Gadget Bag: Extend Your Reach

Tele-extenders give you an inexpensive way to boost your focal length

Staff

Published July 30, 2013

Tele-extenders, also known as teleconverters or multipliers, are small optical accessories that mount between your lens and camera to extend your focal length.

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