I am unable to capture 16:9 footage shot on Sony DSR PD170 correctly.

It appears "stepped or skipped". The audio is in sync, but the picture looks as though a few frames are skipped. Sort of like the old "Max Headroom" tv show. I am using firewire cable directly from the camera to the computer. Recorded on miniDV tape - new.
My Capture Settings are:
Device control: Firewire NTSC
Capture Input: DV NTSC 48 kHz Anamorphic
Audio/Video Settings are:
Device Control Preset: Firewire NTSC
Video Playback: Apple Firewire NTSC (720x480)
Audio Playback: Firewire DV
I have FCP 7.0.3
OS X 10.5.8
Camera is Sony DSR PD170
I logged the footage without a picture or audio in FCP, used my camera's monitor. FCP was reading the TC in the Log and Capture window, and I was able to input In and Out points to log.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Russ,
Many, many thanks for sticking with me. I've finally got the footage to work. Checked it by shooting new 16:9 footage and inputting it as well. Have gone back to the original and discarded the iMovie stuff.
Believe my problem was in my settings when I changed these, everything worked: Under System Settings.> Playback Controls I changed RT to unlimited, Video Quality and Frame Rate to Dynamic, and Record to Full Quality, Frame offset is 4. (I don't know what the frame offset is.)
Under User Preferences> Render Control Render and Resolution are now 100%, Codec is same as sequence codec, Quality is Best, and I've checked always use best quality when rendering
Sorry, I don't know what the settings were before I began, just know that I changed some of them to these. Thanks again.
Aliciachi

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