Method for processing silver halide photographic materials, and developer and silver halide photographic material used therein

A silver halide photographic material comprising:

• at least one compound represented by general formula (X'):
• ##STR38## wherein R'.sub.1 and R'.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group containing from 5 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing from 3 to 30 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group containing from 7 to 30 carbon atoms, provided that the total number of carbon atoms contained in R'.sub.1 and R'.sub.2 together amounts to 10 or more in all when both are alkyl groups and R'.sub.1 and R'.sub.2 are not both hydrogen atoms;
• or R'.sub.1 and R'.sub.2 are combined to form a ring;
• R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom;
• and
• n' represents an integer from 3 to 20;
• and at least one hydrazine compound represented by general formula (I):
• ##STR39## wherein R.sub.9 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group;
• R.sub.10 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an amino group, a hydrazino group, a carbamoyl group, or an oxycarbonyl group;
• G.sub.1 represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, ##STR40## a thiocarbonyl group, or an iminomethylene group;
• and both A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 represent a hydrogen atom, or one of them is a hydrogen atom and the other represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsulfonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylsulfonyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted acyl group;
• wherein said at least one compound represented by general formula (X') is present in an amount of from 1.times.10.sup.-6 to 1.times.10.sup.-4 mol/m.sup.2 ;
• and
• wherein said at least one hydrazine compound is present in an amount of from 10.sup.-6 to 1.times.10.sup.-1 mole per mole of silver halide.