How to Use point-and-shoot in a Sentence

point-and-shoot

adjective
  • Your point-and-shoot snaps will turn out great, for the most part.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 13 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
  • Small, point-and-shoot digital camera.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Small, point-and-shoot digital camera.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The mechanics of such a shot were not a simple point-and-shoot endeavor.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Most point-and-shoot film cameras use standard 35-millimeter film.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Nowadays, new film cameras are limited to a handful of point-and-shoot, niche or high-end models.
    — ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Other point-and-shoot cameras that were made in the latter half the 1990s will offer a zoom lens.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Here are our current five point-and-shoot attractions, in order of introduction.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Because of this, point-and-shoot cameras lack some features that are staples in modern or digital cameras.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But currently, air traffic controllers have to use a radar point-and-shoot system from the 1960s.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The main benefit of having a point-and-shoot digital camera is its simplicity.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Olympus point-and-shoot digital cameras are especially good for hiking trips and the like with their weatherproof builds.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 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
  • Some drives down the range are simple point-and-shoot affairs; others require you to factor in elements like the weather, wind intensity and direction, and ball spin.
    — PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The Camp Snap 2 offers a traditional point-and-shoot experience and can take 500 shots on one charge.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 9 June 2026
  • The Flash Print Bundle, reviewed here, transforms the device into a point-and-shoot camera, encouraging you to take more photos.
    — Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 30 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
  • Amanda Anisimova, who reached her first two Grand Slam finals this year, is a point-and-shoot hitter, and her rise this year means there will be another top player who can take the racket out of anyone’s hand on her day.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • This Panasonic point-and-shoot digital camera is an easy-to-use starter option for anyone looking to up their picture game and not have to worry about draining their phone battery throughout the day or having to empty their storage space to take more vacation photos.
    — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • His work has something in common with that of a young Ryan McGinley, whose point-and-shoot approach was similarly inspired by skater culture, and who also created images of social scenes that doubled as portraits of a time and a place.
    — Dawn Chan, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Bassini totes around point-and-shoot cameras, lately a Yashica T4 or Contax T2, that are compact enough to go unnoticed in his pocket but draw a nostalgic reaction from models and actors.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This adorable 35mm point-and-shoot film camera is the perfect gift for outdoor adventurers who want to take a little piece of their trip home with them—and a favorite of both mine and Mercedes Bleth, Traveler’s global associate director of social.
    — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The palm-sized point-and-shoot cameras, released Tuesday in collaboration with camera company Reto, are already sold out on Kodak’s website and are only available for pre-order at most affiliated retailers.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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

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