Hello Daniel,
Thanks for the reply, I will give this a try later and if it works I guess I owe you a beer because I have been stuck on version 7.0 for a long time. Its a bug that Adobe need to fix but I gave up trying to get them to accept the defect. I know 4:3 SD footage is pretty rare now but for our business it still represents 70% of the workflow.
I will drop you a line later
Thanks for taking the time
Steve