Best VHS capture

I need to get some footage off a VHS tape, i have a Mini DV camcorder.
Should i plug the VCR straight into my inputs to my Mini DV cam and record the footage i need or can i just use my DV cam as a go between and have my VCR out going to my Mini DV input, use firwire from my DV cam and capture with FCP or do i need to record for best results.

Whenever I've gone VHS to DV, I've done what you first mentioned and recorded from the VCR to the MiniDV tape and then captured off of that. The advantage is you can log your footage so if you have to go back and re-capture, you won't have to deal with the VCR anymore.
That's what I'd avise,
Cameron

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