point-and-shoot
adjective
: having or using preset or automatically adjusted controls (as for focus or shutter speed)
a point-and-shoot camera
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The Camp Snap 2 offers a traditional point-and-shoot experience and can take 500 shots on one charge.
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Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 9 June 2026
Fans of flash photography may want to stretch their budget to get the $100 Camp Snap Pro for its more powerful xenon strobe, but the Camp Snap 2 does more than enough for $70 to earn our Editors' Choice award for inexpensive point-and-shoot cameras.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Kyle Loftis, who started filming street racing with a point-and-shoot camera and went on to become a pioneer in car culture media, has died, his company confirmed Wednesday.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
But my pick of the lot is the Point-and-Shoot Grip that effectively transforms the Mission 1 Pro into a conventional point-and-shoot camera.
—New Atlas, 16 Apr. 2026
Here are our current five point-and-shoot attractions, in order of introduction.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Benefits here are pronounced around tighter hairpins, where the GLC feels more point-and-shoot than something of its heft has any right to.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2026
Nowadays, new film cameras are limited to a handful of point-and-shoot, niche or high-end models.
—ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
One thing, however, that can set a point-and-shoot camera apart from the crowd is its lens.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 9 June 2026
Fans of flash photography may want to stretch their budget to get the $100 Camp Snap Pro for its more powerful xenon strobe, but the Camp Snap 2 does more than enough for $70 to earn our Editors' Choice award for inexpensive point-and-shoot cameras.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Kyle Loftis, who started filming street racing with a point-and-shoot camera and went on to become a pioneer in car culture media, has died, his company confirmed Wednesday.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
But my pick of the lot is the Point-and-Shoot Grip that effectively transforms the Mission 1 Pro into a conventional point-and-shoot camera.
—New Atlas, 16 Apr. 2026
Here are our current five point-and-shoot attractions, in order of introduction.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Benefits here are pronounced around tighter hairpins, where the GLC feels more point-and-shoot than something of its heft has any right to.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2026
Nowadays, new film cameras are limited to a handful of point-and-shoot, niche or high-end models.
—ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
One thing, however, that can set a point-and-shoot camera apart from the crowd is its lens.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Point-and-shoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point-and-shoot. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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