AVCHD to HD CAM conversion on FCP

Hey folks,
so I have something I shot on AVCHD (Sony HDR SR7), captured in FCP studio 2 using apple pro res 422 and edited. Now I never made a tape output of this, only a DVD. I need to send this out for a screening and they need it in a tape format.
My question is will the AVCHD>PRO RES 422>HD CAM tape conversion work out fine ? Planning on using the Sony HVR-M15U to record. Or is there any other tape format that I can output to that would work well loseless ?
second question is a more of a FCP one. do I need to use compressor and export out as HDV and do a copy to tape or should I just change the sequence setting in FCP to use the HDV 1080i60 compression and do a print to tape, have a feeling the second option would work better.
any help is appreciated. thanks

Planning on using the Sony HVR-M15U to record
well thats not an HDCAM deck that's HDV
Or is there any other tape format that I can output to
how about HDCAM!
I need to send this out for a screening and they need it in a tape format.
take care that you get this in a tape format they can view ... pointless making an HDCAM dub (or DVCPROHD or HDV or whatever) if what they want is DigiBeta or Beta SP.
second question is a more of a FCP one.
you need to have a clearer idea of the first before you get on to the second

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