Photographic recording material

A photographic recording material comprising at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the silver halide of which is spectrally sensitized with at least one cyanine dye having the formula (I) ##STR57## wherein X is O, S, Se, NR.sub.3 or --CH.dbd.CH--,

• R is alkyl,
• n is 1, 3, 5 or 7
• R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 are identical or different and are alkyl, arylalkyl, sulphoalkyl, carboxyalkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --SO.sub.2 --NH--SO.sub.2 -alkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --SO--NH--CO-alkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --CO.sub.2 --NH--SO.sub.2 -alkyl or --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --CO.sub.2 --NH--CO-alkyl,
• L is a an unsubstituted or substituted methine group,
• m is a number from 1 to 5, and
• Z is the radical required to complete a substituted or unsubstituted thiazoline, substituted or unsubstituted thiazole, substituted or unsubstituted benzothiazole, substituted or unsubstituted naphthothiazole, substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrothiazole, substituted or unsubstituted anthrathiazole, substituted or unsubstituted 2-quinoline, substituted or unsubstituted 4-quinoline, substituted or unsubstituted indole, substituted or unsubstituted oxazole, substituted or unsubstituted benzoxazole, substituted or unsubstituted naphthoxazole, substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrooxazole, substituted or unsubstituted anthraoxazole, substituted or unsubstituted selenazole, substituted or unsubstituted benzselenazole, substituted or unsubstituted naphthoselenazole, substituted or unsubstituted imidazole, substituted or unsubstituted benzimidazole or substituted or unsubstituted naphthoimidazole
• and the substituents of at least 2 methine groups may be linked to rings.