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A camera lens may have a shield called a "lens hood" encircling it to prevent strong light entering from the side. Although such side light would not be focused with the image, it could reflect off the internal surfaces of the lenses to cause a "flare" of light within the image. This problem is more critical in lenses with many elements and lenses of long focal length, so we most often see lens hoods on telephoto lenses.

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