IMovieHD won't import widescreen - keeps switching to 4/3

Hi - trying to import widescreen footage from Canon MD216 mini DV to iMovieHD.
Followed all the instructions - selecting "widescreen DV" option when creating project. A blank widescreen appears, but always switches back to 4:3 format as soon as I import.
This never happens in iMovie08 - which imports widescreen flawlessly.
Was wanting to experiment using iMovieHD, but can't get going until this widescreen refusal is sorted out. Looked up preferences - but couldn't see anything there.
Can anyone out there please help? Thanks

Hi Matt - read your message, and have just tried importing footage about 2 minutes ago.
I have to report that the "title-trick" is essential. When no "title trick" is used, the images are squeezed into the 4:3 format, with bars on either side. However, when this is done using titles, the footage loads perfectly in widescreen. Works like a dream...
Just for the record, the camera is a Canon MD 216 miniDV palmcorder - a very basic TAPE machine that I bought new for £200 ($300 approx) about 8 months ago in a High St store. Previously, all my editing had been done on iMovie08 which had been factory set at 25fps PAL.
This would also have been the case for iMovieHD - it would have come preset at 25fps. But I changed it, not really thinking, after having read a David Pogue (American) book on iMovie 08. This was actually really well written and very amusing. There was a really funny couple of paragraphs describing the 30fps - 29.98(?)fps situation and this must have stuck in my mind when I was setting up.
I've only ever used it widescreen, so I can't really comment on mixed formats.
Hope the feedback was helpful. Thanks again. ALAN BOWIE

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