Extenders are devices that clamp onto your lens giving it extra magnification to extend its focal range. Most used are 1.4X and 2X extenders. The 1.4X only magnifies it to half the focal length.
If you put it on a 50mm, it would turn it into a 75mm. The 2X doubles the focal length.
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