Hi guys,
I’ve been having this same issue with CS5 – my PAL clips are capturing at either 720×576, 786×576, 1049×576 or 1280×576 – it seems that 4:3 randomly goes to 786×576 and 16:9 to 1280×576.
I’ve got the same issue as you, Rob Jackson, where the information for the files in finder don’t match the info in Premiere.
I’ve just captured three entire tapes of a concert (shot on a PD170 @ 16×9 in-camera)- in premiere’s Project window I’m being told tape 1 is 720×576, tape 2 720×576 and tape 3 1049×576. In finder however, I’m told tape 1 is 720×576, tape 2 1280×576 and tape 3 1280×576.
Very confusing. Should I just head back to PPro 2.0? At least I never had stupid problems with that little guy…