OK Folks -- many thanks -- you are all more 'Expert' at Digital stuff than me !

I was let down by the battery in my Mecablitz 43CL3 so i had to take Publicity Photos by Avaliable Light at our Club when our President gave his Lecture on all his Monochrome prints from 'Beginner' to his 'ARPS panel.
I set 'RAW DNG', ISO 1600 and 'Tungsten Balance' and used my 24mm f2.8 SMC Pentax-A lens at f4.
Where the print easel was on the monochrome print came out all .Blue. and the front illumination was by diffused room lights of 'Energy-Saving Bulbs' so there was a conflict of Colour Temperature. I used my 'Posh' version of Photoshop, the 21st Anniversary Edition as it will open 'RAW' -- I could not understand most of the settings such as 'Clarity' , Vibrance. etc and I tried 'Lasso' and selected the Blue part but no matter what I did I could not get it to 'monochrome' I 'Inverse Selected' and did a little Levels on the Front Illumination. The 'NOISE' or 'Grain' as I call it being a FILM Fan was terrible bit good enough to send to local newspapers and put on 'Flickr' and other Photo sites -- 'RAW' did not seem any different from JPeg !!

I shall have to search my garage Fridge for any more Tri-X -- after the Wife did her 'Tidying-up' I can't find where various films went !

I finished up the 'cut' 02/2005 batch of Kodak Tri-X today -- using my Spotmatic F again I got only 8 frames -- I thought it was a 36 exp but it was a 24 after all ! This time I tried my Home-made Microphen formula 1+1 for 11 mins as per the Massive Dev Chart BUT 10 mins would have been better as negs were slightly dense and over-developed-- here are a couple of 'Reflections' in Shenfield Common Pond.
135mm f3.5 SMC Takumar, 1/500th at f4

Spotmatic F 12 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

The HUGE 35mm f2 Super-Takumar, 1/500th @ f4.5

Spotmatic F 13 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Brentwood had some good MIST so I rushed out, this time choosing my wonderful 'Gift' 1975 Asahi Pentax Spotmatic F loaded with some 02/2005 outdated Kodak Tri-X which I tried processed in the Liquid Promicrol
Result was a high 'Fog Level' and HUGE GRAIN ( BUT I think it is 'Artistic') ----
50mm f1.4 SMC Taakumar -- YES, the infamous RADIO-ACTIVE one -- I glowed in the Dark like Christmas lights when i got home

Spotmatic F 04 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Some Mates from Brentwood Photo-Club are 'Residents' here, but I;m not ready to join them yet as I have too much outdated FILM to use up ! 150mm f4 SMC Takumar


Spotmatic F 06 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

'Minimalism' in the Mist -- 135mm f3.5 SMC Takumar


Spotmatic F 09 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Spider Web, St Thomas Church -- 135mm f3.5 SMC Takumar


Spotmatic F 10 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

After initial tests I took some 'ordinary' subjects out and about in Brentwood on the 2007 outdated Fuji Acros 100 which I processed in my home-made MICROPHEN 1+3 for 12 mins @ 20oC
Textures on a Fence at f2.8


Candid, cropped a bit -- at full aperture f1.8


The Sand Man at f5.6


Shop Window at f2.8


Back-Lit CAT in Churchyard at f4

I have used that 'Agfa Vista' which you used to be able to get for £1 a roll in Poundland shops but it has all GONE here in Brentwood -- I find it is very good -- fine grained -- nothing wrong with it at all -- it's the processing that gives the 'Bad Results' that some people complain about -- Brentwood BOOTS is excellent for C41 processing -- Bill in there KNOWS photography and has a customer who comes all the way from Whitstable in Kent ! ( I just WALK there -- )

I just did a VIDEO on this showing how I renovated it and some actual Old PRINTS taken with it -- you can see it here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5GYIlVvg_s

I went out into Brentwood HIgh Street and photographed the 'Haunted Pub' the Swan -- it has fine detail and is at about 35 feet away across the main road . I used my renovated1961 Asahi Pentax S3, film was 2007 dated Fuji Across 100 processed in my 'Home-Made' Microphen 1+3 for 12 mins @ 20oC and all were at f1.8 -- I set the f1.4 lens manually to f1.8 but that is a 50mm and others are 55mm-- all were at 1.500th second
55mm f1.8 'Auto-Takumar ' off my S3

S3 Test 01 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
55mm f1.8 Super -Takumar 1246111 off my Spotmatic I

S3 Test 02 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
55mm f1.8 Super-Takumar 3313224 off my SV

S3 Test 03 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
50mm f1.4 SMC Takumar 5572937 off my Spotmatic F -- the Infamous YELLOWED BY RADIO-ACTIVITY

S3 Test 04 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

get yourself a 1961 S3 -- all you do is stick the negs into some neg sleeves ----