what I would like

[mhahn]

<p>a nikon or canon (or other aps-c sensor) dslr, but with a multi-aspect sensor that would allow aspect ratios of 4:3; the 3:2 aspect ratio can get tiresome. </p>

[Matt Laur]

<p>Crop. Works every time!</p>

[MichaelChang]

<p>That's right. Crop. You can even make it square! The pixel loss through cropping is largely irrelevant for most users. </p>

 

[mhahn]

<p>I don't think that works for me. Doesn't look right, for some reason. Maybe a mask on the viewfinder, so that I could see a squarer format when taking the picture, but that would probably be cumbersome.</p>

[geoffs1]

<p>With a camera that has removable/replaceable focusing screens, you could probably add marks (ex. with a Sharpie?) to indicate your favorite crops. Maybe even blackout the "extraneous" parts of the screen. There may already be a commercial place that sells those (I seem to remember seeing something in the past...).</p>

[waltflanagan]

<p>My D3 has a 1.5 DX crop and 4:5 crop. When you enable the areas of the image that won't be recorded are darkened in the viewfinder. I've only used the DX crop a couple of times because it bumps up the frame rate and the only time I get tired of 3:2 is when I stitch to produce something like a 3:1 panorama.</p>

[ellis_vener_photography]

<p>Different Canons and Nikons have this feature already built-in. </p>