Digital Camera Accessory Carefully Attach the Lens Shade SUMMARY: Prevent dark spots around your digital camera images.   When using a lens shade or lens hood with your digital camera, be sure to carefully attach it per your manual's instructions. Failure to do so could cause the lens shade or hood to fall off, possibly damaging it, your lens, or your camera itself. Also, improper attachment of a lens hood or lens shade can result in photographs with black corners around the images; these must be cropped out or otherwise removed with photo editing software.   Add: Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | My Yahoo!   Discuss This Tip Print This Tip Get E-Mail When New Tips are Online Return to the Digital Camera Accessory page.