Originally Posted by mattyboy

I have a bunch of mini DV tapes which i need to make *one* back up copy of each tape. I know i can import the footage from the originals into Premiere and then export them back onto a fresh DV tape but that is too time consuming. Whats the easiest and quickest way of duplicating each tape?
Would buying a second camcorder work if i linked both camcorders via firewire and then played the tape on the 1st camcorder whilst recording on the second camcorder?