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The best-selling camera of any type, fixed-focus cameras have been made to shoot celluloid roll film of differing sizes, the disk film of the late 1970's to 1980's, and instant film.  The size of the cameras allowed them to easily slip into pockets when not in use, and the added convenience of digital format beginning in the late 1990's allowed the user to upload finished images to a computer, dispensing with the development process of celluloid film.   

The best-selling camera of any type, fixed-focus cameras have been made to shoot celluloid roll film of differing sizes, the disk film of the late 1970's to 1980's, and instant film.  The size of the cameras allowed them to easily slip into pockets when not in use, and the added convenience of digital format beginning in the late 1990's allowed the user to upload finished images to a computer, dispensing with the development process of celluloid film.   

Fixed-focus cameras have seen a sales decline from 52 to 44 percent in recent years,<ref>http://gigaom.com/2011/12/22/smartphones-killing-point-and-shoots-now-take-almost-13-of-photos/</ref> ironically from another, more convenient device with a point-and-shoot camera built in: the cell phone.  Like the fixed-focus camera, the cell phone camera can be aimed at the subject and a picture taken at the touch of a button; however, the screen of the cell phone is the viewfinder, allowing the user to hold the phone comfortably away from him while aligning the phone for a good image.  And since it is a cell phone, the image (or video, as cell phones have that capability) can be immediately sent to anyone world-wide, and advantage that fixed-focus cameras lack.

Fixed-focus cameras have seen a sales decline from 52 to 44 percent in recent years,<ref>http://gigaom.com/2011/12/22/smartphones-killing-point-and-shoots-now-take-almost-13-of-photos/</ref> ironically from another, more convenient device with a point-and-shoot camera built in: the cell phone.  Like the fixed-focus camera, the cell phone camera can be aimed at the subject and a picture taken at the touch of a button; however, the screen of the cell phone is the viewfinder, allowing the user to hold the phone comfortably away from him while aligning the phone for a good image.  And since it is a cell phone, the image (or video, as cell phones have that capability) can be immediately sent to anyone worldwide, and advantage that fixed-focus cameras lack.