nitrox32
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What is a point and shoot vs. the other types of camera?
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I don't think this is a correct definition. My Oly7070 is definitely a point and shoot, but I can operate it in full manual mode, speed, shutter and f stop. I also can manually adjust white balance and whole mess of other stuff that, as soon I as learn it, I promptly forget it.justleesa:The quick answer would be
Point and shoot is as the name says, you just point and shoot and be happy with what you get. Some may have an UW, sport, etc. settings.
With other cameras you have some or all control of your camera settings i.e. shutter speed, aperature, ISO
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fairybasslet:I don't think this is a correct definition. My Oly7070 is definitely a point and shoot, but I can operate it in full manual mode, speed, shutter and f stop. I also can manually adjust white balance and whole mess of other stuff that, as soon I as learn it, I promptly forget it.![]()