24 - 30 timecode issues

Shot some footage with a Panasonic DVX 100b, with 24p advanced set. I do this all the time and it works just fine. but this footage has given me nothing but toruble- I keep getting odd cadence and timecode errors as I try to capture.
Finally captured it with a Sony DSR11 and AVID, and saved as a QT file. QuickTime shows it as 23.98. CinemaTools shows it as 23.98. But Final Cut 6.0.1 shows it as 29.97. It plays, and looks good, but the audio is out of sync with the video. And I cant reverse telecine it, because CinemaTools says its 23.98 already.
Any thoughts?

My thought if you had the time...
Log and capture the tape with 29.97 DV normal settings. Don't capture over a camera start/stop.
Then use the TOOLS menu to remove advanced pulldown on the clips.
Sometimes depending on how you've shut down the camera or done a end of tape run the cadence can get broken and give you all types of fits.
Also -- is the footage running at a normal speed in FCP? If you drop it in a 23.98 sequence, does it need rendering?
CaptM
PS... 6.0.1, Patrick.
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