I tend to think that your ghosting issue comes from the IS.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=159650\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I have a rather sturdy tripod, and no, the IS was not off, but the manual says this IS can be used with a tripod. The lens was mounted, with a collar plate. I was not using mirror lock up as I ahve seen no real difference when using it before. No wind.I'm wondering if something has failed in the lens that could be making it ghost like that when IS is on used on a tripod? I'll take more tomorrow night with IS off.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=159659\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I don't think that your lens is defective at all. When hand-holding and pressing the shutter button for a few seconds, sometimes you can see a lateral drifting caused by the IS system. This also happens on tripods. I remember that it was discussed here on the forums (question was whether the IS turned itself off when tripod mounted or something similar). I must add that it happens pretty often with older lenses like the 100-400 (with this lens you're supposed to switch IS off when tripod-mounted) but have also experienced a couple of times with newer lenses like the 70-200 f/4 IS.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=159663\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]