FCP 6 Still Image Export HD squishes

I work at a professional facility that just "upgraded" to FCP 6. Looked good when I first saw it but there is a flaw in the still image export. This is something I am required to do often. We are working with HD footage DVCPRO HD 1080 23.98. Exporting a still that maintains aspect 16:9 was tricky but in FCP 5 we found that if you export QT conversion - Still image - PCT and step in to the options to use the DVCPRO HD codec we would get a true 16:9 image. Not so any more. In FCP 6 this no longer works - the image comes out squished into 4:3. NOT GOOD. If i export a qt movie of the same frame then open that qt in Quicktime and then export movie to picture it works fine. PLEASE address this.

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