Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:36 pm
I would suspect that what you see on the LCD, at least, would be correct if you are in the 3:2 mode. I have a small Canon camera that lets you choose 3:2 mode and it crops on the LCD so that you have a black bar top and bottom (like watching a wide-screen DVD on your normal TV).
If nothing else, try to keep the tops of heads away from the top of the frame, and the feet in from the bottom of the frame, just to be sure.
While it is true that in 3:2 mode, you don't get the full resolution of the native 4:3 mode sensor, they are pixels that are getting cut otherwise when you have 6x4 prints done from 4:3 images.
Given that you have a 3:2 mode, I'd be inclined to use that instead of going to the extra trouble of post-processing and cropping the images afterwards. However, if you ever plan to print 8x10's, for example, your 4:3 ratio is closer to that ratio. Just judge your shooting preferences on the target media. If it's only to display in your galleries, for example, just pick what suits you.