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Fachhochschule Hannover Also known as the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover, Germany it was institutionalized in 1971 and with around 7,000 students, is the second largest university in Hannover.	DER SPIEGEL Europe's leading weekly news magazine DER SPIEGEL is already existing since 1947. The SPIEGEL editorial staff is using SilverFast for operating their high-end drum scanners from Heidelberg.	Swiss National Bank The Swiss National Bank is the central bank of Switzerland. The bank is responsible for Swiss monetary policy and for issuing Swiss franc banknotes. In 2007 the national bank celebrated its 100th year of existence.
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft The research organization was founded in 1949 with the purpose to distribute grants and donations for research of direct relevance to industry. As it stands today, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is an indisputably vital element in Germany's industrial and scientific landscape.	Bundesdruckerei Located in Berlin the Bundesdruckerei develops systems solutions and services for secure identification and is responsible for Germany's complete passport and identity card system. The SilverFast OfficeScanner is allowed for the DIGANT® (digital application) system.	The National Theater of Korea The National Theater was founded in 1973 and is residing at the Namsan river. It is home of the National Orchestra, the National Dance Company and the National Drama Company. Many of Korea's most important cultural events are taking place here.
West Coast Imaging West Coast Imaging is a specialty lab that caters to the needs of fine art photographers. The company, conceived in 1998, offers services in producing fine quality prints for display in galleries and museums.	J. Paul Getty Museum Mainly located in Los Angeles, California, the J. Paul Getty Museum is one of the most visited museums in the United States (with an estimated 1.3 million visitors annually). It was established in 1954 by Jean Paul Getty (1892-1975), whose precious collection of art and antiquities formed the basis of the museum.	Museum of Modern Art Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, USA has been singularly important in developing and collecting modernist art. It is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world.
The University of the Arts The University of the Arts in Philadelphia is one of the oldest universities dedicated to the arts in the USA. For supporting the studies of more than 2400 students LaserSoft Imaging has provided a large SilverFast software package.	Mesilla Digital Imaging Workshops LaserSoft Imaging supports the wide range of Mesilla Digital Imaging Workshops in New Mexico, USA in the fields of photography and digital imaging by the provision of SilverFast.	Biozentrum, University of Basel Founded in 1971, the Biozentrum is the largest department of the University of Basel. As an interdisciplinary institute the Biozentrum contributes to the molecular and biomedical fundamental research with remarkable, international success.
University of Lapland The University of Lapland is located in the city of Rovaniemi, Finland. It was founded in 1979, is a member of the network University of the Arctic and is the nothernmost university of the European Union.	Museum Berlin Karlshorst The German-Russian Museum in Berlin Karlshorst is a museum dedicated to the German-Soviet and German-Russian relations. The largest part of the permanent exhibition is on the German-Soviet War 1941-1945.	Sony Music Sony Music is one of the biggest record companies in the world and has a global market share of about 25 percent. This major label is one of the Big Four in the global record industry.
TU Ilmenau Service GmbH (TUIS) The TU Ilmenau Service GmbH is a German research and service provider for companies and public authorities with the aim of creating a technology network around the Technical University of Ilmenau.	TU Wien The TU Vienna was founded almost 200 years ago. It is one of the most successful technical universities in Europe and it is Austria's largest natural scientific research institution.	ETH Zürich – DARCH The architecture department of ETH Zurich with around 1.000 students is the largest architecture school in Switzerland. Its teaching and research approach, which has approved in long tradition, shows itself in the structure of free design studios that are in close cooperation with the institutes.
USC – Udruga Sokolarski centar The Croatian Falconry Centre Association USC as the authority of the Ministry of Environmental Protection is officially responsible for the protected birds of prey in Croatia. Since 2012, an Epson Expression 10000XL with SilverFast software is used to digitize the existing feather archive.	University of Gothenburg One of the largest departments at the University of Gothenburg with about 300 employees is the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology. Their educational activities are of highest quality and cover the wide atomic and molecular scientific field. SilverFast is used to scan a large amount of virtually identical objects. It helps to reduce noise and to obtain good research results.	Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is the largest art museum in the United States. It houses one of the most important art historical collections in the world. More than three million works are exhibited on more than 130.000 square meters. To digitize important artworks the Metropolitan Museum of Art relies on SilverFast 8.
Flowers Gallery Angela Flowers first established her gallery in London's west end in 1970. Flowers relocated In the 1980s to a laundry/fur storage facility in Hackney, becoming one of the first to open in East London. Flowers currently has two London based galleries and one in New York representing both established and emerging artists. Flowers uses SilverFast to digitize slide archives to the best possible standard.	Bondgate Gallery The Bondgate Gallery is a fine art gallery in the Durham area of North East England, which has been open since 2008. The gallery resident artist Eric Thompson currently runs three art classes. Bondgate offers its service to over 80 artists. Thompson uses SilverFast to scan every finished painting and he is really pleased with the brilliant colors and time-saving workflow.	National Portrait Gallery Founded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery, London, promotes the appreciation and understanding of British history and culture. The Gallery holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world, with over 1000 portraits. Using SilverFast allows the Gallery to obtain high-quality images from glass plate and film negatives, in color and black and white.
University of Granada The University of Granada is the 4th biggest University in Spain and it was founded in 1531. The Department of Analytical Chemistry works on using scanners, cameras and smartphones as analytical instruments for the determination of different material samples in environmental, health, food and toxicological analysis and monitoring. Since 2007 SilverFast is used for the treatment of scanned images.	The Rescued Film Project The Rescued Film Project is an online archive gallery of images that were captured on film between the 1930's and late 1990's. Each image in this archive was rescued from found film from locations all over the world, which have been sent in in the form of undeveloped rolls of film. For scanning and image optimization SilverFast is included to the Post-Production workflow. Youtube Video	d:kult Düsseldorf The Digital Art and Culture Archive of the state capital Düsseldorf (d:kult) documents and manages the collections in the Düsseldorf cultural institutions as well as in the foundations with the participation of the city for over 10 years now. For professionally digitizing flat originals, SilverFast is used at the majority of institutions associated with d:kult.
Klassik-Stiftung Weimar With more than 20 museums, palaces, historic houses, parks as well as literary and art collections, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar is one of the largest and most significant cultural institutions in Germany. Among others, the accompanying Anna Amalia Library makes use of SilverFast for digitizing paintings and books, after a fire had destroyed a large part of the cultural heritage in 2004.

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Canon Founded in 1937, Canon's headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan. The global company specializes in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, such as high-quality scanners for use with home computers. For some devices SilverFast is included to delivery.	Epson Epson is a Japanese technology company founded in 1942 and today is one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer printers, information and imaging related equipment. Epson is positive about SilverFast and adds it to many scanners.	Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG The Company was founded 1850 in Heidelberg, Germany. It is producing equipment for prepress, press and post-press workflows. Heidelberg is known for producing high-end products, such as its Linotype-Hell scanners. Solely SilverFast is supporting them on newer Mac and Windows operating systems.
Hewlett-Packard Founded 1939 in Palo Alto, California, Hewlett-Packard Company is one of the world's largest IT companies and operates in nearly every country. The company began producing scanners in the mid-1980s.	Leica One of three Leica companies, Leica Camera AG was introduced in Germany in 1913. SilverFast has been adapted to support some of Leica's digital camera models, such as the Digilux2 and S1 Alpha.	Microtek Microtek International Inc. is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of digital imaging products and other consumer electronics. Among these is the company's flagship line of affordable scanners, over 30 of which are supported by SilverFast software.
Konica Minolta Minolta Co., Ltd., now Konica Minolta, was founded in 1928 in Osaka, Japan. As of 2006, the company left the camera and photo industry and has turned over the customer service in this area to Sony Corporation.	Nikon Since its foundation in 1917, Nikon has become a world-recognized brand in the optics and imaging industry. The company introduced its first scanner in 1988, products for which SilverFast software is specially designed to enhance.	Pentacon Pentacon was an important camera manufacturer in Dresden, Germany, beginning in the early 20th century. Now called PENTACON GmbH, it is an innovative player developing, producing and selling components for electronic image capturing, such as its high-resolution scanner cameras.
Plustek In business since 1986, Plustek manufactures and ships high-quality scanners, which are delivered with SilverFast for years, and other imaging products to buyers worldwide. Plustek has quickly become one of the largest image solutions providers in the world.	Pacific Image Electronics The Taiwanese company of Pacific Image Electronics with its broad scanner product range is successfully established in the market since many years. Also in 2013, all actual scanner models are bundled with SilverFast software.	Quato Quato Technology develops color measurement and color management systems. The company was founded in 1987 in Germany and is specialized on the production of high-quality monitors and scanners. SilverFast is available for Quato scanners.
Reflecta The company was founded in Nuremberg, Germany in 1967 and has since been developing high-quality film and slide scanners. The scanning software SilverFast supports a broad spectrum of Reflecta scanners.	Samsung Samsung Group has become one of the world's largest corporate conglomerates. Since 2005 it has been the world's most popular consumer electronics brand. SilverFast software supports a number of Samsung's digital camera models.	Umax Umax is a Taiwanese manufacturer of electrical appliances and computer accessories such as scanners, computer mice, flash drives and MP3 players. SilverFast supports Asta and PowerLook scanner product lines.

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Henry Grossman Henry Grossman shot the Beatles extensively between 1963 and 1967. In addition to covering their initial appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show and the movie locations of "Help!", Henry enjoyed unprecedented access and was invited into their homes to shoot them informally with their friends and families. Many years later, Henry discovered SilverFast scanner software for creating brilliant scans from his precious photographies. With this digital high-quality SilverFast archive, his masterpieces are safe from loss and decay.	Vincent Versace Vincent Versace is an internationally recognized pioneer in the art and science of digital photography. Today, based in Los Angeles, he divides his time between commercial and fine art photography assignments, teaching, and consulting for Nikon, Epson, NiK, OnOne, X-Rite, Adobe and others. Vincent is a longtime SilverFast user, counting on this software for digitizing his analog originals.	Michael Grecco Michael Grecco is an award-­winning and internationally renowned photographer of celebrity portraits, advertising and editorial commissions, private collections, and fine art. One of the most respected and sought after visual storytellers in the world, his artistic conceptual vision and signature dramatic lighting create incomparable distinctive images that are famously dramatic, evocative, sophisticated, ironic, and comedic. Known for his high-­concept imagery, Grecco is also famed for his innate ability to connect with each subject.
Shelly Katz Born and raised in New York City, Shelly Katz sold his first work at the age of 12, and since then, his photos have been published world-wide. He has received numerous awards and has lectured on college campuses and to civic and professional groups throughout the world. He has contributed his works to notable publications such as LIFE and TIME magazines.	David B. Brooks Professional photographer and Senior Editor of Shutterbug Magazine, David Brooks is the author of the magazine's Digital Help column. He has also written numerous articles on color calibration, scanning and printing. He is an expert on all SilverFast versions and has published articles regarding the software since 1999.	Mark Segal Mark Segal is a professional photographer living and working in Toronto, Canada. He has written reviews (some pertaining to SilverFast) for the photography site "The Luminous Landscape" and also offers private instruction for digital imaging techniques.
Ken Schles Born 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, Ken Schles is an internationally recognized photographer. His works have been featured in many books, collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a Fellow of the New York State Foundation for the Arts and has received many awards and citations.	Petr Selek Born in Prague, Petr Selek graduated from the Film Academy of Creative Arts with a specialization in Art Photography. He devotes his time to the commercial, fashion and experimental fields of photography. His pictures have been published in various professional publications such as Computer Foto, Color Foto, Minolta Spiegel, etc.	Erik Vlietinck Erik Vlietinck is a well-known author and technology analyst at IT-Enquirer, as well as an online information resource for cross-media publishers. He has over 18 years experience analyzing document publishing as an editor for trade magazines in Belgium, The Netherlands and Great Britain.
Bruce Dale Bruce Dale has worked exclusively for the National Geographic Magazine for 30 years. During this time he has travelled to 75 countries and shot more than 2000 photos that appeared in the magazine. Bruce uses SilverFast since several years for scanning his photographies. He likes the excellent control and output.	Bennett Richards Mr. Richards has a long career in photography both in the Arts and Sciences. For many years he was an Astrophysical research photographer at the University of Arizona. His work was published in books, magazines and journals worldwide. Later Mr. Richards worked at the Center For Creative Photography located in Tucson. Richards continues to pursue his first love, fine art photography to this day.	Elliott Landy Elliott Landy has photographed the anti-Vietnam war movement and the underground music culture in New York City. Over the years he has photographed many of the underground rock and roll superstars. Elliott Landy was the official photographer of the Woodstock Festival in 1969. He has published several books for which he has digitized his images using SilverFast.
Sascha Rheker Rheker Sascha, born in 1973 has studied political science. Since 2001 he has been working as a freelance photo journalist for German newspapers and magazines. Since the beginning of his career Rheker is relying on SilverFast for digitizing its photographs. After he has turned his back to analog photography for a some time, Rheker is photographing both analog and digital since 2004.	Thomas Karsten Born in Eisenach in 1958, Thomas Karsten is living near Munich since 1982. In the recent years, he worked for newspapers and magazines such as Stern, Art, Eltern, Capital and Nerve (New York). Thomas Karsten became internationally known through his photo books, which make him the most-published nude photographer in Germany. For over 10 years now, he scans a great variety of his images using SilverFast.	Marcus Schwier Marcus Schwier, born 1964 in Düsseldorf, who initially studied architecture, added a degree majoring in photography at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf in 1993. Schwiers images have been shown in numerous solo exhibitions, among other honors, he was awarded with the International Photography Award of the DG Bank. Today, Schwier is a freelance photographer working mainly in the field of landscape and architectural photography.
Claudius Schulze Claudius Schulze has been living and working in more than 40 different countries. As a documentary photographer, he tries to photograph not only the obvious, but also the world beneath the surface. For artistic photo projects in 8x10" large format Schulze uses SilverFast Ai Studio 8 in combination with an Epson V750. Schulze has studied Political Science in Hamburg as well as documentary photography and photojournalism in London.	Marc Wijngaarde Marc Ilford Wijngaarde, born in Germany and grewn up in the Netherlands, is specially recognised for his portrait work. But he has also won the National EISA Maestro photo contest in 2010 with a series of B&W Holga long exposure night landscapes. What really stands out for him regarding SilverFast is its dust removal capability. In 2012 he formally started his portrait business "Marc Ilford Fotografie".	Marcel Chassot Marcel Chassot, born 1947 in Zurich, has a doctorate in economy science. He is a self-educated photographer, whose macro shots made ​​him known beyond the borders of Switzerland early. After portraying children and photographing ballet scenes, he today focuses on architectural and industrial photography as well as on capturing images of street life in Zurich. For digitizing the images for his new book "abstract - geometricize - aestheticise", SilverFast was used.
Marrigje de Maar Marrigje de Maar is a well known interior photographer, working analog and with available light only. She has won the Lucy Award in 2004. She is best known for her pictures of interiors in the far hidden Chinese countryside, which have been published in the book "Red Roses Yellow Rain". Since 2012 Marrigje de Maar uses a wooden pinhole camera with a color neg. film. SilverFast is her tool for selecting the ultimate neg’s for printing.	Pablo Wünsch Blanco Born in Santander in 1970, Pablo Wünsch Blanco is a versatile Spanish photographer who currently lives in Basel, Switzerland. Advertising companies and magazines are asking for his works since 10 years. Pablo appreciates SilverFast‘s flexibility and accuracy and therefore uses it for scanning all the negatives for his personal projects. In 2009 he has won the HM International Photo Award for his fine art portrait photography.	Terrance Lam Mr. Lam is a Canadian photographer and designer with a long career in creative arts since 1988 spanning across the music industry, television and international magazines. He also leads applied arts education at the Pacific Design Academy, appears at guest workshops and writes online reviews. SilverFast has become an important and powerful tool in his film to digital workflow for his fine arts application.
Frank Doorhof Born 1971 in Amsterdam, Frank Doorhof is a photographer specialized on fashion photography. He loves to capture a model's real character instead of just creating a "pretty" image. While Doorhof still conducts magazine and advertising shoots, his main focus is teaching workshops throughout the world. Doorhof is the author of "A Guide to Model Photography". When it comes to scanning, Doorhof completely relies on SilverFast scanner software.	Richard Heddington Born 1964 in Bristol, Richard Heddington has spent much of his life as photographer and image artist. Originally specialized in black and white fine art printing he moved out of the darkroom in the 1980s. While Heddington's daily work now is almost entirely digital, his personal projects still retain elements of film, which he has always scanned exclusively with SilverFast.	Robert Mullan Based in Ireland, Robert Mullan, Commercial Photographer of The Year 2003, loves to capture dramatic, often dreamlike aspects of urban architecture. His talent is to shoot unique interpretations of some of the world’s most recognizable cityscapes. He still uses film for some of his projects, so scanning with SilverFast is an established part of his workflow.
Knut Stritzke Born in 1975 in Halle/ Saale, Knut Stritzke currently lives and works as a successful photographer in Berlin. Many renowned German companies, like BMW or Saturn, are using his works, which are also presented in several exhibitions, museums and galleries. Stritzke defines his inspiration for photography as identifying the day to day things in an innovative way by discovering different aspect of the objects. For his large-format presentations, Stritzke digitizes the analog recording material using SilverFast.	Jonas Roosens As a professional portrait, press and corporate photographer, Jonas (Antwerp, 1982) has travelled to most continents to shoot for a variety of customers. A great passion for surfing and people can be found throughout his work. While his day-to-day work for Belga News Agency, newspapers and magazines is all done on DSLR, part of his personal portraiture and reportage is still shot analog. For digitizing this analog material Jonas uses SilverFast scanner software.	George DeWolfe George DeWolfe has been a photographer since 1964 and holds an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He studied with Ansel Adams and Minor White in the 1970s. He has shown forty one-man and numerous group exhibitions and is in several permanent collections. George’s passions are teaching visual and digital photography skills and photographing the mysteries of the world. He uses SilverFast 8 for digitizing his photographic masterpieces.
Timothy Gray Chicago photographer Timothy Gray specializes in fine art landscape photography. He is an environmentally conscious professional whose work has been featured in local newspapers, magazines and websites.	Vincent Oliver Vincent Oliver is the author of the photo-i digital photography website and has published a number of reviews and tests for scanners and software, including LaserSoft Imaging's SilverFast. Vincent recently gave SilverFast 8 an in detail testing and called it a "marked improvement over previous versions".	John Barclay John is an award-winning freelance photographer based in Bucks County, PA (USA). He is also an inspirational speaker and has been presenting his program 'Dream - Believe - Create' to audiences around the U.S. He was recently the recipient of an excellence award from B&W magazine.
Barry Brukoff Barry began his Fine Art Photographer career while traveling in his early 20s. A trip to Cambodia started his lifelong fascination for ancient ruins of various cultures, which has led to eight books thus far. After studying at the Chicago Art Institute, he pursued parallel careers in design and photography. Around the year 2000 he began his shift to the digital darkroom: "As I have thousands of 35mm transparencies in very good condition, the use of SilverFast Technology for scanning them and bringing them up to today's standards has made my life much simpler."	Gian Paolo Daldello Daldello is an Italien professional photographeer and fine art printer. Daldello: « As a Fine Art Printer working between Milan and Lecco I decided to extend my offer adding a professional film scanning service from 35mm to medium format. SilverFast was my best partner in setting up the project. The Multi-Exposure, the HDRi RAW function, NegaFix and the IT8 target calibration were the most powerful reasons. »	LandSpeed Louise Louise Ann Noeth is an award-winning writer and photographer, who's works have been published around the world in several languages. She calls herself a storyteller known for taking complicated subjects and making them entertaining while they educate. Founding LandSpeed Productions in 1984, the firm offers Creative Writing, Photography, Public Speaking, Public Relations, Film & TV Consulting, Stock Library, Fine Art and Graphic Design.
Vineet Suthan Vineet Suthan is a portrait and fashion photographer based in Dubai & Oman. His work appears in numerous publications and has won several international awards. His commercial work includes food, beauty, fashion and product photography. Vineet is always working on new ways to share his passion and knowledge with others, and he hosts photography workshops on a regular basis all over the world. For digital imaging, Vineet is a big fan of LaserSoft Imaging software products.	Sven Lambin Sven Lambin is Belgian professional photographer based in Antwerp. He also teaches photography and gives international workshops. As a photographer he tries to define the chaotic world around him and to discover the relationship between things, the interaction with a person, subject or the space in between. His Romanian project is ongoing. Lambin is specialized in large format photography and he uses SilverFast to obtain maximum results from his negatives, perfect for alternative processes.	Sebastian Schlüter Sebastian Schlüter describes himself as a passionate photography enthusiast, who has acquired his skills as an autodidact. His specialty is the night or "low light" photography. The secret for scanning negatives, which have been taken under difficult shooting conditions, is SilverFast's NegaFix tool. The versatile adjustment options in the software unfold the creative freedom, Sebastian needs for his work.
Giulia Bianchi Giulia Bianchi is an Italian photographer working on spirituality and feminism. Her work has been featured by National Geographic, The Guardian, L'Espresso, PDN, American Photo Magazine, Huffington Post, other magazines and books, and has been internationally exhibited. She teaches and consults internationally for photo book publishers and other photography businesses. She's scanning her 4x5" negatives using SilverFast Ai Studio and an Epson V800.	Jonathan Notley Jonathan Notley is a British Portrait and Landscape photographer living and working in London. Whilst best known commercially as a portrait photographer Jonathan also has a passion for analog processes. On frequent trips he uses medium and large-format film to photograph the coasts and waterways of his native United Kingdom. Jonathan relies on digitizing his negatives using SilverFast scanner software to get the best out of digital printing options.	Karsten Kettermann Karsten Kettermann studied people photography at the university of applied science of Dortmund. During his studies, he wrote his first book on Photoshop 5.5, in which he already recommended SilverFast as the perfect scanning software; until today he has published further 8 books on photography and image editing. For digitizing his negatives, Kettermann "would never even think of using anything other than SilverFast!" He particularly appreciates that all settings are made before scanning and thus a lot of image processing work can be omitted.
Guido Rottmann Guido Rottmann's trademark is his intense portrait photography. After years of working almost exclusively digital, he now returns to his roots and shots more and more film. In order to bring the analog style into the digital world, he now uses SilverFast scanner software which he had already favored as number one a good ten years before. "When scanning, I want to get the appearance of my original film material, as good and as genuine as possible on screen and paper."	Robin Whalley Robin Whalley is a British Landscape Photographer and author of over 20 photography books. He specializes in helping photographers learn photo editing, regularly publishing tutorials on his website and YouTube channel. Although using digital for his commercial work, he still loves and uses film, shooting with both 35mm and Medium Format. SilverFast 8 is his preferred scanning software because it’s fast, easy to use and captures superb color and detail.	Michael Klinkhamer Michael Klinkhamer is a professional photographer from the Netherlands who has lived in Cambodia for 10 years. Michael has guided many photo tours and workshops in Southeast Asia. In 1988 Klinkhamer set off for traveling through India. He took some amazing pictures with his special Widelux panorama camera, loaded with Kodak Gold 35mm film. Michael has now returned to the Netherlands, dusted off his film scanner, and discovered SilverFast scanner software to digitize his photographic work.
Matt Munson Matt Munson is an American photographer living and working in New York City. He is roaming the streets with his medium format or 35mm camera shooting street photography, or shooting fashion for various modeling agencies. For his first book, a collection of street-portraits shot during the pandemic, he is thrilled to be scanning with SilverFast Scanner Software to maximize the quality of each image. This will allow Matt the freedom to print images on a large-scale basis and to make the best quality photo book possible.	Julien Guinand Julien Guinand is an artist photographer. He studied literature, music and visual arts and is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure de la photographie d'Arles. He produces documentary and experimental photography, mostly on the territory, in places where a social and environmental history is played out. He is also the co-founder of the Bloo photography school, which he has been directing since 2009. He has been teaching at the École nationale supérieure des beaux arts de Lyon in France since 2005. He is represented by the Françoise Besson gallery. Julien Guinand uses the SilverFast scanning software to digitize his images.	Daisuke Fujimura Fujimura is a Japanese photographer who has covered more than 500 cities around the world. He is famous for his night views, which are exhibited in the Sakaide City Museum. Fujimura is an ambassador for major camera manufacturers such as Nikon and Fuji an he teaches at the Nihon University College of Art. He is a full member of the "Japan Professional Photographers Society" (JPS) and Vice President of the "Japan Travel Photographers Association" (JTPA). Fujimura relies on SilverFast, which he uses for scanning his photographies and for removing dust with unprecedented accuracy.
Kazuyuki Okajima Okajima is a Japanese photographer who graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography (TOKYO VISUAL ARTS). After working as a photographer's assistant, Okajima became a freelance photographer for magazines and the advertising industry. Japan's hot and humid climate leads to a lot of almost invisible mold on film which gets clearly visible, when converting the film to digital images. Okajima recommends SilverFast for film digitization. He really likes SilverFast's features for removing mold and other defects automatically.	Tetsuro Shimizu The Japanese photographer Tetsuro Shimizu was born in 1975. After working as an assistant for Toshinobu Takeuchi for three years, Shimizu became independent as a freelancer. He has been covering Mongolia since 1997, shooting a wide range of subjects from natural landscapes to snapshots from his own perspective. For Shimizu, one of SilverFast's great benefits is to scan into RAW format and to process it later. This makes the scanning process enjoyable and easy for him. Shimizu likes to scan his early works, which he has on positive and negative film, to bring back memories of the time when they were taken.	Daisuke Kumakiri Professional photographer Daisuke Kumakiri originated in Shinjuku, Tokyo. He studied artistic photography at the Tokyo Polytechnic University. Afterwards, he worked for the photography department of Nikkan Gendai Co on topics like politics, lawsuits and professional baseball. Later, Kumakiri became freelancer and director of the Japan Professional Photographers Society. Scanning his works has always been a cumbersome and annoying process to Kumakiri until he discovered SilverFast. Many of his photographs, that he almost gave up due to fading and dust, could be rescued with the help of SilverFast's powerful features.
Yoichi Yoshinaga Yoichi Yoshinaga was born and raised in Tokyo. Already as a child he had a great interest in railways and airplanes and he began to photograph them. Yoshinaga graduated from the Osaka University of Arts with a degree in photography. Today he works as a freelance photographer for a company in the field of aerial photography. Since 2011, Yoshinaga has presented his aerial photographs in books and photo exhibitions. At first it was very difficult for Yoshinaga to scan his images in a sufficiently good quality. Since he has been using SilverFast for this purpose, he has been very satisfied with the scans. He particularly emphasizes the dust and scratch removal as a very helpful feature.

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