point and shoot

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Among the potential new Mozarts are kids from around the world in countries rich or poor, he said, who only need access to a computer and a phone or a point-and-shoot camera.

From Los Angeles Times

“I turned into The Guy with the Camera,” he said, referring to a time-honored role held by anyone who reveals to friends, family, or co-workers that they know how to use something more advanced than a point-and-shoot or the camera on their phone.

From The Verge

She has meticulously documented the indoor temperature with a point-and-shoot thermometer and her phone camera — capturing temperatures in the 50s throughout the apartment.

From Washington Post

Instax Square SQ1 $100 $120 17% off The Instax Square SQ1 is Fujifilm’s point-and-shoot Instax camera released in 2020 that prints photos onto Polaroid-framed film.

From The Verge

Because film and processing was expensive, students often broke out a cheap point-and-shoot or disposable camera only on special occasions, like parties, when thoughts of formal composition tended to get lost in a haze of Parliament Lights smoke.

From New York Times