Captured NTSC video looks small in Canvas window

Often, when we capture video into FCP (version 4.5), the clip comes in at 50% of it's original size (that's how it looks in the canvas window and on the NTSC monitor). We have looked at a number of sequence settings and have not been able to rectify the problem.
We are capable of scaling each or the clips up to 160% of the original size and the clips will then fill the frame as expected. There does not seem to be any degradation in the video when doing this, but obviously we are doing something wrong and our solution is a long way from elegant.
In certain projects or sequences the video will be captured into FCP and be the normal size, but we have not been able to figure out what is the difference between these projects and sequences.
Thanks very much for your input.

Use the DV/NTSC easy preset to capture your DV material. If the material is recorded as anamorphic, use that preset.
Capture the video using the same DV/NTSC easy preset that you used to create the project.
Drop the clip into a sequence created using the same DV/NTSC easy preset..
The clip will fill the NTSC external monitor screen.
Set your Canvas and Viewer windows to Fill to fit.
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