| abstract |
IMPROVED PROCESSES ARE DISCLOSED FOR OBTAINING POSITIVE IMAGES IN UNFOGGED, SILVER HALIDE EMULSIONS WHEREIN A PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT COMPRISING A SUPPORT AND SAID EMULSION ARE IMAGE-WISE EXPOSED AND THEN EITHER (A) DEVELOPED IN A SILVER HALIDE SURFACE DEVELOPER IN THE PRESENCE OF A FOGGING AGENT, (B) LIGHT-FLASHED DURING DEVELOPMENT IN A SURFACE DEVELOPER, (C) DEVELOPED IN A SILVER HALIDE AERIAL FOGGING SURFACE DEVELOPER OR (D) BATHED IN A SURFACE-IMAGE STABILIZER BATH FOLLOWED BY LIGHT-FLASHING BEFORE OR DURING DEVELOPMENT IN A SILVER HALIDE SURFACE DEVELOPER. IN ONE ASPECT, IMPROVED SILVER HALIDE EMULSIONS WHEREIN THE HALIDE IS PREDOMINANTLY CHLORIDE ARE DISCLOSED FOR USE IN THE ABOVE PROCESS. |