point-and-shoot

point-and-shoot

English

Adjective

point-and-shoot (not comparable)

1. (photography, of a camera) Designed for quick, simple use with minimal configuration.
   • 2005, Julie Adair King, Digital photography for dummies

     The majority of digital cameras are automatic, point-and-shoot models. They offer convenience and ease of use […]

   • 2006, Lynne Warren, Encyclopedia of 20th century photography

     The Instamatic was typical of second generation point-and-shoot cameras in that it incorporated artificial illumination and was designed to use color film.

Translations

designed for quick use

Chinese: Mandarin: 全自動的, 全自动的 (quán zìdòng de) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kompakti- (fi) (as in kompaktikamera) French: compact (fr) m German: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: kompakt (hu) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can