Originally Posted by Mark Elberson
Ahhhh...but which aspect ratio? Are you planning for an 4:5? 1:1? Something else like 5:7? I'd guess most 'casual' users print 4x6 if they print at all, but regardless I think it should be an option but not forced on people. The 1D/1Ds crop screens come as a pair with 4:5 and 1:1 crop line screens. I think they had them for the 5D, but they don't have them for the 5DII. A quick look at a couple of 3rd party vendors didn't turn up any crop line screens for the 5DII, but I didn't look too hard. Also, as you say, you can take a standard screen and draw lines on it yourself (not sure I'd try that!).
On the other hand, there's absolutely no reason Canon can't implement crop lines of multiple selectable aspect ratios for Live View, and likewise, they could easily implement them on a transmissive viewfinder LCD such as those used on the 7D and 60D.
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