point-and-shoot

American  

[point-n-shoot] / ˈpɔɪnt nˈʃut /

adjective

1. of or denoting a camera that does not require manual adjustment of shutter speed, focus, aperture, etc.

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noun

1. a camera with such automatic features.

point-and-shoot British  

adjective

1. of or relating to a camera in which the lens aperture and shutter speed are automatically adjusted

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Etymology

Origin of point-and-shoot

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Sure, someone might have taken a couple snapshots of the table — maybe your aunt with her point-and-shoot, the flash so bright it washed out the ham.

From Salon

The point-and-shoot digital camera is one of the most prized rediscovered technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal

I took an old point-and-shoot digital camera to New York Fashion Week because, haven’t you heard?

From Los Angeles Times

Using cheap point-and-shoot cameras — they were unobtrusive and produced grainy shots that, to her, represented the messiness of life — Ms. van Manen captured intimate images of daily life in China, post-Soviet Russia and coal miners in Kentucky.

From New York Times

Bertien van Manen, a Dutch photographer who used point-and-shoot cameras to capture intimate images of daily life in China’s big cities and remote villages, the dismal apartments and alleyways of post-Soviet Russia and coal miners in Kentucky, died on May 26 in Amsterdam.

From New York Times