Method of processing a photographic high contrast silver halide material

摘要

A method of forming a photographic image in an imagewise exposed high contrast photographic material free from nucleating agents comprising a support bearing a silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains wherein at least 10% of the silver halide grains are spectrally sensitised and a hydrophilic colloid having a silver:hydrophilic colloid ratio above 1, which method comprises developing the material in a developer comprising an ascorbic acid developing agent at a pH no greater than 10.5, the developer being free of hydroquinone.