# Film borders very washed out

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**Category:** Image Editing Help\
**Created:** [November 21, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/film-borders-very-washed-out/8472 "2024-11-21T00:03:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@Harry](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/Harry)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/film-borders-very-washed-out/8472/9 "2024-12-11T16:13:36Z")

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Plenty of posts like this if you look for them, clearly it doesn’t happen for all users, or all combinations of light panel and lens, but something is going on:

> [@Edges of scans always much lighter](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/edges-of-scans-always-much-lighter/5811):
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> hi there, I am using a sony a7iv and 60mm nikon macro lens to scan my images. the negatives are in the essential film holder and i use a black card to mask out as much light from around the holder from my light table. the images I get back always seem to have lighter edges, i am sure this is a scanning issue as I dont see the lighter edges on the negatives, plus it doesnt matter what camera I use to take the photos i still get them. Any clue as to where i could be going wrong or improve?

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