You can often tell also by taking a look at the pins in the camera that
read the little squares, and by seeing which ones are there (and which ones
aren't), and comparing them the coding system.
http://home.texoma.net/~wdonowho/dxcode.html
I have seen cameras so crude that they only have pin 4 - they can only tell
if the film is 400 or faster or slower than 400. Ick!!!
Todd
At 12:59 PM 3/13/01 -0600, you wrote:
>
>Most Pentax p&s's can use 3200 film, though the 838G can only use 1600,
>and the models below it are even more limited. But the majority (all?) of
>their cameras above the 838G can use 3200. Pretty much all of Canon p&s's
>can use 3200, even their entry-level SureShot 76 (38-70, similar to
>Pentax's 738G). OTOH, Nikon (which doesn't make their p&s's) sucks.
>Their cheap 28-70 zoom only reads 100 and 400 (I remember reading that ISO
>200 films are set to 100); their Zoom90 only covers up to 800, and you
>need to go to their Zoom120ED to get a 50-3200 coverage (most other brands
>will cover down to 25). Never, never, never get a Nikon p&s. Please.
>:)
>
>chris
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