Capturing SD anamorphic at 60 fps?

I made a custom capture preset for DV Anamorphic with a 60 frame rate, since there was no preset for this. But when I capture the clips display as 29.97 fps.
Does FCP not work with SD @ 60 fps? If not, I'm confused why the manual setting is even an option.
If it is possible to capture at this frame rate in SD please help me out.
thanks.

So Shane
A quick question in the same vein [2 parts].
Using a Sony HDR-FX1E HDV camera we want to achieve something in the order of filming at either 50 or 100 frames per second. Given our equipment limitations will shooting 1440x1080 at 50i with a shutter speed of 1/200 achieve anything like 100 frames per second shot. We, like Macongaman, are hoping to produce a shot that has more detail and less motion blur when its speed is slowed considerably in FCP?
And just as important would you still digitise the footage using either of FCP's following Capture Presets?
AJA Kona 3: 1080i 25 Apple ProRes 422 [even though the colour space is 420 for PAL HDV and the pixel res for this preset is 1920x1080 - no option for 1440]
and/or
HDV-Apple ProRes 422
And then edit into a Sequence with either of the following settings [for best real time performance and nil in-sequence conversions [in order of assumed preference]]?
AJA Kona 3: 1080i 25 Apple ProRes 422 [1920x1080]
and/or
Apple ProRes 422 1440x1080 50i 48kHz
and/or
HDV - 1080i50
and/or
Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i50
I know the first part of the question is geared toward a DV Rebels type forum but given your obvious knowledge on shooting it [or having this kind of footage delivered to you] and then dealing with it in post I thought it best to ask here.
And if anyone else can contribute to this also it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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