Konica Corporation

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.

Yasushi Irie

Hiroshi Shimazaki

Syoji Matsuzaka

Satoru Shimba

Fumie Fukazawa

Katuya Yabuuchi

Shuji Murakami

Toshihiko Yagi

Hirofumi Ohtani

Shinri Tanaka

Yukio Ohya

Hideaki Haraga

Kenzo Kasahara

Atsuo Ezaki

Koichi Saito

Kenji Michiue

Hiroshi Okusa

Keisuke Tobita

Koji Tashiro

Miki Kon

Satomi Asano

Katsutoyo Suzuki

Hiroshi Ideda

A method for producing an optical film is disclosed. A cellulose ester, a sugar ester prepared by esterification of a sugar compound formed by 1 to 12 of structures selected by a furanose structure and a pyranose structure and an acryl type polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 30,000 are subjected to melt-casting.

Method for producing optical film

A silver halide color reversal photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye-forming coupler and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler, wherein a RMS value at a density of 0.8 of the red-sensitive layer is within a range of 20 to 90% of a RMS value at a density of 0.8 of the green-sensitive layer.

Silver halide light sensitive color reversal photographic material

A photosensitive silver halide photographic material having a support and, provided thereon, the photographic component layers including at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains (1) having at least two kinds of halogens, is disclosed. The silver halide grains (1) are grown to in a system in the presence of silver halide grains (2) coexisting:

Photosensitive silver halide photographic material

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, which is excellent in color reproducibility and storability and has lowered color stain. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains optically sensitized by a sensitizing dye represented Formula I and a sensitizing dye represented by Formula II; ##STR1##

Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material offering

A silver halide color light-sensitive material is disclosed, which-is improved in reproducibility of green color as well as orange color and sky blue color. The light-sensitive material comprises a support and a red-sensitive emulsion layer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler, a green-sensitive emulsion layer containing a magenta dye-forming coupler and a blue-sensitive emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler provided on the support. The blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer has the maximum spectral sensitivity at a wavelength within the range of 415 nm to 430 nm and a spectral sensitivity of the blue-sensitive emulsion layer at 480 nm is not more than 35% of the maximum spectral sensitivity. The maximum spectral sensitivity and the spectral sensitivity at 480 nm are determined based on a reciprocal of light amount necessary for forming an image density of 0.7 above the minimum density of the blue-sensitive emulsion layer. The blue-sensitive emulsion layer further contains a cyan dye-forming coupler together with the yellow dye-forming coupler.

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material of which the color reproducibility and printing suitability are kept improved against the variation of photographing conditions, such as a change in light source, is disclosed. The photographic material comprises a support and provided thereon a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers is of three-layer structure comprising a low-speed elemental emulsion layer, a medium-speed elemental emulsion layer and a high speed emulsion layer arranged in this sequence from the side facing the support, and a maximum color density of said medium-speed emulsion layer is not more than 0.35.

Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is provided which comprises a support having thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, having a spectral sensitivity distribution such that a wavelength weight-averaged in spectral sensitivity distribution of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is within a range of 595 to 625 nm; a maximum sensitivity wavelength in spectral sensitivity distribution of the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is within a range of 415 to 470 nm; and a sensitivity of the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer at 480 nm does not exceed 35% of the sensitivity at the maximum sensitivity wavelength. The color photographic material makes it possible to faithfully reproduce the hues such as purple colors and green colors.

Color photographic light-sensitive material offering excellent hue

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material is excellent in reproducibility of blue-green or green colored photographic subject. The light-sensitive material has a blue-sensitive layer, green-sensitive layer and a red-sensitive layer. The blue-sensitive layer has the maximum spectral sensitivity at a wavelength within the range of 415 to 470 nm and the spectral sensitivity at 480 nm of the blue-sensitive layer is not more than 35% of the maximum sensitivity. The green-sensitive layer has the maximum spectral sensitivity at a wavelength within the range of 530 nm to 560 nm and the spectral sensitivity at 500 nm of the green-sensitive layer is not less than 25% of the maximum sensitivity.

Light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which offers high chroma and excellent hue reproduction comprises a support having thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the maximum sensitivity wavelength .lambda..sub.B of a spectral sensitivity distribution of said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is in the range of 410 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.B .ltoreq.470 nm; and the sensitivity of said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer at 480 nm is not more than half of the sensitivity at said wavelength .lambda..sub.B. Preferably, the maximum sensitivity wavelength .lambda..sub.G of said green-sensitive layer is in the range of 530 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.G .ltoreq.560 nm and the sensitivity of said green-sensitive layer at the wavelength of 500 nm is not less than one-fourth of the sensitivity at SG.sub.max ; the maximum sensitivity wavelength .lambda..sub.R of said red-sensitive layer is in the range of 595 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.R .ltoreq.625 nm and the maximum sensitivity of red-sensitive layer in the range of 400 nm to 480 nm is not less than 1.5% of the sensitivity of blue-sensitive layer at .lambda..sub.B.

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Hino, Japan

Yasushi Irie