Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Fujifilm Corporation

Masayoshi Toyoda

Shun Nakamura

Keiji Mihayashi

Takanori Hioki

Yasuhiro Yoshioka

Nobuo Seto

Nobutaka Ohki

Junichiro Hosokawa

Yasushi Nozawa

Masatoshi Nakanishi

Akihiro Ikeyama

A laminated optical film including a first optical anisotropic layer, and a second optical anisotropic layer, wherein Relationship (1), &#x2212;10 nm&#x2266;&#x394;Re1&#x2212;&#x394;Re2&#x2266;10 nm, is satisfied when a slow phase axis of the first optical anisotropic layer is substantially perpendicular to a slow phase axis of the second optical anisotropic layer, wherein Relationship (2), &#x2212;10 nm&#x2266;&#x394;Re1+&#x394;Re2&#x2266;10 nm, is satisfied when the slow phase axis of the first optical anisotropic layer is substantially parallel to the slow phase axis of the second optical anisotropic layer, wherein an in-plane retardation value Re of the film as a whole satisfies 30 nm&#x2266;Re&#x2266;500 nm, where &#x394;Re1 denotes a value calculated from 'Re1 (at a temperature of 50&#xb0; C.)&#x2212;Re1 (at a temperature of 25&#xb0; C.)' concerning the first optical anisotropic layer, and &#x394;Re2 denotes a value calculated from 'Re2 (at a temperature of 50&#xb0; C.)&#x2212;Re2 (at a temperature of 25&#xb0; C.)' concerning the second optical anisotropic layer.

Laminated optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device

A laminated optical film including a first optical anisotropic layer, and a second optical anisotropic layer, wherein Rth1 of the first optical anisotropic layer, and Rth2 of the second optical anisotropic layer satisfy one of Relationships (1) and (2), and&#x394;Rth1&#x2267;0 nm and &#x394;Rth2&#x2266;0 nm &#x2003;&#x2003;(1)&#x394;Rth1&#x3c;0 nm and &#x394;Rth2&#x3e;0 nm &#x2003;&#x2003;(2)wherein a retardation value Rth of the laminated optical film as a whole in its thickness direction satisfies 50 nm&#x2266;Rth&#x2266;500 nm, where &#x394;Rth1 denotes a value obtained by calculating the expression Rth1 (at a temperature of 50&#xb0; C.)&#x2212;Rth1 (at a temperature of 25&#xb0; C.) concerning the first optical anisotropic layer, and &#x394;Rth2 denotes a value obtained by calculating the expression Rth2 (at a temperature of 50&#xb0; C.)&#x2212;Rth2 (at a temperature of 25&#xb0; C.) concerning the second optical anisotropic layer.

A silver halide color photosensitive material of less than 320 ISO speed, comprising at least two red-sensitive emulsion layers, at least two green-sensitive emulsion layers, at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one nonsensitive layer, wherein silver halide tabular grains of 0.15 &#x3bc;m or less grain thickness are contained in an amount of 50% or more in respective layers with the highest speed among the green- and red-sensitive emulsion layers; wherein the total dry film thickness of the material on the emulsion layer side thereof is 24 &#x3bc;m or less; and wherein the compound (A) is contained in at least one silver halide emulsion layer or the nonsensitive layer. Compound (A): heterocyclic compound having one or more heteroatoms, which heterocyclic compound is capable of substantially increasing the sensitivity of silver halide color photosensitive material by addition thereof as compared with that exhibited when the compound is not added.

Silver halide color photosensitive material

A silver halide photographic material is described, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a magnetic recording layer in backing layers on the side of the support opposite to the side on which the silver halide emulsion layer is provided, wherein the layer on the farthest side from the support of the backing layers contains a binder and a sliding agent, and the weight ratio of the sliding agent/binder is from 1 to 1.times.10.sup.4.

Silver halide photographic material

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one negative silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains at least one type of a compound which reacts with the oxidized form of a developing agent to release a development inhibitor or a precursor of a development inhibitor and/or at least one type of a compound which cleaves after reacting with the oxidized form of a color developing agent, the cleaved compound of which in turn reacts with another molecule of the oxidized form of a color developing agent to cleave a development inhibitor, and contains at least one type of a compound selected from Formulas (A) and (B) below. In Formulas (A) and (B), each of R.sub.a1 to R.sub.a5 and R.sub.b1 to R.sub.b5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or other groups. R.sub.a1 to R.sub.a5 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms, and one or two of R.sub.b2 to R.sub.b5 are hydroxyl groups. ##STR1##

Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material includes a support, and at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer formed on the support, wherein at least one of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one type of an acylacetamide type yellow dye forming coupler having an acyl group represented by formula (I) below, and at least one type of a compound represented by formula (W) below: ##STR1## wherein DI represents a development inhibitor.

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Masayoshi Toyoda