question about DX contacts in P&S

Recentl;y , I gave a youg person a 35mm P&S.

the former owner suggested iso 200 film'

there are 2 dx contacts close together.

I looked for dx coding that uses 2 contacts only, but it seems it represents iso 80.

is there an easy way to figure out the best speed film for this camera?

I would have to ask to take another look at it and get some kind of a template,.

or cut a template to insert in the camera?

progress seems to make things more difficult.

http://www.bythom.com/dxcodes.htm

they even sell now stickers of DX codes for cassettes

All my P&S have four contacts, but I guess that cameras with just two contacts probably have the two central contacts (#3&4). With those contacts you can resolve four ranges of speed: 25 to 80, 100 to 320, 400 to 1250 and 1600 to 5000.

So, if you use 100 or 200 speed film, the exposure will be the same. Probably, the camera is adjusted to give the 100-320 range an exposure equivalent to 100 or 125, giving a healthy (?) amount of overexposure to 200 film.

ok marchelo; that was the kind of answer I needed.

then I was safe and the seller correctly told me that she used iso 200 film.

I gave it away as the teen was using a "disposable"

I buy $1.00 and $2.00 35mm cameras when I see them.

this one had a few more features than the rest.