ChatGPT listed 20 greatest photographers of all time as well as the cameras and focal lengths they mainly use (a lot of Leicas on the list)

All Photographers

1. Ansel Adams: Large Format view camera, particularly the Wisner ‘Technical’ Field 4×5. He often used lenses of various focal lengths.

2. Richard Avedon: Deardorff 8×10 View Camera. Avedon often used a 360mm lens.

3. Henri Cartier-Bresson: Leica 35mm with a 50mm lens.

4. Dorothea Lange: Graflex Series D, with likely a variety of focal lengths given her work’s diverse nature.

5. Robert Capa: Contax II, typically with a 50mm lens.

6. Annie Leibovitz: Used various cameras throughout her career, including a Mamiya RZ67 with a 110mm lens.

7. Steve McCurry: Nikon F6, typically with a 28-70mm lens.

8. Diane Arbus: Rolleiflex, with an 80mm lens.

9. Robert Doisneau: Leica IIIc with a 50mm lens.

10. David Bailey: Various cameras including the Pentax 67 with 105mm lens.

11. Elliott Erwitt: Leica M3 with 50mm lens.

12. Brassaï: Voigtländer Bergheil, with variable focal lengths.

13. Walker Evans: Large Format view camera, typically with a 300mm lens.

14. Robert Frank: Leica M with a 50mm lens.

15. Cindy Sherman: Hasselblad 500 C/M with an 80mm lens.

16. Edward Weston: Large Format 8×10 view camera, with a variety of lenses.

17. Andreas Gursky: Large Format view camera with various lenses.

18. Garry Winogrand: Leica M4 with 28mm lens.

19. Irving Penn: Rolleiflex with an 80mm lens.

20. Martin Parr: Canon EOS 5D Mark III with a 50mm lens.

Street Photographers

1. Henri Cartier-Bresson: Leica 35mm with a 50mm lens.

2. Robert Doisneau: Leica IIIc with a 50mm lens.

3. Elliott Erwitt: Leica M3 with 50mm lens.

4. Garry Winogrand: Leica M4 with 28mm lens.

5. Joel Meyerowitz: Used a Leica M and 35mm lens early in his career, and later medium format cameras.

6. Bruce Gilden: Leica M6 with 28mm lens and a flash.

7. Saul Leiter: Leica M3 with a 50mm or 90mm lens.

8. Vivian Maier: Rolleiflex with an 80mm lens.

9. Lee Friedlander: Leica M cameras with a 35mm lens.

10. Martin Parr: Plaubel Makina 670, and more recently, Canon EOS 5D Mark III with a 50mm lens.

11. Daidō Moriyama: Compact cameras such as Ricoh GR series with a 28mm lens.

12. Alex Webb: Leica M cameras with 35mm and 50mm lenses.

13. Trent Parke: Leica MP with a 28mm lens.

14. William Klein: Wide-angle lenses on rangefinder cameras.

15. Helen Levitt: Leica IIIc with a 50mm lens.

16. Diane Arbus: Rolleiflex, with an 80mm lens.

17. Raghubir Singh: Leica M3 with a 35mm lens.

18. Mary Ellen Mark: Leica M cameras with a 35mm lens.

19. Andre Kertesz: Leica IIIc with a 50mm lens.

20. Richard Kalvar: Leica M4 with a 35mm lens.

Leica Photographers

1. Henri Cartier-Bresson: Leica 35mm with a 50mm lens.

2. Robert Doisneau: Leica IIIc with a 50mm lens.

3. Elliott Erwitt: Leica M3 with 50mm lens.

4. Garry Winogrand: Leica M4 with 28mm lens.

5. Joel Meyerowitz: Used a Leica M and 35mm lens early in his career.

6. Bruce Gilden: Leica M6 with 28mm lens and a flash.

7. Saul Leiter: Leica M3 with a 50mm or 90mm lens.

8. Lee Friedlander: Leica M cameras with a 35mm lens.

9. Martin Parr: Has used a Leica M7 with a 35mm lens.

10. Daidō Moriyama: Has used Leica cameras, like the Leica M Monochrom, with wide-angle lenses.

11. Alex Webb: Leica M cameras with 35mm and 50mm lenses.

12. Trent Parke: Leica MP with a 28mm lens.

13. Helen Levitt: Leica IIIc with a 50mm lens.

14. Raghubir Singh: Leica M3 with a 35mm lens.

15. Mary Ellen Mark: Leica M cameras with a 35mm lens.

16. Andre Kertesz: Leica IIIc with a 50mm lens.

17. Richard Kalvar: Leica M4 with a 35mm lens.

18. Rene Burri: Leica M cameras with 50mm and 28mm lenses.

19. Sebastião Salgado: Leica R4 and Leica M7 with 28mm, 35mm, and 50mm lenses.

20. Fan Ho: Leica IIIc with a 50mm lens.

The Leica pictures and text in this blog post are all generated by AI

Via Reddit