A light-sensitive
silver halide photographic
film material has been provided, said
film material comprising a transparent support and on both sides thereof at least one light-sensitive
emulsion layer having spectrally and chemically sensitized tabular
silver halide grains rich in
silver bromide, further having
silver iodide in an amount of less than 3 mole % based on silver, with two flat parallel {111}
crystal faces, said grains accounting for a total projective surface of said parallel
crystal faces in said
emulsion of at least 50%, further having an average
aspect ratio of at least 2:1, a grain thickness of from 0.05 up to 0.15 mum,
a site-directing azacyanine compound satisfying the general formulae disclosed herein in an amount of not less than 1x10-4 mole per mole of
silver halide coated and one or more J-aggregating spectrally sensitizing dye(s), wherein a
molar ratio amount between said site directing compound and said J-aggregating spectrally sensitizing dye(s) is at least 1:6 for a grain coverage of said {111} tabular grains exceeding 50%.A radiographic screen / film combination has also been described comprising said light-sensitive silver
halide photographic
film material and two supporting or self-supporting X-
ray intensifying screens) comprising luminescent phosphors, wherein by contacting the film material with a sandwich of a pair of said intensifying screens and exposing said combination to X-rays, emission of
radiation by said luminescent phosphors in the
wavelength range for which said material has been made spectrally sensitive provides a black-and-white diagnostic image after
processing of said exposed radiographic film material.