Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Happy Holidays! This is not your typical Holidays-kind-of-video - we look to figure out what went wrong with the third-party lens problem we encountered in the Sony a7V video: youtube.com/watch?v=sGNrsy_XFAM&t=1119s&pp=ygUMc29ueSBhN3Yga2Fp

CHAPTERS
00:00 Purpose of this video
01:56 Re-testing Third-Party Lenses on a7V
04:58 The problem explained
06:09 ZR with Viltrox? Variable Reliability
08:18 Licensed vs non-licensed third-party
12:38 Lens firmware updating
16:19 Non-licensed lenses - worth the risk?
17:36 Lens licensing clarity
18:56 There's hope
20:54 Conclusion


MUSIC
Smooth Perpetrator
Stickup Pix
Tower of Gower
Too Much Sunlight
Late for Pilates
Only Wanna
Seeing Results
- All by Sam Barsh (Soundstripe.com)