Not aMjused

[David Hughes]

The phrase "point and shoot" seems to be from the compact camera AF, AE era (mid-1980's onward) - I don't recall it being used with Instamatic, 126, 110, or 127 film cameras, although most of them certainly were point and shoot in usage. But perhaps I'm wrong as to when the phrase became popular.

More likely it came into popular use because of forums and the internet where, alas, a lot of things originated; like "macro" meaning fairly close and not 2f...

Regards, David

PS and advertising can share the blame as they were none too picky about using words correctly. Think "lifetime of use" f'instance...