Abstract: A silver halide photographic material composed of a support having thereon at least one silver halide photosensitive emulsion layer, at least one layer of the material containing a blocked photographic reagent precursor represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 represents a divalent linking group containing a hetero atom bonded to the carbon atom, provided that X.sub.1 is linked to the carbon atom by a group other than ##STR2## PUG represents a photographically useful group containing a hetero atom bonded to X.sub.1 ; W represents .dbd.N-- or ##STR3## Y.sub.1 represents hydrogen or a group capable of being substituted; Z represents an atomic group necessary for forming a heterocyclic ring, provided that when W represents a ##STR4## the group adjacent to W in the heterocyclic ring is a group other than ##STR5## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive layer comprising a silver halide emulsion sensitized by an infrared sensitization dye, wherein the silver halide in the silver halide emulsion contains at least 90 mol % of silver chloride and is constituted by monodisperse grains having a coefficient of variation of not more than 20%; and an image formation method using the above-described silver halide photographic photosensitive material, comprising the steps of imagewise exposing the photographic material and developing the said material in a developing solution containing at least 0.15 mol/l of sulfurous acid ions and a compound having a silver halide-adsorption accelerating group.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising one or more silver halide emulsion layers and hydrophilic colloid layers, wherein at least one of the layers contains an acylhydrazine compound as described below. The instant photographic materials have high contrast negative-gradation or positive-gradation characteristics, high maximum image density, excellent reversal characteristics and long-term storage stability.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon a hydrophilic colloid layer which contains gelatin and wherein the hydrophilic colloid layer contains fine polymer particles which contains a redox compound which is capable of releasing a development inhibitor by oxidation, and a hydrazine compound, which is not the same as the redox compound, is contained in the hydrophilic colloid layer and/or in another hydrophilic colloid layer.

Abstract: A method for forming an image is disclosed which comprises providing a photosensitive material comprising at least one light-sensitive layer and having a gamma value of not less than 10 and a capability of being handled under bright light, subjecting said light-sensitive layer image-wise exposure to light having substantially exclusive of wavelengths of 370 nm or shorter through originals, for example, a line original and a halftone original arranged in a superposed condition, followed by contrast development processing, whereby excellent quality of images, for example, letter images, can be obtained.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising a support having thereon at least one of a silver halide emulsion layer and other hydrophilic colloid layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer or a hydrophilic colloid layer contains at least one compound represented by formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group that can be substituted, Y.sub.1 represents ##STR2## R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a group that can be substituted; X.sub.1 represents a divalent linking group containing a hetero atom connected to the carbon atom; m is 0 or 1; A represents a bleach accelerating agent moiety represented by ##STR3## wherein R.sub.9, L, X.sub.2 R.sub.10 B, l.sub.1 and L.sub.2 are defined in the specification.The compound represented by formula (II) is a bleach accelerating agent having an active group of adsorptive group.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material including the step of developing the silver halide color photographic material with a color developing solution containing at least one aromatic primary amine developing agent and at least one hydrazide represented by the following formula (I) or (II)R.sup.1 --X.sup.1 --NHNH--R.sup.2 (I)in whichX.sup.1 represents --CO--, --SO.sub.2 -- or ##STR1## R.sup.1 represents a hydroxyl group, a hydroxyamino group, carbamoyl group, a hydrazinocarbonyl group, an amino group, or a hydrazino group; and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; provided that the R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 groups of at least two of the hydrazide groups may be linked to form a dimer or higher polymer of the hydrazide.R.sup.3 --X.sup.2 --NHNH--R.sup.4 (II)in whichX.sup.2 represents --CO-- or --SO.sub.2 --; R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, or an aryloxy group; and R.sup.

Abstract: A light-sensitive material which comprises a light-sensitive layer and a support is disclosed. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halid grains, at least two hydrazine derivatives and a polymerizable compounds. One hydrazine derivative has the following formula [I]: ##STR1## in which one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, and the other is hydrogen, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group or an acyl group; R.sup.3 is an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.4 is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, amino or carbamoyl; at least one hydrogen atom contained in R.sup.3 or R.sup.4 is replaced with a group capable of being adsorbed on silver halide grains; G is carbonyl, sulfonyl, sulfinyl, ##STR2## (R.sup.5 has the same meanings as for R.sup.4); and each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and G may have one or more substituent groups.

Abstract: A negative-type silver halide photographic material is disclosed, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least one hydrophilic colloid layer, at least one of which is a silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the hydrophilic colloid layer contains:(a) a compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein, A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 both represent hydrogen atoms, or one represents a hydrogen atom and the other a sulfonyl group or an acyl group, R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group, G.sub.1 represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 is an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group, a ##STR3## group, or an iminoethylene group, X.sub.1 is a moiety which instigates a ring-forming reaction by cleaving the --G.sub.1 --X.sub.1 moiety from the residual molecule and forming a cyclic structure containing the atoms of the --G.sub.1 --X.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising at least one compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a group which can become a hydrogen atom by hydrolytic action, Time represents a divalent connecting group, t represents 0 or 1, PUG represents a development inhibitor, V represents a carbonyl group, ##STR2## a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, ##STR3## (R.sub.0 represents an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group), an iminomethylene group, a thiocarbonyl group or ##STR4## (W represents an electron attractive group), R represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, or ##STR5## (PUG, Time, t and W are as defined above); and at least one compound represented by formula (II): ##STR6## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one hydrophilic colloid layer, at least one of which is a silver halide photographic emulsion layer, is disclosed. At least one of the silver halide emulsion layers or other hydrophilic colloid layers of the photographic material contains a compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein, A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 both represent hydrogen atoms or one represents a hydrogen atom and the other a sulfonyl group or an acyl group, R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group, G.sub.1 represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, a ##STR2## group wherein R.sub.2 represents an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group, a ##STR3## group or an iminomethylene group, X.sub.1 is a moiety which instigates a ring-forming reaction by cleaving the --G.sub.1 --X.sub.1 moiety from the residual molecule and forms a cyclic structure containing the atoms of the --G.sub.1 --X.sub.

Abstract: A high-contract development process is disclosed, which comprises developing a silver halide photographic material containing at least a hydrazine derivative with a developer having a pH of from 10.0 to 12.3 and containing(a) a dihydroxybenzene developing agent,(b) at least 0.3 mol/liter of a sulfite, and(c) at least one of compounds represented by formulae (I-1), (I-2), (I-3) or I-4); ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and R.sub.5 each represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group, provided that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, or R.sub.3 R.sub.4 may combine with each other to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; and A and D each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, and R.sub.9 =each represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group, provided that R.sub.6 and R.sub.7, or R.sub.8 and R.sub.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein after imagewise exposure, said silver halide color photographic material is processed with a color developer containing at least one aromatic primary amine developing agent and at least one compound capable of releasing the aromatic primary amine developing agent which has substantially no developing agent ability prior to the release of the aromatic primary amine developing agent.

Abstract: A direct positive image forming method comprising development processing an imagewise exposed direct positive photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a support having thereon at least one layer containing internal latent image type silver halide grains not having been previously fogged after fogging treatment or while fogging treatment, wherein the fogging treatment is conducted in the presence of a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 both represent a hydrogen atom or one of A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom and the other represents a sulfonyl group or an acyl group; G.sub.1 represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, ##STR2## or an iminomethylene group; L.sub.1 represents a divalent linkage group; X.sub.1 represents --O-- or ##STR3## wherein R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group); Y.sub.1 represents ##STR4## R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: A method for processing silver halide color photographic material is disclosed which comprises processing a silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing substantially no sulfite ion and then processing the color photographic material with a solution having bleaching capability containing an aminopolycarboxylic acid having a molecular weight of at least 300.

Abstract: A process for development-processing a black-and-white silver halide light-sensitive material is disclosed, which comprises using a developer containing at least one compound represented by formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group;M represents hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, an alkaline earth metal atom, a quaternary ammonium salt, a quaternary phosphonium salt, an amidino group or a group capable of being converted to hydrogen or an alkali metal atom under alkaline conditions;n represents an integer of 1 or more; andZ.sup..crclbar. represents an anion.

Abstract: An image-forming process which comprises after imagewise exposing a silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer composed of silver halide grains containing at least 1.times.10.sup.-6 mol of a rhodium salt per mol of silver and having a mean grain size of not larger than 0.15 .mu.m with a developer meeting the following conditions (a) to (d);(a) the developer substantially contains dihydroxybenzene only as the developing agent,(b) the developer contains at least 0.18 mol/liter of a free sulfite,(c) pH thereof is at least 10.5, and(d) the developer contains at least 20 mg/liter of a compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a nitro group and X.sub.2 and X.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An ultra-high contrast negative type silver halide photographic material comprising:(1) at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support;(2) at least one compound selected from among hydrazine derivatives which can be represented by formula (I) below, which is included in said emulsion layer or in another hydrophilic colloid layer, ##STR1## wherein A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 both represent hydrogen atoms or one represents a hydrogen atom and the other represents a sulfinic acid residual group or an acyl group, R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group, R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, or an amino group, G.sub.1 represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, a phosphoryl group or an N-substituted or unsubstituted iminomethylene group, and at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one of silver halide photographic emulsion layers and other hydrophilic colloidal layers, wherein said at least one of photographic emulsion layers and other hydrophobic colloidal layers contains a compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein at least one of A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom and other represents a hydrogen atom, a sulfinic residual group or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.0 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl grup, an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group, and l.sub.1 represents an integer of 1 or 2; G represents ##STR3## wherein m.sub.1 represents an integer of 1 or 2, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group ##STR4## wherein R.sub.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is described, which comprises processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising a reflective support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer for a period of 2 minutes and 30 seconds or less with a color devleoping solution which does not substantially contain benzyl alcohol and which contains at least one of compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (I), a compound represented by formula (II), hydantoic acid, allylamine, aminoguanidine, o-aminobenzoic acid, L-(+)-cysteine, benzylamine, DL-serine, morpholine, N-hydroxyethyl morpholine, o-aminobenzyl alcohol, quinuclidine, or salts thereof, tetramethylammonium acetate, choline, or choline chloride, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydroxyalkyl group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.