Ghosting Problem in HD project (shot with Sony HDW-F900)

Hi, I'm having a problem with 'ghosting,' at least I think that's the word for it. Essentially when there is motion in the frame, I see the previous frame sort of 'on top of it,' resulting in 'motion trails.' Can anyone suggest how to fix this?
Here are my settings...project was shot with Sony HDW-F900 HDCAM 24p
720x480 NTSC DV
Pixel Aspect Ratio: NTSC CCIR 601 / DV 720x480
Frame Rate 23.98
Compessor: DVCPRO HD 1080i60
Render all YUV material in high-precision YUV
Process Maximum White as: White
Motion Filtering Quality: Best
Filters, Frame Blending for Speed, and Motion Blur are checked
Any help would be great...thanks!
G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.7)

when you capture hdcam shot at 23.98 you need to come in HDSDI and the deck set to 23.98. If you have the deck set to 23.98PD you'll be getting 29.97 tc down the 422 control not 23.98. If you use the PD setting and the dvcproHD 1080i60 you get footage with pulldown, the cadence being set by the 24 frame, 30 frame, options in the menus of the deck. these should be set so evry second on the second the time code matches. Sony actually uses 23.98 timecode in 1080Psf. Your rental house should be able to provide a workflow for you. My guess is the ghosting is not ghosting but interfield motion, now that you are not in a progressive format.

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