Yes, I did try this, but nothing.
I just checked something — nothing shows up on my camera when I use Premiere’s setup for “export to tape”. The camera is not engged and nothing shows on the LCD. I just realized something. The only way I have ever gone out to my camera was with a Matrox project (which uses a different interface than Premiere’s “export to tape” interface). I have never used Premiere’s own system before. I wonder if somehow Matrox’s software/hardware circumvent Premiere somehow…