The photographs above and below were taken on Morte Point using a Pentax Espio 120mi and Ilford HP5 Plus a 35mm black and white film. More on HP5  here?

The Pentax Espio 120mi ‘point and shoot’ camera is a mid-range, 35mm film, auto-focus compact Design initiatives make this small but flexible (notably the physical size and overall quality of finish). It houses a good quality zoom lens (38-120mm), with plenty of features that enable a variety of picture taking options. The focus and exposure system on this easy to use camera is an improvement on earlier Pentax compacts, giving sharp results with a decent contrast of image. One of the most useful applications available on this model is ‘backlight compensation’, which enables you to take a photograph using natural light in the background and flash in the foreground, giving an even tone across the image. Panorama mode is included in this little package which gives a different (from the norm) aspect ratio.

Both images were taken using the ‘backlight compensation’ mode.

These images below are of the same subjects, taken at the same time, using a Pentax K1000. The quality of these images is far superior.

The panorama mode on the Pentax Espio 120mi only uses half of the 35mm film (height) creating a letterbox shape in the middle of the negative. The K1000 uses the whole of the film.