Method of electronic processing of exposed photographic material

A method of electronic processing of a latent image from a photographic element the method employing pulsed radiation and radio frequency photoconductivity apparatus having a sample capacitor with a gap, comprising the steps of:

• a) placing the element in an electromagnetic field adjacent the sample capacitor;
• b) providing an advance mechanism for advancing the photographic element past the capacitor;
• c) scanning the element through the gap in the sample capacitor with a pulsed, focused beam of radiation;
• d) directly measuring the photoelectron response of the element and recording the resulting signals from the radio frequency photoconductivity apparatus;
• e) advancing the element and repeating steps c) and d);
• f) providing a photographic element having a Ruthenium hexacyano doped tabular grain emulsion with a grain size greater than 2 μm;
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• g) measuring the photoelectron response at ambient temperature.

A method of electronic processing of a latent image from a photographic element the method employing pulsed radiation and radio frequency photoconductivity apparatus having a sample capacitor with a gap, comprising the steps of:

• a) placing the element in an electromagnetic field adjacent the sample capacitor;
• b) providing an advance mechanism for advancing the photographic element past the capacitor;
• c) scanning the element through the gap in the sample capacitor with a pulsed, focused beam of radiation;
• d) directly measuring the photoelectron response of the element and recording the resulting signals from the radio frequency photoconductivity apparatus;
• e) advancing the element and repeating steps c) and d);
• and
• f) wherein the photographic element is a color photographic element having a plurality of layers sensitive to a plurality of wavelengths of light, and wherein the step of scanning the element includes separately scanning the element with corresponding wavelengths of light.

Radio frequency photoconductivity apparatus for electronically processing a latent image from a photographic element, comprising:

• a) a sample capacitor with a gap for directly measuring the photoelectron response of the element in response to a pulse of radiation;
• b) means for locating the element in an electromagnetic field adjacent the sample capacitor;
• c) an advance mechanism for advancing the photographic element past the capacitor;
• d) a scanner for scanning the element through the gap in the sample capacitor with a pulsed, focused beam of radiation;
• e) a detector for detecting the signals induced on the capacitor in response to the pulses of radiation on the element;
• f) a recorder for recording the signals;
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• g) wherein the photographic element includes a planar support and a silver halide emulsion having silver halide grains with long dimension oriented parallel to the plane of the support, and the element is arranged with respect to the capacitor in a way such that the electromagnetic field lines generated by the capacitor are parallel to the plane of the support.