We tried some of the most popular point-and-shoot cameras to find the perfect balance of size and quality. Shop our favorites from Sony, Leica, Panasonic, Fujifilm and more.

A first half-frame camera created in Japan, the Pen was the smallest point-and-shoot 35mm camera. It comes with a simple setup — a viewfinder, manual settings, and a 28mm f3.5 Zuiko lens.

I treat the Q3 43 as a classic point-and-shoot compact camera. I use basic settings to shoot quickly and creatively, leaning on in-camera colors to minimize my time stuck editing.

Sony ZV-1 II. Ostensibly a vlogger camera, the Sony ZV-1 II is an extremely capable point-and-shoot overall. A large, 1-inch sensor sits behind a zoom lens that ranges from an ultrawide, GoPro ...

The result is a camera that can do some things phones simply can't but it also stumbles with a few things they can. The ZS99's small 1/2.3-inch sensor, roughly the size you'd find in some phones ...

The Pentax 17, released earlier this year, is the first new film camera from a major brand since the early 2000s, when film photography entered a sort of Schrödinger’s box—both alive, with an ...

The a6000 (with a $80 Neewer portrait lens) is MUCH better than my phone camera. Its basically a point and shoot. You don't need skills to use it, ...

Kinsie Ali: Go retro — pull out that point-and-shoot digital camera Sometimes, it's good to take a moment to slow down and view things from a different perspective in a world that moves quickly.

The one point-and-shoot I own is the Fujifilm X70, and I own it because it fits in just about any pocket (it also has an APS-C sensor, which is huge for the size of the camera; more on sensors below).