diff --git a/src/log/binning.jl b/src/log/binning.jl
index 1310635..4d759bf 100644
--- a/src/log/binning.jl
+++ b/src/log/binning.jl
@@ -204,8 +204,6 @@ function LogBinner(x::T;
     return B
 end
 
-
-
 function _sum_type_heuristic(::Type{T}, elndims::Integer) where T
     # heuristic to set sum type (#2)
     S = if eltype(T)<:Real
@@ -216,6 +214,29 @@ function _sum_type_heuristic(::Type{T}, elndims::Integer) where T
     return S
 end
 
+"""
+    LogBinner(B::LogBinner[; capacity::Int])
+
+Creates a new `LogBinner` from an existing LogBinner, copying the data inside.
+The new LogBinner may be larger or smaller than the given one.
+"""
+function LogBinner(B::LogBinner{S, M}; capacity::Int64 = _nlvls2capacity(32)) where {S, M}
+    N = _capacity2nlvls(capacity)
+    B.count[min(M, N)] > 0 && throw(OverflowError(
+        "The new LogBinner is too small to reconstruct the given LogBinner. " *
+        "New capacity = $capacity   Old capacity = $(B.count[min(M, N)])"
+    ))
+    el = zero(B.x_sum[1])
+    
+    LogBinner{S, N}(
+        tuple([i > M ? Compressor{S}(copy(el), false) : deepcopy(B.compressors[i]) for i in 1:N]...),
+        [i > M ? copy(el) : copy(B.x_sum[i]) for i in 1:N],
+        [i > M ? copy(el) : copy(B.x2_sum[i]) for i in 1:N],
+        [i > M ? 0 : copy(B.count[i]) for i in 1:N]
+    )
+end
+
+
 
 # TODO typing?
 """
diff --git a/test/logbinning.jl b/test/logbinning.jl
index cb600d1..0ba8f45 100644
--- a/test/logbinning.jl
+++ b/test/logbinning.jl
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
         @test B == B2
         @test !(B != B2)
 
+        B3 = LogBinner(B, capacity=10_000)
+        @test B3 == B
+        @test capacity(B3) == 16383
+
         buffer = rand(1000)
         append!(B, buffer)
         @test length(B) == 1000
@@ -20,6 +24,13 @@
         @test !(B == B2)
         @test B != B2
 
+        @test B3 != B
+        @test isempty(B3)
+        @test_throws OverflowError LogBinner(B, capacity=10)
+        B3 = LogBinner(B, capacity=10_000)
+        @test B3 == B
+        @test !isempty(B3)
+
         append!(B2, buffer)
         @test B == B2
         @test !(B != B2)
@@ -43,6 +54,10 @@
         @test B == B2
         @test !(B != B2)
 
+        B3 = LogBinner(B, capacity=10_000)
+        @test B3 == B
+        @test capacity(B3) == 16383
+
         buffer = [rand(T, 2, 3) for _ in 1:1000]
         append!(B, buffer)
         @test length(B) == 1000
@@ -50,6 +65,13 @@
         @test !(B == B2)
         @test B != B2
 
+        @test B3 != B
+        @test isempty(B3)
+        @test_throws OverflowError LogBinner(B, capacity=10)
+        B3 = LogBinner(B, capacity=10_000)
+        @test B3 == B
+        @test !isempty(B3)
+
         append!(B2, buffer)
         @test B == B2
         @test !(B != B2)