Capturing 16X9 video

I have a professor at the University where I work who brought me several miniDV tapes with video shot in 16X9 Widescreen. This is a first for me, as I have never captured 16X9 footage. I remember when I used Adobe Premiere in the past you would be given a choice to select 16X9 or 4X3 in the inital setup menu. I can not find anything like this in Final Cut. I started to capture the footage and the video appeared "smushed" in the 4X3 preview and source monitors. A co-worker suggested Final Cut would automatically resize the footage when it is exported.
My question is, do I need to do anything to set up Final Cut correctly for capturing 16X9 footage before I begin? Also, I am assumming that when I export to Compressor, if I am using 16X9 footage I would select the "DVD Best Encode 120mins 16X9 option........or will this crop the footage if I select it? I am using Final Cut Studio 1, Final Cut Pro version 5, (haven't upgraded to new version yet) on a Power Mac G5. Can anyone tell me how to capture and export 16X9 footage correctly, maintaining the original aspect ratio?
Thank you so much for the help.

Final Cut WILL NOT RESIZE ANAMORPHIC VIDEO!
anamorphic video is a 16:9 image "squished" and placed in a 4:3 frame size. you can edit the footage in an anamorphic sequence but when you export the sequence it is still 4:3. it depends on if you want to view it full frame on a wide screen tv or if you want to view it on a standard TV. If you are going to view it on a standard 4:3 tv then I suggest you edit the sequence in the standard NTSC 4:3 frame size. this will give your 16:9 footage a "letterbox" look when viewed on a 4:3 TV. if you are going to be viewing your footage on a widescreen tv then edit the sequence anamorphic. you will still need to adjust the exported quicktime movie to the frame size you wish. dealing with anamorphic video can be a real pain, since you need to know how it will be viewed. good luck.

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