Photo Merge HDR and camera vibrations

Question

I use a Manfrotto 055X Pro tripod with a Manfrotto 332RC2 head, when mirror lock is utilized, this set-up produces excellent results. There is however a slight vibration when the mirror is raised, then again after the image has been captured. A bracketed set of images therefore, do not align perfectly. The auto align option in Lightroom CC's Photo Merge HDR feature, copes well with this. I can not help, but wonder, if a perfectly aligned set of RAW images would produced superior HDR images.
Do you guy's, who use more expensive (and presumably superior) tripods and heads find that your bracketed images align perfectly or do you still use Photo Merge HDR's auto align option ?.

Answer 1

Rafael Aviles wrote:
If you use mirror lock, there should be no effect on the shot from the vibrations that occur when mirror is raised, just make sure you wait long enough for them to dissipate. And, how would the mirror vibrations AFTER the image has been captured affect the shot?
Another thing to check: make sure the Vibration reduction (VR) or Image Stabilization (IS) is turned OFF if you have the camera on the tripod. (Unless your lens has a setting for VR or IS while on a tripod, that is.)
I think it's the IS, possibly in combination with uneven surfaces (mostly beaches), that's causing the slight image misalignments.
I captured a series of sunrise images, from a solid surface this morning (UK time), with the IS turned off.  They aligned perfectly, the only image that didn't align was captured from the beach.
Thanks for your help. I've gone back through my image catalogue and discovered that the vast majority of my bracketed images do align.  I've put those that don't, down to either forgetting to turn off IS, or the surface they were taken from.