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point and shoot

[point-n-shoot] / ˈpɔɪnt nˈʃut /
NOUN
automatic focus
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"And if it’s genuinely easy to spot, you might, might be able to pick up your mobile phone, rest on something, and just point and shoot," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

The project had an unexpected benefit: I have a comically thorough record of that year, the best since the ’90s, back when my mom chased me around with a point and shoot.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2020

Sony RX100 IV This Sony point and shoot is just a great little camera.

From The Verge • Oct. 21, 2017

In the 18th century, travelers bought paintings by Canaletto; today, tourists point and shoot with cellphones and digital cameras, capturing the same grand churches, peeling palaces and shimmering canals.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2014

It’s just point and shoot all day long, no fun.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina




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