Lenticular imaging with incorporated beads

A light sensitive element comprising a support, at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a micro-bead layer comprising micro-beads and a binder, wherein the quantity of binder in the micro-bead layer is such that the micro-beads form a protrusion, thereby enabling the beads to function as microlenses, wherein the material that comprises the micro-lenses is selected so that the lenses are altered by photo processing.

A combination camera and light sensitive photographic element suitable for image capture followed by machine reading to produce a single perspective two-dimensional color image, said combination comprising:

• (A) a camera having a lens system for capturing a single image perspective, and containing
• (B) a light sensitive element comprising a support, at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a micro-bead layer comprising micro-beads and a binder wherein the quantity of binder in the micro-bead layer is such that the micro-beads form a protrusion, thereby enabling the beads to function as microlenses, wherein the element contains a red light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, a green light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, and a blue light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit.

A method of imaging comprising the step of forming a digital representation of an image obtained by scanning an imagewise exposed and developed light sensitive element comprising a support, at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a micro-bead layer comprising micro-beads and a binder wherein the quantity of binder in the micro-bead layer is such that the micro-beads form a protrusion, thereby enabling the beads to function as microlenses.

A camera pre-loaded with an element comprising a support, at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a micro-bead layer comprising micro-beads and a binder wherein the quantity of binder in the micro-bead layer is such that the micro-beads form a protrusion, thereby enabling the beads to function as microlenses, wherein the ratio of the camera lens f-number to the micro-lens f-number is greater than 1.4.

A light sensitive element comprising a support, at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a micro-bead layer comprising micro-beads and a binder, wherein the quantity of binder in the micro-bead layer is such that the micro-beads form a protrusion, thereby enabling the beads to function as microlenses, the light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer further comprising a dye forming coupler.

A light sensitive element comprising a support, at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a micro-bead layer comprising micro-beads and a binder, wherein the quantity of binder in the micro-bead layer is such that the micro-beads form a protrusion, thereby enabling the beads to function as microlenses, the light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer further comprising a release dye.

A light sensitive element comprising a support, a red light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, a green light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, and a blue light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit, and a micro-bead layer comprising polymeric micro-beads wherein the quantity of binder in the micro-bead layer is such that the micro-beads are not fully enclosed by the binder, thereby enabling the beads to function as microlenses.