3:2 picture size

kkardster wrote:

Although I don't disagree that there is a merketing advantage to "bigger is better", I doubt that marketing was the primary reason for the 4:3 sensor format. I think it has more to do with the fact that all televisions were 4:3 for decades and were the standard size when digital cameras "took off". We were all simply used to it and preferred that images viewed filled the TV frame whenever possible. It also reduces the "waste" of image circle that the wider formats impose.