Fcp changing timecode upon capture

i'm capturing dvcpro hd 720p 59.94 clips into my project using a panasonic AJ-HD1200 deck. the tapes are drop frame according to the deck. fcp plays and logs the clips as drop frame yet after i capture them they show up in the bin as non-drop frame with the timecode offset to account for that difference. why would fcp convert these clips to non-drop frame? thanks.

capturing at 59.94.
timecode was not generated by a camera. it was a 6-camera shoot that was recorded onto a rackful of panasonic aj-hd1200's.
i'm trying trying to find out why there's a mismatch in the code. like i said the deck and the capture tool both indicate that it's drop frame. however once it's been captured, the timecode of the clip stored in the bin is now non-drop frame and is different than the mark in & out codes originally marked by the capture. for example an in-point of 13:28:24;01 in the capture tool (also in the bin when it's been logged) becomes 13:27:35:15 after it's been captured.
i'm wondering if there's some mysterious setting somewhere that would this to happen that i'm overlooking. as far as i'm concerned everything should be transparent in this regard.

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