Do think there will ever be a 4:3 mode on prosumer cams?

[itimjim]

As the question implies. The only 4:3 shooting I know exists on RED (I think), but it's never surfaced on a consumer camera, and it would be oh so awesome for 2x anamorphics.

 

I don't want a crop either, I want maximum sensor usage. So the whole sensor on mFT, or a vertical stretch to the top of the sensor on 3:2 cameras.

 

I'm surprise BM didn't implement something as a USP. They're pretty crap at anything bar dynamic range and encoding, or lack there of, so I suppose it's too much to ask!

[ken]

Most cmos is 3:2, but m43 is 4:3 in nature. 

IMO, using 2x anamorphic lens could use 4:3 mode.  In 4:3 mode, you are able to use wider lens by cutting out vignetting.  I have tried using 1:1 mode to get 2:1.  Even wider lens, ff could use 50mm with 16h as my picture.  In this way the prime lens are used center part, the best optics.