While sometimes the terms point-and-shoot and compact camera are used interchangeably, a point-and-shoot is typically a simple-to-use small camera, where a compact camera could be a point-and-shoot or ...

Courtney June no longer reaches for her phone when she’s in need of a camera. These days, the 24-year-old uses a point-and-shoot digital camera to capture life mementoes and nights out with friends.

It’s giving old school. Gen Z shutterbugs are turning their back on smartphones — and picking up their parents’ point and shoot cameras instead. “Everyone’s photos kind of look the same on social ...