Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic label comprising a pragmatic polymer sheet, at least one layer comprising at least one image forming layer comprising photosensitive silver halide grains and dye forming coupler above said pragmatic polymer sheet, wherein said at least one image forming layer has an exposure time to obtain a usable Dmax of 1.5 of less than 0.01 seconds, wherein said at least one image forming layer is substantially free of image dye stabilizers, and wherein said polymer sheet has an L* of greater than 95.

Abstract: A cyanine dye of formula (II) wherein X1 is C(R5, R6), NR7, O, S or Se, X2 is O, S, Se or NR13, R2 with R3, or R3 with R4, are the remaining members for the completion of a condensed furano ring system, and the other R2 or R4 radical, is H, a halogen, SH, CN, CF3, alkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio or arylthio, R10 to R12, are H, a halogen, SH, CN, CF3, alkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio or arylthio, or R10 with R11, or R11 with R12, are the remaining members for the completion of a ring system, R5 to R7 and R13 are alkyl, alkylene-SO3Z1 or alkylene-CO2Z1, R8 and R9 are alkyl, alkylene-SO3Z1, alkylene-CO2Z1 or alkylene-Y2—N(Z1)—Y3-alkyl, Z1 is H or a negative charge, Y2 and Y3 are —S(═O)2— or —C(═O)—, M1 is a counterion, L1, L2 and L3 are a methine group and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, including at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide grain contained in the emulsion layer is silver chloroiodide or silver chloroiodobromide having a silver chloride content of 90 mol % or more and a silver iodide content of 0.01 to 1.0 mol %, at least one hexacyano complex is doped in an amount of at least 1×10−7 mol % based on the total silver amount, and the emulsion layer contains a methine dye represented by the formula (I) as defined.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion wherein a variation coefficient of an equivalent-circle diameter of all the silver halide grains is 40% or less, and 50% or more of the total projected area is occupied by tabular grains satisfying requirements (i) to (v): (i) silver iodobromide having (111) faces as principal surfaces; (ii) the equivalent-sphere diameter of 0.5 &mgr;m or less, a thickness of 0.20 &mgr;m or less, and an average aspect ratio of 3 or more; (iii) a silver iodide content of 2 mol % or more and 6 mol % or less; (iv) a multiple-structure having a quintuple structure or more in which a silver iodide distribution has at least two maximums from a center to an edge, the first maximum is in a range of 3 to 25% by a silver amount constituting grains, and the second maximum is in a range of 50 to 80%; and (v) ten or more of dislocation lines per grain are present at a fringe portion.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising, on a support, a unit blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, unit green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and unit red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each of which includes not less than two color-sensitive layers differing in sensitivity, wherein tabular grains having an aspect ratio of not less than 5.0 account for not less than 60% of the total projected area of silver halide grains contained in an emulsion layer having the highest sensitivity in each unit color-sensitive layer, and a grain number indicated by specific equation is not more than 1.00.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing a compound of the formula: wherein R1, R2 and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R4 represents an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group; R1 and R2, or/and R2 and R4 may combine with each other to form a 5-membered, 6-membered or 7-membered ring; Z represents a group of non-metallic atoms that form a 5-membered, 6-membered or 7-membered ring together with the nitrogen atom and two carbon atoms in the benzene ring; R5 represents an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group, in which the compound of the formula contains none of a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group and a sulfo group in each of R1, R2, R3 and R4.

Abstract: The invention provides oil-in-water emulsions comprising recombinant collagen-like polymer in an amount sufficient to act as stabiliser of the emulsion. The polymer is especially a polypeptide which is free of helix structure, has an isoelectric point at least 0.5 pH units removed from the pH of the oil-in-water emulsion. Furthermore, amphiphilic recombinant collagen-like polymers are provided for use in oil-in-water emulsions.

Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed, comprising a yellow dye forming coupler, a magenta dye forming coupler and a cyan dye forming coupler, wherein spectral reflection absorption characteristics of a yellow dye, a magenta dye and a cyan dye which are formed of the yellow dye forming coupler, the magenta dye forming coupler and the cyan dye forming coupler, respectively, meet the following requirements: 110≧&lgr;max(M)−&lgr;max(Y)≧95, 80≧&lgr;max(C)−&lgr;max(M)≧70, 0.43≧Abs600(M)≧0.38, and 0.48≧Abs550(C)≧0.35.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan coupler having the formula: wherein: the term “NB coupler” represents a coupler of formula (I) that forms a dye with the developer 4-amino-3-methyl-N-ethyl-N-(2-methanesulfonamidoethyl) aniline sesquisulfate hydrate for which the left bandwidth (LBW) using spin-coating is at least 5 nm less than that of the same dye in solution form; V is a sulfone, sulfoxide or sulfonamide-containing group; Y is H or a coupling-off group; each Z′, Z″ and Z* is an independently selected substituent group where n and p are independently 0 to 2; X1 and X2 are halogen atoms and may be the same or different; and provided that the combined sum of the aliphatic carbon atoms in V, all Z′, Z″ and all Z* is at least 8.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising silver halide grains is disclosed, which is obtained through a process including at least one step of forming grains using a dispersion medium having a low viscosity, wherein 50% or more of the entire projected area of all silver halide grains in the emulsion is occupied by silver halide tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 4 or more and a twin plane spacing of 0.012 &mgr;m or less. Further disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material using the emulsion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing photographic silver halide tabular grains emulsions. The method of the invention comprises a first single nucleation step wherein stable tabular seeds of silver halide are formed, and a second step wherein different batches of seeds obtained in the first step are grown to yield identical or different emulsions. This combination of steps represent a robust process for preparing tabular grain emulsions at different scales.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a pyrazolotriazole dye forming coupler having formula I in which is and L1 is linked to the C atom; L1 is a carbon atom of the triazole ring, substituted by one or two alkyl or aryl groups; L2 is a chain of one or two carbon atoms that may be further substituted by alkyl or aryl groups; R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups containing 1-3 carbon atoms; R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and aryl groups; R3 is a substituted carbonyl, carbamoyl, sulfonyl, or sulfamoyl group; and X is H or a coupling-off group. Such an element provides a red dye forming coupler of improved stability.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1) and a silver halide photographic material containing the compound: wherein Dye 1 represents a first chromophore; Dye 2 represents a second chromophore; L1 represents a linking chain; R1 represents a dissociable group having pKa of 5 or less; m1 represents an integer of from 1 to 5; m2 represents an integer of from 1 to 5; and m3 represents an integer of from 1 to 4.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least a silver halide emulsion layer, which contains at least one compound represented by the following formula (I), and has a characteristic curve of gamma value being 5.0 or more in optical density of from 0.3 to 3.0 on the characteristic curve shown on the orthogonal axis of coordinates having equal unit length expressed by logarithmic exposure amount (x axis) and optical density (y axis): (X)l—(L)m—(A—B)n  (I) wherein X represents a silver halide-adsorptive group having at least one of N, S, P, Se and Te atom, or a light absorptive group; L represents a divalent linking group having at least one of C, N, S and O atom; A represents an electron donative group; B represents a releasing group or a hydrogen atom, which forms radical A. by releasing or deproton after oxidation; l and m each represents an integer of from 0 to 3; and n represents 1 or 2.

Abstract: This invention comprises a silver halide photographic material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains having associated therewith at least two dyes: (a) a first dye that has at least one anionic substituent and that is capable of spectrally sensitizing a silver halide emulsion; and (b) a second dye that absorbs light at an equal or shorter wavelength than the first dye and that has at least one cationic substituent and that is highly fluorescent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a support bearing a blue light sensitive record containing at least three layers having different levels of light sensitivity arranged in the order slowest to fastest with the slowest layer closest to the support and the fastest layer closest to the light exposure source, wherein (a) all of the blue-sensitive layers are closer to the light exposure source than the layers sensitive to any other color; (b) the slowest blue light sensitive layer is at least 1.0 log E slower than the next fastest blue light sensitive layer when measured at a density of 0.15 above Dmin, and contains a particular type of cyan dye-forming development inhibitor releasing (DIR) coupler; and (c) all of the blue light sensitive layers other than the slowest blue light sensitive layer independently contain a certain type of yellow dye-forming DIR coupler. Embodiments of the invention provide improved color rendition without sacrificing blue density.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a reflection support and an overcoat layer wherein said overcoat layer comprises hydrophilic binder and lubricant, said lubricant has a particle mean diameter of greater than 1 &mgr;m and the volume of particles of lubricant below 1 &mgr;m is less than 5% of said total volume of lubricant.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed comprising a blue-sensitive silver halide unit containing a yellow coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide unit containing magenta coupler, and a red-sensitive silver halide unit containing a cyan coupler, wherein a coefficient of utilization of an oxidation product of a color developing agent in a maximum density area of the blue-sensitive unit is not less than 80%, that of the green-sensitive unit is 30 to 75% and that of the red-sensitive unit is not less than 80%.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic lightsensitive material comprising at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer containing a silver halide photographic emulsion prepared by mixing a dispersion of silver halide grains, the silver halide grains exhibiting such spectral absorption maximum wavelength and light absorption intensity that, when the spectral absorption maximum wavelength is less than 500 nm, the light absorption intensity is 60 or more, while when the spectral absorption maximum wavelength is 500 nm or more, the light absorption intensity is 100 or more, with an emulsified dispersion, wherein the silver halide photographic emulsion, when agitated at 40° C. for 30 min, exhibits a variation of absorption spectrum integrated intensity ranging from 400 nm to 700 nm of 10% or less.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having high sensitivity, low fog and good shelf life (i.e., storage stability), which comprises at least one kind of merocyanine dye represented by formula (I): wherein Z1 represents an atomic group necessary for forming a naphthoxazole ring, R1 and R2 each represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, L1, L2, L3 and L4 each represents a methine group, M1 represents a charge neutralizing counter ion, and m1 is a number of 0 or more necessary for neutralizing a charge in a molecule.