AJA 720p60 DVC Pro HD Exporting

Alright,
Has anyone come across an issue of exporting an AJA 720p60 23.98 DVC Pro HD and then bringing it back in to FCP, laying the export into a sequence of those same settings and having to render it out?
This is what I know:
The AJA 720p 23.98 timline is 960x720, pixel aspect ratio of HD(960x720)
What gets exported is 720p 23.98, 1280x720, square pixel
The only way I've found to get the right video is to use Quicktime conversion, using the 720p60 codec set to 23.98. The only issue is that it will only do a medium quality export.
Is anyonw else experiencing this problem?
Work: Dual 2.3ghz G5 PowerMac, 4.5GB RAM, FCP 5.1.4 Mac OS X (10.4.9) AJA Kona LHe & 3 Driver v3.3

I work with this format all day, and don't have this particular issue. Why are you exporting and reimporting? HOW are you exporting? If I export a Quicktime Movie, using the sequence settings and make it self contained, I can reimport that and it works fine...same timeline. If I export a clip, bring it into After Effects, work on it, render it out as 1280x720, and bring that into my DVCPRO HD 720p24 timeline, it drops in perfectly...no rendering, no problem.
So what are you doing?
Also, when you do QUICKTIME CONVERSION using the DVCPRO HD settings, it will say MEDIUM, but be full quality. But the gamma will shift a bit, so I don't recommend it.
Shane

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And the dimensions would be 1280x720. 960x720 is squeezed anamorphically. and going to 1920x1080 is makig it bigger than the original.
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And you weren't in a DV or DVCPRO 50 project, you were in a DVCPRO HD project. Why cut it in a one of those settings? it won't look any better, in fact, it will look worse. And compressing it for DVD ro the web wouldn't be any easier. Sorry, I guess I don't understand your reasoning here.
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dwburman wrote:
We're using FCP 5.1.4 and a Kona LHe card on a MacPro Quad G5
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