Thanks for the information, everyone!

Mavimao, you're right: my understanding of interlacing (at the time of the first post in this thread) was poor, at best. Now it's much better thanks to the information that both you and Moth3r provided.

My captures are raw (excluding TBCs, of course). I double-check the settings on all of my equipment and software prior to doing one to ensure that nothing fancy, e.g., noise reduction, is turned on. With each capture, I intend to take pictures and screenshots of the respective hardware and software settings involved so that someone with more experience can correct me if I do something in a suboptimal way.