Color negative element intended for scanning

The invention relates to an improved silver halide color negative photographic recording material and a method of chemical processing. The element is intended for scanning and digital image processing rather than optical printing. The element is especially suitable for an associated method of accelerated color development during color processing to reduce access time to image acquisition without sacrificing compatibility with conventional color development methods. A color negative photographic film element for producing a color image suited for conversion to an electronic form and subsequent reconversion into a viewable form:said element comprising a support and, coated on the support,a plurality of hydrophilic colloid layers, including radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, forming layer units for separately recording blue, green, and red exposures, each of the layer units containing dye image-forming coupler chosen to produce image dye having an absorption half-peak bandwidth lying in a different spectral region in each layer unit, WHEREINthe element comprises a development inhibitor releasing compound in at least one layer unit,at least one of the layer units contains two or more emulsion layers differing in sensitivity,the layer units each exhibit a dye image gamma of less than 1.0,the element exhibits an exposure latitude of at least 2.7 log E, where E is exposure measured in lux-seconds, and a light sensitivity of at least ISO 50,the gamma ratio of each of the red, green and blue light recording layer units is between about 0.80 and 1.30, andthe average layer thickness is about 1.5 micrometers or less.