> So perhaps someone will design a dSLR or "prosumer" camera with a square > output? I seem to remember that the good old TLR worked very well - > saved having to turn the camera on its side! > Thinks - must try my old C3 again sometime... Howard Or when chips get even cheaper just produce the sensor to cover the whole image *circle* and let the user decide the format later :o) Actually, at the testing stage they could discount "hot" or "dead" pixies that lay in the unilluminated corners of the inevitably square sensor. Bob