Filter Camera Lens. There are plenty of different types. Some primarily protect lenses against dirt dust or moisture while others change the properties of light as seen by camera sensors while yet others create special effects.
There are different camera filters that fall under this category including the most commonly used ones like polarizers nd filters and color filters. Different kinds of lens filters image via shutterstock 1. This is a tricky part of ir photography.
Some primarily protect lenses against dirt dust or moisture while others change the properties of light as seen by camera sensors while yet others create special effects.
Names you ll often see include tiffen hoya heliopan and canon filters. Also called a circular filter this is any lens filter that is directly mounted and screwed onto the front of a lens. Different kinds of lens filters image via shutterstock 1. An ir lens filter won t work with certain cameras that have an ir block built over the image sensor.