Smooth Cam on interlaced video

I am trying to use the Smooth Cam node on video shot at 29 frames a second. I have had good luck in the past using 24 frame footage shot using the P2 cards for the Panasonic HVX-200 but this time I am using footage shot on miniDV. The problem is there is noticiable motion blur. Is there any way to help smooth that out and make it look better?
Thanks,
cja

I have followed the steps of the tutorial " Using Shake to Remove the Shakes" that can be found here (for free) : http://www.rippletraining.com/engine/ripplecasts.html with impressive results from dv footage.
If I remember well deinterlacing was requested. Of course results may vary because good and bad's subjective...but it's worth a look!

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