Help with widescreen/letterboxing/fullscreen etc.

So, sorry to barrage this discussion board with so many topics. But I have been uploading a lot of videos recently and according to my sony video camera they were shot in 16:9, but if I turn let. leterboxing off, all the clips show up in full screen mode when I upload them to iMovie. Without the letterboxing, it looks a little scrunched, so I turned letterboxing back on, the only problem is that once I do so, and re-import the video, the problem is that the imported clips now have black bars on the top/bottom as well as the sides, is there anyway to make it so my 16:9 clips completely fill the screen.

Also, does anyone know if this is cutting off the top of the video when it letterboxes? How exactly does it reformat it?
Thanks in advance for the help!

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I just did a three camera shoot. 2 Mini DV cameras and a hard drive camera. All three cameras were shot in 16:9 format. I use iMovie for capturing from the DV cameras (I know - a little lazy, but it works so well). After capturing the DV footage, iMovie automatically Letterboxes the files and creates beautiful black lines on the top and the bottom of the screen. It looks great (IMHO) in Final Cut.
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