Ciba-Geigy Ag

Ilford Ag

Jean F Reber

Rolf Steiger

There is described a process for the production of a silver halide emulsion wherein the chemical sensitization is carried out in the presence of N-methyl formamide.

Chemical sensitization of photographic silver halide emulsions

Direct-positive photographic material having at least one layer which contains a silver halide emulsion surface-fogged by chemical means or by exposure and a tri-nuclear cyanine dye, which has the formula ##EQU1## in which A.sub.1 is .dbd.CH-- or .dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--, Z.sub.1 is a monocyclic or polycyclic heterocyclic radical which is linked by a double bond to the adjacent methine group, Z.sup..sym. is a positively charged radical which is mesomeric to Z.sub.1 and is linked by a single bond to the adjacent methine group, Z.sub.2 --is a nitrogen-heterocyclic radical which has its single positive charge on the nitrogen atom and Z.sub.3 .dbd. is a radical which has no charge on the nitrogen atom and is mesomeric to Z.sub.2, at least one of the radicals Z.sub.2 containing a betain-type structure and it being possible for the cyanine dyes of the formulae (4) and (5) to have a neutral or positive or negative charge, corresponding to the sum of the charges, the positively or negatively charged dyes containing a corresponding counter-ion, and X.crclbar. is a monovalent anion and Y.sup..crclbar..crclbar. is a divalent anion. If desired, the tri-nuclear cyanine dyes are used together with conventional cyanine dyes. The direct-positive material possesses excellent sensitivity in the longwave region of the visible spectrum.

Direct-positive photographic material

Direct-positive photographic material which has at least one layer which contains a silver halide emulsion surface-fogged by chemical means or by exposure and, as a sensitizer, a trinuclear tetramethinecyanine dye in which all or some of the methine hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms. The novel trinuclear tetramethinecyanine dyes impart an excellent blue-sensitivity to the photographic materials. Furthermore, high maximum densities and very low minimum densities are achieved.

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Marly, Switzerland

Jean F Reber