Problems Capturing Video from a Canon GL1

Hi All,
I have posted this topic once before on the iMovie Discussion Forum. Please refer to this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=547019&tstart=75
I haven't been able to get an answer so far. Does any one in this Discussion area know how to solve my problem?
(Problem is: video captured from the GL1 shows two vertical black bands on the left and right side of the frame, an effect similar to pillarboxing. It almost looks as if I'm only getting 640 by 480 instead of 720 by 480 pixels. This happens regardless of whether DV was shot in 4:3 or 16:9. I also own a Sony DCR-PC101 camcorder, and the video captured from that camera using the same settings (in iMovie and/or FCE) fills the entire 720 px horizontal width with no vertical bands, so I know it's not a software or a settings problem, but a camcorder problem.)
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Mac G4 Quicksilver Mac OS X (10.4.7) 17" Powerbook G4, iMovieHD and Final Cut Express

Hello, Dave
Have you taken a tape shot on the GL-1 and used the
Sony camera to capture the footage via firewire? Do
the vertical stripes show up when shooting 4:3?
Yes, I have done that and yes, the vertical stripes still appear. The vertical stripes appear both in 4:3 and 16:9 footage.
If the vertical lines don't show up on your NTSC
preview monitor, I wouldn't worry about it. They are
probably outside of the safe area and won't affect
its viewability much.
You are probably right, Dave, it's quite possible that the vertical stripes are outside of the safe area in 4:3. However, I am new to 16:9. Is this the case also in 16:9? I am talking about maybe 20 or 30 pixels wide black bands on either side of the frame.
If you are capturing the video via analog from the
canon into some type of DV bridge, These vertical
bands are normal and represent horizontal sync
characteristics.
No, I am capturing the video directly through Firewire.
Canon does several tings in anunique way that differs
from what a person would expect. You may have
stumbled onto one of Canon's quirks.
I think you are right about that too. I emailed Canon technical support a little Quicktime movie containing two shots, one from the GL-1 and one from the Sony, but I haven't heard back from them yet...
Hope this helps. Post back.
Regards,
Dave F
Thanks for your post, Dave.

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