Final Cut capture

I use Final Cut Pro and I'm having problems capturing dv footage. The film was recorded in letterbox format. My capture settings are set to DV Pal 48Hz as well as my sequence preset and when I play it the image is stretched. I tried to import film recorded in 4:3 and capture it to Final Cut and the image apeears to be fine. I tried different presets in capture and in sequence as well and the same problem appears. My question is... What preset must I use to capture my media so it doesn't become stretched in the sequence?

sorry,
1) are you sure the animorphic setting is not selected on the clip you've ingested?
2)have you done a easy set-up, created a new sequence and dropped the clip down?
3)when you dropped the clip on the timeline was you asked to change the sequence settings to match the clip?
it does'nt sound like a serious issue i just don't think i got you properly. another thing are you capturing via capture card or firewire?, if firewire is there any setting on the camera/deck that you may be missing out that could be causing the footage to be misinterperated? if you reveal the clip in finder and open in quicktime player how is it displayed/ properties etc.
regards.

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DV is DV and is already compressed. It is compressed in the camera when you film, so the data that actually goes onto the tape is 'raw', compressed DV data.... and has a compression ratio of 5:1
I think you've picked up the term 'compressed miniDV' from somewhere and let it get stuck in your brain.
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