I’ve noticed recently that selling my lenses have been quite difficult. I keep getting young kids asking all sorts of questions that could be answered if they googled the model number. “Is it autofocus?” “Is this for full frame?” “Will this work on my camera?” “Is it good for real estate?”
It’s like a whole younger generation of photographers don’t know how to research things and get their information from youtube and tiktok where you can’t search model names or technical specs.
Okay, so basically there are three people who ask questions:
They find asking questions easier than just googling. It’s not faster but they just type one question in message to you and you do all the answering part for them instead of them doing all the research
People who are looking for engagment. They just are looking for human connection, usually you seem them asking general questions online but maybe some will bother you
People who can’t decide. They ask “Is it good for real estate” because they want someone to tell them yes or no. Maybe they’ve done their reasearch, maybe they didn’t. In the end they are not sure and will accept answer of any person. It might also be that they made their decision but are looking for confirmation because they don’t trust they made a good choice.
And I can’t really say if things have gotten more difficult over the years as I don’t have decades of experience but I think there were times when there was less choice so things were easier.