It seems a lot of people are confused on the use of the binocular mode. Here dave explains it.
https://garden.org/thread/view...
The only good use I see of binocular mode when using it in your own plant list is that it shows all the photos you have added to the database previously and the photos that you have not added. The edit mode just shows the ones that have not been added to the database. So if everything is working correctly you don't have to guess "have I added this to the database before"?