Useless? From my first roll of the Alpha, at box speed in D-76:
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I don't think so...
Nice shot; in particular n.2 is well exposed. N.1 in my monitor seems underexposed. I think that you could have achieved the same result with an Ilford FP4.
I've only tried P30 once, souped in XTOL, and I got acceptable result only exposing @ 25. Otherwise too much contrast and lack of detail in the shadows.
Here in Italy P30 costs 50% more than FP4..