One Frame Offset In Premiere Pro CS6

I have digitised from a Betacam deck and found there to be a one frame offset.
I digitised a picture that started at 00:02:00:00 and when in Premiere, the picture actually starts at 00:02:00:01 - a little disconcerting!
Has anyone else experienced this and is there a fix?

Hi Steven.  Thanks for the input.  I also use plenty of handles on digitising and pre-roll is not the issue (it is set to 5 seconds).  Once the footage is captured, the source timecode reflected in PP is a frame out from what I know it to be.
Peter, I will give the offset control a try and see if it helps, thanks!
Thanks for the feedback.

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