FCP 6.0.5 Extremely large exported DV movies? Need to reduce output size

I am working in DV, I have noticed on my latest 2 project, huge exported DV video files. The first was about 15 minutes and the video file was about 23 GB, the latest is about 28 minutes and the exported DV video file is 40.88 GB.
I understand that when I export to Quicktime movie, that I need to use the export codec native to my sequence setting, it order to maintain quality. What are my options to reduce file size? Can I change the sequence settings to Apple Intermediate or Animation to reduce file size? The most important thing, I do not want any loss in quality, of what I would obtain from the native DV file.
Thanks in advance for reading and replying to my post
Thank You in advance for taking the time to read and reply to my Post.
Sebastian

The reason why I am posting my question, is I understand an hour of DV video is a 14GB file, this is why I am unclear why my video files are so large. It makes no sense to me. Why are my files not adhering to the 14GB per hour of DV rule?
What are my option for reducing this enormous file sizes?

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FCP 6.0.5 Extremely large exported DV movies? Need to reduce output size

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