Point-and-shooter

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who takes point-and-shoot photographs.

    "The "best" camera for a point-and-shooter would be of no use to an architectural or sports-action photographer."

  2. 2
    A point-and-shoot camera.

    "The cameras are basic point-and-shooters with no flash, no slots for memory cards, and no liquid-crystal display […]"

Example

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"The "best" camera for a point-and-shooter would be of no use to an architectural or sports-action photographer."

Etymology

From point-and-shoot + -er.

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