Patent ID: 6649331
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: G03C

Abstract:
A method for developing an imagewise exposed silver bromoiodide color negative photographic film, which comprises contacting said film for a time period of about 20 seconds to 90 seconds at a temperature from about 40Â° C. to 66Â° C. with a developing solution resulting in a developed film, wherein said developing solution comprises:(a) a color developing agent; (b) sulfite ion in a concentration from about 0.025 mols per liter of solution to 0.25 mols per liter of solution; (c) a water soluble pyrrolidone polymer in a concentration from about 1.0 grams per liter of solution to 10.0 grams per liter of solution; and (d) said developing solution having a pH from about 9 to about 12 and being free of a bromide ion concentration or containing no more than about 0.06 mols of bromide ion concentration per liter of solution.