Best Preset to use.

I have a Samsung HMX-H100N that I shot a video with in 1280x720 60p. The camera records to an SC card, saves the video file in MPEG-4 format and uses a 37mm wide angle lens.
My problem seems to be no matter what preset I use when starting a project. I have huge black bars at the top and bottom of the screen and the image seems to be pressed down vertically and stretched horizontally.
What is the best preset to use, or is this version of Premiere compatable with this format?

Hi all you helpful guys here in the Adobe
Forums.
I wanted to report back on this and let you know that upgrading to PE 9 pretty much fixed all my preset issues. I even went back and re-rendered some of my older projects done in PE8 that I never could get to look just right (bars at top and bottom of screen, or images looking distorted)
PE9 has been GREAT for me. I love that it prompts you if you are importing in video that does not match or current preset, so you can choose to change the preset or ignore it.
So, thanks for the help.
I am about to post another question that I have nosed around the forums (and the net) looking for an answer to, but havn't had one jump out at me.

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3.Todd_Kopriva,
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