Changing aspect ration in FCP 7, Easy Setup?

I recently starting editing again in FCP 7 and am running into an aspect ratio problem.
Earlier this fall i tried capturing some clips off of my new camera (Panasonic HVX) and i believe i changed some of the easy setup/capture settings to accommodate the HD footage.  This weekend i used my old mini dv camera (Sony vx2100) to record some skating.
I didn't change the easy setup/other settings prior to capturing the tapes. 
The image doesn't look as it looks ok in the viewer, but doesn't fully fill the canvas.
When i export to vimeo, the image doesn't fill the whole screen.
The image itself looks ok, but i believe the aspect ratio is off somehow.
This is a link to how the vimeo export turned out
https://vimeo.com/85702402
here is a link to another edit i'd made previously in the summer where the image filled the screen better
https://vimeo.com/73221381
here is a screen capture of the canvas
anybody know what i should do?

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