt für doppelseitigen Druck.” 2005 [Loua] Flickr (Apr. 19) “Working table”: These are some of the bits and pices I have to hand when doing a shoot. This was taken a couple of years ago, now it would usually be done digitally so to keep a polaroid book I have a little HP printer with me to take digiroids! 2005 Michael Grecco ImagingInfo.com (Sept. 27) “In the Spotlight: On Location”: We began by shooting a test shot in each location while tethered to the G4 Powerbook (we call it a “Digiroid”). 2006 Tim Halberg @ Santa Barbara, California OpenSourcePhoto (May 14) “We lived!”: I’m afraid everyone would finally see just how much I chimp, errr…I mean, check the exposure via digiroid. 2006 WRBWRXMAX CNET Digital cameras Forums (Nov. 3) “Compact cam for a pro?”: I’d like to be able to shoot “digi-roids,” a term for using a seperate digital camera to work out ideal exposures to use with my film camera, as opposed to going through $5 a piece polaroids before making a single shot with my 4x5.

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