Abstract: A method of providing photographic products and services, includes the steps of: selling a photographic film product to a customer; partially exposing the photographic film product; returning the partially exposed photographic film product to a photofinisher; and providing credit to the customer for the unexposed portion of the photographic film product.

Abstract: A color reversal photographic element is disclosed comprising a support having coated thereon a silver halide emulsion layer comprising a silver halide emulsion chemically sensitized in the presence of an organomercapto Au(I) complex having the formula [L—Au—L]M wherein M is a cationic counter ion and each L is an organomercapto ligand which has antifogging, stabilizing or sensitizing properties, and a rapid sulfiding agent represented by structure SS-1 wherein each of the R1, R2, R3, and R4 groups independently represents an alkylene, cycloalkylene, carbocyclic arylene, heterocyclic arylene, alkarylene or aralkylene group; or taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, R1 and R2 or R3 and R4 can complete a 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring; and each of the B1, B2, B3, and B4 groups independently is hydrogen or represents a carboxylic, sulfinic, sulfonic, hydroxamic, mercapto, sulfonamido or primary or secondary amino nucleophilic group, with th

Abstract: A method is disclosed of manufacturing a radiation-sensitive tabular grain emulsion comprised of (a) providing in a stirred reaction vessel a host tabular grain emulsion containing greater than 50 mole percent bromide, based on silver, and a speed enhancing amount of iodide and (b) then introducing a silver salt solution into the stirred reaction vessel, wherein (1) the silver salt solution is introduced into the stirred reaction vessel at a rate sufficient to create a new grain population, (2) halting introduction of the silver salt solution for a time sufficient to allow the new grain population to be ripened out, and (3) repeating steps (1) and (2) from 3 to 20 times until silver introduced in steps (1) and (2) amounts to from 5 to 50 percent of total silver forming the radiation-sensitive tabular grain emulsion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion, the emulsion comprising silver halide grains which contain an alkynylamine dopant. The presence of the alkynylamine dopant imparts to the photographic element the advantageous characteristic of increased sensitivity.

Abstract: A process for preparing a thin tabular grain silver halide emulsion comprised of silver halide grains which have a halide content of at least 50 mole percent bromide, wherein tabular grains of less than 0.15 micrometers in thickness and having an aspect ratio of greater than 8 account for greater than 50 percent of the total grain projected area, comprises the steps of nucleating the silver halide grains with a gelatino-peptizer or with the use of certain synthetic polymers that serve as effective nucleation peptizers and then growing the silver halide grains with the use of either a gelatino-peptizer or certain synthetic polymers that serve as effective growth peptizers.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of preparing a silver halide photographic emulsion which comprises adding to the silver halide emulsion before or during precipitation a non-labile chalcogen compound represented by Formula I:R.sup.1 --X.sup.1 --X.sup.2 --R.sup.2 (Formula I)It further provides a silver halide photographic emulsion prepared by the above method.