Point & Shoot

Here you will find a list of all the point & shoot film camera reviews that have been published on 35mmc. Point & Shoot film cameras are small and mostly pocketable. They are the more basic variety that allow the photographer to concentrate on just framing/composition.

A lot of point & shoot cameras are still very affordable, but it’s fair to say that some have fallen foul of become cultishly popular – often for very little reason beyond buying trends perpetuated through social media.

As with all the content on this website, if you find something of interest, you can find more similar products by clicking on the tags you will find at the bottom of the reviews.

16 June, 2025

Olympus XA1 – One roll mini-review

By Mark Ellerby

I have enjoyed owning and using various Olympus XA cameras for a while, but I had skipped over the XA1 with its fixed focus and protruding shutter button. I wondered why would t...

14 May, 2025

Olympus iS-3000 ZLR Zoom lens Reflex, with Expired Fuji Reala 100

By Ibraar Hussain

This is a short review of the Olympus iS-3000 zoom lens SLR (aka iS-1 an L-1), for which I shot an expired roll of Fuji Reala 100. In hindsight I should’ve shot with a new...

25 April, 2025

Contax G1 – A thing of Beauty…

By Bob Janes

Back in 1932, following on from Leitz’s success with the Leica, Carl Zeiss introduced a competing interchangeable lens rangefinder: this was the Contax. Unlike the Leica, ...

4 April, 2025

Minolta AF-E II Review

By Tony Warren

It struck me that using a late point and shoot would be very like using my old Olympus XA which lived in my pocket for many years. With that camera I would slide open the cover,...

10 March, 2025

Contax G2 – The Most Advanced Rangefinder

By Simon King

Following a reasonably painful wrist injury in early 2024, compounded by three of my film Leica M’s being away for repair, I have been using a Contax G2 as my primary came...

Photograph of a Minolta AF-Sv camera (front view) surrounded by rolls of film

21 February, 2025

Minolta AF-S V&D — What was the mind of Minolta thinking?

By Benjamin Chan

I can be a sucker for gimmicks, and the Minolta Talker is as gimmicky as they come. The Talker, also branded as the AF-Sv, is a variant of the AF-S with the same lens and featur...

5 February, 2025

Pentax Zoom 60 Auto – Thoughts from a 3rd roll

By Tony Warren

Automation of cameras. Pentax Zoom 60 and Fujifilm 200 film.

27 January, 2025

Nikon L35AF vs Konica A4 vs Pentax PC35 AF-M vs Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

By Stelios Themelakis

My foray into film photography began in an unusual way during the Covid lockdown. While many start small, I dove straight into the deep end with a medium format Bronica SQ-B. To...

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