Would a DVCAM Mini DV Video Editing Deck allow me to transfer any video onto dv tape?

mozgcutter said:
Hi, I'm looking for a solution to transfer video onto MiniDV tape and then capture it back. Would this machine allow me to do this? If not what would allow me to do this? I'm trying to understand the possibilities that this machine would give me. Heres a link to the type of product mentioned

https://www.ebay.com/p/66723354?iid=264552810309
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I have the older version of this deck, the DSR-40. Yes, you could hook up a VHS or other analog tape format to this deck and either capture it directly into an editor or dub it to DV/DVCAM tape, then capture the tape.
Just hope that any used one you buy doesn't have too high hours on the heads because I don't even know if they still make parts for these anymore and if they did, I think paid at least $1,500.00 for new heads on
mine back in the day. New these were $5,000.00 + decks.
 
Do you need to give people do tapes? Seems a real backwards step. I can do this, using FireWire it works fine, but I only use my DV deck now to get stuff in, breath a sigh of relief there were no dropouts , and switch it off again. Sending stuff to people who only have DV would make sense, but who are these ancient people. All second hand mechanical decks are ticking clocks. If you cannot do cleaning and basic servicing yourself you could have a landfill product very quickly. FireWire cards are quite cheap now, and as long ascot have software that can export to FireWire with machine control, the idea works, but common sense doesn't.
 
What is the reason for transferring other footage to DV tape for capture?

I keep my old Canon GL2 around for a source deck for DV tapes, but use a BM Intensity for capturing older analog video sources like VHS and U-matic 3/4. Still have source decks for those.
 
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I think the Sony GV HD700 can do this.
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-GV-HD700-Definition-Video-Walkman/dp/B000V3NU3A

And also the cheaper/smaller Sony GVD900
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-GV-D900-Portable-Video-Walkman/dp/B0000206GD

Both of these units were cheaper than the bigger, nicer DSR-45 originally, but not necessarily now.

I have the GV HD700 and also the GVD800 (which is the D-8 version of the 900) and have recorded to and from these.
S-video, 1394 and RCA in/out. So you can hook up a VCR if needed. I had a VHS deck, S-VHS deck and DVC-Pro deck passing through mine and connected it to the computer via firewire. I could record to mini-DV any of those decks ( if I wanted to)
 
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