Ngaphantsi kokukhanya kwelanga, umbala we-lens uba mnyama kwaye ukuhanjiswa kokukhanya kuncipha xa kukhanyiselwa yi-ultraviolet kunye ne-short-wave ebonakalayo. Kwilensi yangaphakathi okanye emnyama ukuhanjiswa kokukhanya kuyanda, buyela ekukhanyeni. I-photochromism yeelensi iyazenzekela kwaye ibuyiselwa umva. Iiglasi eziguqula umbala ziyakwazi ukulungelelanisa ukuhanjiswa ngokutshintshwa kombala we-lens, ukwenzela ukuba iliso lomntu likwazi ukulungelelanisa utshintsho lokukhanya kwendalo, ukunciphisa ukukhathala okubonakalayo, nokukhusela amehlo.