Patent ID: 6159669
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: G03C

Abstract:
A method of photographic processing comprising:A) color developing an imagewise exposed color negative film having a photographic speed of ISO 25 or more with a color development composition comprising a color developing agent,B) bleaching said color developed color negative film with a bleaching composition comprising a bleaching agent,C) fixing said bleached color negative film for up to 50 seconds with a fixing composition having a pH of from about 4 to about 8 and comprising:a) from about 0.8 to about 1.5 mol/l of a thiosulfate fixing agent,b) from about 2 to about 3 mol/l of a thiocyanate fixing agent, andc) from about 0.005 to about 0.05 mol/l of a 1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione of Structure I: ##STR13## wherein R and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen, an unsubstituted alkyl group, a sulfoalkyl group, an amino group or an aminoalkyl group, and R.sub.1 is an unsubstituted alkyl group, an aminoalkyl group or an amino group,wherein the concentration of ammonium ions is at least 75 mol % of all cations in said fixing composition, andD) rinsing or stabilizing said fixed color negative film with a rinsing or stabilizing composition.