Recording with iSight - Video Size option missing

Ok, I hope someone can help me. I record video directly into iMovie using the built in isight on my mac. On the import window using the camera I used to have the option on the bottom to select the video size (640x480 or 1024x576). For some reason this is missing (the bottom frame is blank except for the camera selection options).
I can't figure out how to get the higher resolution option back. Where did it go? Help!
Thanks.

I now use iMovie9 and Lion 10.7.2. The choice bar is gone for me, too!
To validate your experience, I started a new wide-screen project and imported from inbuilt iSight. After dragging the new capture event into the new project, I clicked the "crop" button and found that all the resolution is still there! I can crop or re-frame by dragging the crop bars or area. However, I cannot select the entire frame for inclusion in my project.
Based on this, it seems to me that full frame iSight recording has been sacrificed, probably so stabilization can use the edges.
Unless someone else knows a way, it seems to me that if we want the old choices bar back, we will need to retreat to an older version.
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