Video camera suitable for a wedding

Beans on toast Dave · 14 Jan 2025 at 07:36

friend of mine asked what i reccomended for a video camera suitable for a wedding as i readlly dont have a clue where to start these days i thought i would ask on here

must be under £500 and easy to use,

any idea what to suggest?

mid_gen · 14 Jan 2025 at 12:02

Lacking anyone with a clue to operate it, then a decent smartphone mounted on a tripod is probably as good any anything. Most SLRs will take really good video these days but the chances of ******ing it up are quite high if you don't know what you're doing.

Raymond Lin · 14 Jan 2025 at 12:12

A recent Phone (great digital stablisation) or a DJI Osmo Pocket 3 with the extra battery and lots of memory cards.

The hardest thing with video is focus and wobble. A "normal" camera would not be good and will show up how bad the person using it is.

Ryan-3 · 14 Jan 2025 at 12:25

Something point and go will be the best option. I'd follow on from Raymond with suggesting a DJI Osmo. Means everyone can have a go of doing it.

Beans on toast Dave · 14 Jan 2025 at 13:22

thanks for the sugesstions, will forward them on, do like the idea of the dji osmo though

BS Dave · 14 Jan 2025 at 19:52

Not sure about the new osmos but the old one I used used a phone as a viewfinder, make sure you have a quick phone charger with you too...

Manbatius · 14 Jan 2025 at 19:57

We did this for ours, while video is good the audio is mostly silent. Used a proper video camera, this was 2015 though.
What saved us is we had two people recording, typically one has the better picture/direction, the other better audio hah.

I would probably have two people doing it if inexperienced, phones on tripods or the osmo (or mix and match)

Donnie Fisher · 14 Jan 2025 at 22:52

I'd advise you don't get involved in taking the actual video ... singularly the best way to ruin your enjoyment of the day if you're a guest and expected to produce something at the end of it. The DJI osmo is probably as good as anything.

Or an insta360 4x ... then it wont matter where you point it !

Raymond Lin · 15 Jan 2025 at 10:52

DJI sells a wireless mic that connects to the Osmo pocket seamlessly for about £100 if you need audio. But this will only be needed during the ceremony and speeches. The person filming will need to remember to clip them on the person speaking before the event and remember to remove it after.