As many lenses as there are, it seems there are just as many lens accessories to go with them. Some popular lens accessories are designed for the proper care of the lenses like cleaners and fiber cloths. Lens accessories for camera lenses are numerous. Caps, hoods, and adapters to make interchanging lenses from different manufactures are common place at lens stores.

The best way to care for glass lenses that were purchased at a store, like those on a camera or in your eyeglasses, is with a good glass cleaner and a microfiber cloth. The glass cleaner will clean smudges and oil that has accumulated on the glass lens. The microfiber cloth will wipe the lens clean, without scratching the surface of the lens. You may even want a soft-bristle brush to dust off your lenses if they’ve been sitting not in use for a while.

Camera lenses come with a large variety of accessories available at most lens stores. A cap goes on the end of the camera lens assembly and helps keep the lens from being scratched or getting dusty. We’ll go into storing camera lenses on the next page. A lens hood is another handy lens accessory to have when enjoying your camera on a sunny day. The hood is a lens accessory that goes on the end of the lens assembly while in use. Think of the hood as a metal box that is open on both ends. It prevents bright sunlight from reflecting off the front lens in the camera lens assembly and creating a glare or over-exposing the film inside the camera. Camera lens adapters are just like they sound. The camera lens adapter allows photographers to switch between different lenses while using the same camera. As we discussed earlier, there are many different camera lens types and each one produces a different result in different environments. The adapter allows the user to switch between the best camera lens assemblies they purchased in the store without having to buy a lot of different cameras. All you need is that one lens accessory that goes with your camera, and you can switch between different lens assemblies.