The invention provides an electronic photographing apparatus using a two-component
developer as a mixture of a toner and a carrier as well as a development unit including
a developer roll having magnetic poles therein. The electronic photographing apparatus
includes a development bias power source for applying to the developer roll a development
bias voltage where an AC voltage is superimposed on a DC voltage. The electronic
photographing apparatus develops a latent image on a photosensitive body by using
toner to form an image, characterized in that the ratio of the volume of the carrier
to a space sandwiched between the developer roll and the photosensitive body is
set within a range from 32 percent to 46 percent and that that the resistivity
of the carrier under a field strength of 2000 V/cm is set to 31010 cm
or more.