Konica Corporation

Socman Ho

Nobuaki Kagawa

Noriyasu Kita

A noble benzimidazolocarbocyanine dye represented by the following formulas is disclosed. A silver halide emulsion and a silver halide photographic material containing the dye are also disclosed. ##STR1##

Benzimidazolocarbocyanine dye, and silver halide emulsion and silver

A silver halide photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer comprising a silver halide emulsion, wherein the silver halide emulsion comprises silver halide grains having an average iodide content of 0 to 1 mol %, at least 50% of total grain projected area is accounted for by tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 2 to 20; and the silver halide grains being spectrally sensitized with a sensitizing dye represented by the following formula (1) or (2): ##STR1##

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