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The More Gear Show topic this month is: Using Teleconverters - The Basics.   Follow @Photopodcasts on Twitter Email: scott@scottbourne.com with questions or use the form on our website You’ll find a visual presentation of these show notes here: https://spark.adobe.com/page/CabgCmTh8kpH5/ Introduction A teleconverter (sometimes called tele extender or TC) is a secondary lens which is mounted between the camera and a photographic lens. Its job is to enlarge the central part of an image. They usually come in two lengths, 1.4 and 2X. These numbers represent the multiplier effect of the teleconverter. For instance, a 1.4 TC on a 100mm lens would make that lens operate like a 140mm lens. A 2X TC on the same lens would make that lens operate like a 200mm lens. As I’ve grown older, I have come to rely on teleconverters. In the past, I've had a love/hate relationship with them. When I was a young man and dead broke, I used them to try to get more focal length and hated the results. Then again, when I was young, the