Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, and the silver halide emulsion layer comprises silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 95 mol %. The emulsion is optically sensitized by addition of a dispersion of an optical sensitizer comprising a medium and particles of the dye dispersed in the medium. The ratio of silver to gelatin (Ag/Gel) in the emulsion at the time of addition of the dispersion of the dye is 2 to 8.5.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material contains a methine compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein Y.sup.1 is a group which is cleavable by a nucleophile; Z.sup.1 is --O--, --S--, or other; Z.sup.2 is --O--, --S--, --CR.sup.3 R.sup.4 (wherein each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is alkyl or other), or other; A and B are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, aryl or a heterocyclic group; A and B may be linked to each other to form an unsaturated aliphatic ring, an aromatic ring or a heterocyclic ring; and Q.sup.1 is a methine or polymethine group which may have a heterocyclic group. A novel methine compound is also disclosed.

Abstract: A heptamethine cyanine dye in which both nitrogen atoms of the cyanine chromophore bear a carboxyalkyl substituent comprising an alkyl chain of at least five carbon atoms. The dyes are useful as sensitisers in photothermographic imaging materials.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprises on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a trimethine dye or a pentamethinecyanine dye each containing an alkylthio-substituted benzoazole nucleus. The photographic material is suitable for forming images using a scanning system that employes a semiconductor laser as a light source. The photographic material has a high sensitivity which does not degrade during storage, and the material does not tend to fog during storage.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising a substantially water-insoluble, spectral sensitizing dye and a styryl compound represented by the following formula, wherein the sensitizing dye is dispersed in an aqueous solution substantially free from an organic solvent and the thus-dispersed dye is introduced into the silver halide emulsion.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material includes at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support. A silver halide emulsion contained in at least one emulsion layer contains grains having an average grain diameter of 0.3 .mu.m or more, an average grain thickness of less than 0.5 .mu.m and an average grain diameter/average grain thickness ratio of 2 or more in a percentage of at least 50% of a total projected area of emulsion grains. The emulsion is chemically sensitized in the presence of at least one compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents hydrogen or alkaline metal, and R represents hydrogen, halogen or alkyl having 1 to 5 carbons.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material have at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers comprises an emulsion subjected to chemical sensitization with a selenium compound and spectral sensitization with at least one type of a methine compound represented by Formula (I) below: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents --(CH.sub.2).sub.r --CONHSO.sub.2 --R.sub.3, --(CH.sub.2).sub.s --SO.sub.2 NHCO--R.sup.4, --(CH.sub.2).sub.t --CONHCO--R.sup.5, or --(CH.sub.2).sub.u --SO.sub.2 NHSO.sub.2 --R.sup.6 ; R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 each represent an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an amino group; R.sup.2 has the same meaning as R.sup.1 or represents an alkyl group; Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each represent a nonmetal atom group required to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; each of L.sub.1, L.sub.2, and L.sub.3 represents a methine group; X.sub.

Abstract: Methine compounds of formulas (I), (II) and (III) are disclosed: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.3, R.sub.5 and R.sub.5a each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group, and the remaining symbols are defined in the specification. A silver halide light-sensitive material containing at least one of the methine compounds is also disclosed.

Abstract: Spectral sensitizing dyes, and silver halide photographic elements incorporating them, which dyes have the formula: ##STR1## wherein: X1 and X2 each independently represent the atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic nucleus, wherein X1 may be further substituted and X2 may be substituted or unsubstituted;n is a positive integer from 1 to 4;p and q each independently represents 0 or l,each L independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted methine group,R1 and R2 each independently represents substituted or unsubstituted aryl or substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic groups;Z1 represents a substituent containing an hydroxyarylacyl group (preferably an .alpha.-hydroxyarylacyl group), an aromatic ring of which may be appended or fused to X1; andW1 is a counterion as needed to balance the charge of the molecule.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic material comprising at least one compound (merocyanine dye) represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z represents nonmetal atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; X represents non-metal atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered acidic nucleus; R.sup.2 represents --(CH.sub.2).sub.r --CONHSO.sub.2 --R.sup.3, --(CH.sub.2).sub.s --SO.sub.2 NHCO--R.sup.4, --(CH.sub.2).sub.t --CONHCO--R.sup.5 or --(CH.sub.2).sub.u --SO.sub.2 NHSO.sub.2 --R.sup.6 ; R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each represent an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or an amino group; r, s, t and u each represent an integer from 1 to 5; R.sup.1 has the same meaning as R.sup.2 or represents an alkyl group substituted by a sulfo or carboxyl group; p represents 0 or 1; L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 each represent a methine group; and n represents 0, 1, 2 or 3.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a silver halide emulsion wherein spectral sensitizing dyes are added after the formation of silver halide grains, and chemically ripening is then carried out at a temperature higher than the addition temperature of the spectral sensitizing dyes at 25.degree. C. to 55.degree. C., is disclosed. A material produced by this method has a high linearity in gradation between the medium density part and the shoulder part, and having a high Dmax value.

Abstract: A novel silver halide photographic material is disclosed, which comprises at least one methine dye represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each represents an alkyl group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each independently represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydroxyl group, provided that at least one of R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represents an alkyl, alkoxy, or aryloxy group; V.sup.1 and V.sup.2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an atomic group; L.sup.1, L.sup.2, and L.sup.3 each represents a methine group; M represents a charge neutralizing ion; and m represents 0 or a higher number required for the neutralization of electric charge in the dye.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic material containing at least one methine compound of formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein A.sub.1 : ##STR2## and wherein Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, Z.sub.3 and Z.sub.4 each is an atomic group of forming a 5- or 6-membered N-containing heterocyclic ring; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 each is an alkyl group; R.sub.3 is an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group; D.sub.1, D.sub.1a, D.sub.2 and D.sub.2a each is an atomic group of forming an acidic nucleus; V.sub.1 to V.sub.22 each is a hydrogen or a monovalent substituent; L.sub.1 to L.sub.12 each is a methine group; M.sub.1 and M.sub.2 each is a charge-neutralizing pair ion; m.sub.1 and m.sub.2 each is a number of 0 or more for neutralizing the charge in the molecule; n.sub.1, n.sub.2 and n.sub.4 each are 0 or 1; and n.sub.3 and n.sub.5 each is an integer of 0 or more. The material has a high sensitivity and storage stability.

Abstract: Dyes and photographic elements containing them as silver halide sensitizing dyes, which dyes have the structure: ##STR1## wherein: X1 and X2 each independently represent the atoms necessary to complete a benzo-condensed 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic nucleus, which, in addition to being substituted by Z1 and Z2 respectively, may be further substituted or unsubstituted;n is a positive integer from 1 to 4,p and q each independently represents 0 or 1,each L independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted methine group,R1 and R2 each independently represents substituted or unsubstituted aryl or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl,Z1 represents a substituent which contains both an amide group and an aromatic ring which may be appended or fused to X1; andW1 is a counterion as needed to balance the charge of the molecule.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light emulsion layer containing (A) at least one of the methine compounds represented by the following formula (I) and (B) at least one of the methine compounds represented by the following formula (II) or (III): ##STR1## wherein Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, L.sub.1 -L.sub.8, p, q, k.sub.1 -k.sub.3, n.sub.1 -n.sub.3 and X.sub.1 -X .sub.3 are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A radiation detecting element, particularly a photographic element having a radiation detecting composition, in particular a silver halide emulsion. The composition provides the element with a wavelength of peak sensitivity, .lambda.peaksens, and a decreasing sensitivity around .lambda.peaksens. An absorber dye of defined characteristics is chosen, which has the effect of decreasing the change in sensitivity which the element otherwise has without the absorber dye (that is, the absorber dye increases the wavelength range over which the sensitivity is relatively constant). The element is preferably sensitive to infra-red.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic emulsion spectrally sensitized in the wavelength range longer than 730 nm, and full-color recording materials containing such a photographic emulsion. The photographic emulsion has undergone J-band sensitization by containing at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I) in an amount of from 0.3 to 0.9 based on the specific addition amount defined in the disclosure, at a temperature ranging from 60.degree. C. to 85.degree. C. to gain a spectral sensitivity maximum at a wavelength from 730 nm to 900 nm: ##STR1## wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represents a sulfur or selenium atom; Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 each represents a methylene group; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an alkyl group; R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclyl group; L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 each represents a methine group; A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each represents the atoms necessary for completing a benzene ring; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may combine with L.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer having a silver halide content of not lower than 90 mol %, wherein a silver halide emulsion in at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers having a silver chloride content of not lower than 90 mol % contains at least one compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represents an atomic group required for forming a nitrogen-containing five-membered or six-membered heterocyclic ring; Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 each represents a methylene group; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an alkyl group; R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4 and L.sub.5 each represents a methine group; n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 each represents 0 or 1; M.sub.1 represents a counter ion for neutralizing electric charge; and m.sub.1 represents a number not less than 0 required for neutralizing electric charge in the molecule.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer formed on a support. Said light-sensitive material having at least one layer contains a regular silver halide emulsion, a tabular silver halide emulsion containing tabular silver halide grains having an average diameter/average thickness ratio of 2 or more, which occupy 50% or more of the total projected area of all silver halide grains, and a silver halide emulsion containing internal latent-image silver halide grains each chemically sensitized to the depth of less than 0.02 .mu.m from the surface of the grain. Each of these emulsions contains at least one methine compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is --(CH.sub.2).sub.r --CONHSO.sub.2 --R.sub.3 or --(CH.sub.2).sub.s --SO.sub.2 NHCO--R.sub.4, where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are an alkyl group, r and s are an integer ranging from 1 to 5; R.sup.2 is a sulfoalkyl group; Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising at least one sensitizing dye represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein V.sub.1, V.sub.2, V.sub.3, V.sub.4, V.sub.5 and V.sub.6 each represents a substituent with the total of the Hammett's constants of all the substituents being less than -0.27, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an alkyl group, L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4, L.sub.5, L.sub.6 and L.sub.7 each represents a methine group, m represents 0 or 1, Z represents an atomic group necessary for forming a 5-membered or 6-membered nitrogen-containing hetero ring, X.sub.n represents a charge balancing counter ion(s), n has a value of at least 0 which is necessary for neutralizing the charge of the compound. The material has a high sensitivity to infrared rays and gives an image of high quality with little remaining color. Also disclosed is a method for processing such a silver halide photographic material.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising at least one photosensitive emulsion layer contains silver halide grains on a support. In the silver halide photographic material, (1) the silver halide grains are prepared in the presence of iridium compounds, (2) the silver halide grains consist of silver chlorobromide which is essentially free of silver iodide, (3) at least 90 mol% of all silver halide from which the silver halide grains are made is silver chloride, (4) the silver halide grains have localized phase in which the silver bromide content exceeds at least 20 mol%, (5) the localized phase is precipitated together with at least 50% of all the iridium which is added during the preparation of the silver halide grains, and (6) the surface of the silver halide grains is chemically sensitized to the extent that the grains are essentially of the surface latent image type.

Abstract: A photographic emulsion is disclosed in which an infrared spectral sensitizing dye is adsorbed to the surface of silver bromide grains optionally containing iodide. The grains are formed in the presence of a hexacoordination complex of iron and at least three cyanide ligands to counteract dye desensitization.

Abstract: A method of preparing a superfine grain emulsion with a grain size of 0.05 .mu.m or less is provided, which includes mixing aqueous solutions of a water-soluble silver salt and a water-soluble halide with vigorous stirring inside a closed mixing device furnished with an agitator, where the solutions are fed into the device simultaneously and continuously, in the presence of at least one of a high molecular compound and a substance capable of adsorbing to silver halide, each of which has a physical retardance value of at least 40 as determined by PAGI method, and immediately expelling the newly-formed grains from the mixing device. Another method includes mixing the aqueous solutions in a mixing device as described above, immediately expelling the newly-formed grains from the device, and mixing the expelled grains with at least one of the above-described high molecular compound and substance.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which contains a tricarbocyanine dye having at least two acidic groups in such a condition that said dye may show its absorption maximum at a wavelength shifted to the longer wavelength direction by at least 50 nm, compared with that of the absorption maximum in an aqueous solution, and that within the range of 900 nm to 1,500 nm, whereby facilitating the detection of the position of said light-sensitive material by means of an infrared sensor in the photographic processing with an automatic developing machine.

Abstract: A silver halide emulsion having a high silver chloride content of about 95 mol % or more, wherein about 30% by number or by weight or more of the silver halide grains are those having one twin plane in the crystal such that the crystal planes constituting the surface of each grain consist essentially of (100) planes and having a silver bromide-localized phase having a relatively higher silver bromide content in the part of intersection of the twin plane and the surface of the grain and suitable for rapid processing with high sensitivity and excellent gradation characteristic and reciprocity law characteristic.

Abstract: A dry process silver salt photosensitive member is disclosed. The photosensitive member has a heat-developable photosensitive element containing at least (1) and organic silver salt, (2) a reducing agent, and (3) at least one of a photosensitive silver halide and a photosensitive silver halide-forming component on a support. The heat-developable photosensitive element further contains a compound represented by the general formula (I) and a compound represented by the general formula (II).

Abstract: This invention relates to photographic silver halide emulsions spectrally sensitized to infrared radiation above 800 nm and to a class of pentamethine cyanine dyes of 5-fluorobenzothiazole derivatives useful as the infrared sensitizing dyes.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having provided on a support, at least one red sensitive emulsion layer comprising a silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of from 90 to 100 mol % and spectrally sensitized by a red sensitizing dye having a reduction potential at a value of -1.27 (V vs SCE) or more negative and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, exhibits reduced fluctuation in photographic sensitivity depending on the change in the printing temperature and reduced fluctuation in photographic sensitivity due to long term storage under the normal condition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein (1) the silver halide emulsion is spectrally sensitized by a red-sensitive sensitizing dye and contains a macrocyclic compound having at least one hetero atom, (2) a number of aliphatic rings forming the macrocyclic compound is 4 or less, and (3) the macrocyclic compound has an aromatic ring, which has good aging storage stability and excellent safelight safety characteristics, and can provide high sensitivity stably.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising on a reflective support at least three light-sensitive emulsion layers having different color sensitivities. At least one of the light-sensitive emulsion layers comprises a silver halide emulsion spectrally sensitized with at least one compound represented by the formula (I) in a red sensitive layer. At least one of the light-sensitive emulsion layers or light-insensitive layers comprises on the support at least one compound represented by the formula (II), (III) or (IV). The total amount of silver halide emulsion on the support is 0.65 g/m.sup.2 or less as calculated in terms of coated amount of silver. The formulas are shown and defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention provides dyes markedly excellent as sensitizing dyes for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials. Said dyes are represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be identical or different and each represents an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group, R.sub.3 represents a heterocyclic group, Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 may be identical or different and each represents a group of atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, X represents a counter ion, L.sub.1 to L.sub.5 each represents a methine group, and m and n each represents 0, 1 or 2.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide emulsion, which comprises at least one methine dye represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein MET represents an atomic group having a methine dye structure; Q represents a divalent linking group containing at least one carbon, nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen atom; l.sub.1 represents an integer 1 or 2; l.sub.2 represents an integer 0 or 1, l.sub.3 represents an integer from 1 to 4; and Ar represents an aromatic polycyclic group formed of 8 or more atoms containing at least one nitrogen atom, with the proviso that said nitrogen atom is in a form such that tautomerism does not produce ##STR2## A silver halide photographic material is also disclosed which comprises on a support a silver halide photographic emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains containing iron ions and having a localized phase with a high iron ion concentration and at least one methine dye represented by general formula (I') and which exhibits a blue sensitivity difference of 0.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a substantially iodide free silver chlorobromide or silver chloride grain of which the silver chloride content is at least 90 mol. % and a color coupler. The color coupler is at least one compound represented by formula (I) or (II). The coupler is dispersed in the emulsion layer, as a dispersion of a fine lipophilic particle obtained by emulsification and dispersion of a solution obtained by dissolution of the coupler together with at least one homopolymer or copolymer which is insoluble in water and soluble in an organic solvent and a high boiling point organic solvent: ##STR1## R.sub.1, R.sub.4, and R.sub.5 represent aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic groups; R.sub.3 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or an acylamino group, or R.sub.6 represents a group of non-metal atoms required to form, together with R.sub.

Abstract: A method of preparing a superfine grain emulsion with a grain size of 0.05 .mu.m or less is provided, which includes mixing aqueous solutions of a water-soluble silver salt and a water-soluble halide with vigorous stirring inside a closed mixing device furnished with an agitator, where the solutions are fed into the device simultaneously and continuously, in the presence of at least one of a high molecular compound and a substance capable of adsorbing to silver halide, each of which has a physical retardance value of at least 40 as determined by PAGI method, and immediately expelling the newly-formed grains from the mixing device. Another method includes mixing the aqueous solutions in a mixing device as described above, immediately expelling the newly-formed grains from the device, and mixing the expelled grains with at least one of the above-described high molecular compound and substance.

Abstract: A photographic laser recording material is disclosed comprising a transparent base and at least one emulsion layer containing a silver halide emulsion which is sensitized to the near infra-red by the combination of a heptamethine chain containing dye according to general formula (I) and a supersensitizer characterized in that said emulsion layer further contains a compound according to general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represent a non metallic atomic group necessary to complete a benzothiazole, benzoxazole, naphtothiazole or naphtoxazole nucleus; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represent an alkyl or substituted alkyl group;R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, amino, phenyl or benzyl group; R.sub.1 and R.sub.3, or R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 respectively may combine with each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered ring;X-.sub.n is an anion of the type commonly present in sensitizing dyes, e.g.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least three silver halide emulsion layers which have different color sensitivities from each other, wherein at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one magenta coupler represented by general formula (I) shown below, at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one compound represented by general formula (II) shown below, at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one compound represented by general formula (III) shown below and the pH of the layers of the silver halide color photographic material is from 5.0 to 6.5: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, X, Za, Zb, Zc, Q, M, Z, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, V.sub.1, V.sub.2, V.sub.3, V.sub.4, V.sub.5, V.sub.6, B.sub.7, V.sub.8, and X.sub.n are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A negative silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a silver halide emulsion containing regular silver halide grains containing from 0.3 mol % to 3.0 mol % of silver iodide, the silver halide grains being produced by conversion of silver halide host grains using high silver iodide silver halide grains having a silver iodide content of at least 90 mol % in an amount sufficient to provide from 0.1 mol % to 2.5 mol % of silver iodide based on the total silver halide content of the silver halide host grains and the high silver iodide grains.The photographic material containing silver halide grains having a novel structure provides a negative image having excellent photographic characteristics, particularly high sensitivity and ultrahigh contrast.A method of forming an ultrahigh contrast image which is excellent in line image quality using a stable developing solution is also disclosed.

Abstract: A full color recording material which has, on a support, at least three silver halide photosensitive emulsion layers which have different color sensitivities and which contain a yellow coupler, magenta coupler and cyan coupler, respectively, and in which at least two of these layers are selectively spectrally sensitized to match semiconductor laser light beams of wavelengths greater than 670 nm, wherein said at least three silver halide photosensitive layers which have different color sensitivities each contains silver chlorobromide grains with a layer average silver chloride content of at least 96 mol %, and said silver chlorobromide grains have a silver bromide local phase of which the silver bromide content is higher than that of the surroundings and a method for forming color images wherein the recording material is imagewise exposed while being transported at a feed rate which matches the scanning rate with semiconductor light beams, and substantially continuously to the exposing, the material is subject

Abstract: Disclosed are silver halide photographic materials, comprising a support having thereon a layer which contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each represents groups of atoms which are required to complete aromatic rings, which may be substituted or unsubstituted; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a phenyl group, a five- or six-membered heterocyclic group, an acyl group or an alkoxy group, which may be substituted or unsubstituted; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each independently represents an alkyl group, a phenyl group or a five- or six-membered heterocyclic group, which may be substituted or unsubstituted; X represents a p-valent anion; p represents 1, 2 or 3; L represents a methine group which may be substituted or unsubstituted, or a trivalent linking group wherein three, five or seven methine groups are linked by conjugated double bonds; and X may be bonded to A.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic material comprising a photosensitive emulsion layer containing a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and a silver halide emulsion of high-silver-chloride, which emulsion has been spectrally sensitized with a red-sensitive sensitizing dye having a definite reduction potential value, and which has been subjected to reduction sensitization. The disclosure as described provides a silver halide photographic material that is excellent in rapid processing and high in sensitivity and wherein there is little change of photographic performance.

Abstract: 'Disclosed is a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a selenium atom; R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 each represents a methylene group; Q.sub.3 and Q.sub.4 each represents an atomic group required to form a five-membered, six-membered or seven-membered ring; L.sub.1 represents a methine group; A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each represents an atomic group required to form a benzene ring; M.sub.1 represents a counter ion for neutralizing the electric charge of the compound; and m.sub.1 represents the number required for neutralizing that electric charge.There is also disclosed a silver halide photographic material containing at least one compound of general formula (I).

Abstract: Silver halide photographic materials containing methine compounds of general formulas Ia, Ib, Ic, IIa, and IIb are disclosed. The variables are as defined in the present specification.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support and provided thereon, at least one silver halide light-sensitive layer spectrally sensitized by adding a spectral sensitizing dye during at least one process selected from a grain formation process, a physical reopening process and a desalting process, wherein said light-sensitive material contains at least one selected from the compounds represented by following Formula A: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a carbamoyl group, a thiocarbamoyl group, and a sulfamoyl group; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represent independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a cyano group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an alkylsulfoxide group, an alkylsulfonyl group, and a heterocyclic group, provided that R.sub.2 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, comprising a combination of at least one infrared sensitizing dye represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and at least one compound represented by formula (IIa) or (IIb): ##STR1## wherein each of the variables is as defined in the specification.

Abstract: There is described a process for the spectral sensitization of photographic silver halide emulsions which comprises forming and chemically sensitizing silver halide crystals in a colloid dispersion medium, the process being characterized in that it comprises forming a shell of silver halide on the chemically sensitized crystals by simultaneously adding to the dispersion an aqueous solution of a water soluble halide or pseudo-halide, an aqueous solution of silver nitrate and a J-band aggregating spectral sensitizing dye in an aqueous medium, the said simultaneous additions being continued for sufficient time to form a shell of silver halide or pseudo-halide on the said chemically sensitized silver halide crystals which is up to 15 mole percent of the total silver halide or pseudo-halide of the fully grown crystals.

Abstract: There is disclosed a monochromatic silver halide light-sensitive photographic material for printing from a color negative, which has an excellent sensitivity, sharpness, graininess and background whiteness. The photographic material is characterized by that the surface of the support on which the emulsion layer is provided has the following reflection properties:L=90 or morea*=-0.5 to 1.0b*=-5.0 to -1.

Abstract: A full color recording material comprising a support having thereon at least three silver halide photosensitive emulsion layers which contain respectively couplers which form yellow, magenta and cyan colorations and which are sensitive to light of different wavelength regions, at least two of the said layers being spectrally sensitized selectively to match laser light beams of wavelengths of at least 670 nm, wherein the at least two layers aforementioned contain at least one type of crosslinking type spectrally sensitizing dye.

Abstract: A photographic element is described comprising a support having thereon(a) a silver halide emulsion layer where the silver halide is sensitized with a dye having the formula: ##STR1## Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each independently represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic nucleus,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, andR.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 each independently represents hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl,X represents a counterion, and(b) at least one other red- or infrared-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having a maximum sensitivity at a wavelength different from that of the (a) layer.

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 light-sensitive material is disclosed. The silver halide emulsion layer of the light-sensitive material is sensitized in infrared region of the spectrum by a cationic di- or tri-carbocyanine sensitizing dye and a compound represented by formula I, II, or III; ##STR1## The light-sensitive material is improved in stability of the coating solution of the silver halide emulsion for standing during in its production process and also improved in stability for prolonged storage after production.