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WEDDING CAMCORDER RENTAL · EST. MMXXVI

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STUDIO EDIT INCLUDED

Wedding Camcorder Rental Kit+ a personal short film, cut by our editors.

Rent a Sony 4K UHD wedding camcorder for the weekend, hand it to your loved ones, and we'll cut their footage into a six-minute personal short film. From $459 — a real alternative to hiring a videographer.

A Sony 4K Handycam, shipped to your door. Your people press record. Our studio cuts the film.

A studio kit. Filmed by your people. Cut by ours.

ON THE FORMAT · FROM THE WEDDING DESK

A Gen Z wedding rebellion.

VOGUE · 2025

The camcorder is back on the dance floor.

THE NEW YORK TIMES · 2025

Among the most influential 2026 wedding trends.

MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS · 2026

I · THE LINEUP

Five kits. One philosophy.

Pick by camera count, edit length, and whether you want the bach weekend rolled in. All kits ship with prepaid return labels.

KIT N° 01

The Single

One camera. The whole weekend. The candid cut.

USD$729
rental7 days
cameras
1
footage
up to 8 hours
edit
3–5 min edited film
  • Sony UHD 4K Handycam · broadcast video on a wedding budget
  • A 3–5 min personal cut, hand-edited by our studio
  • Every raw clip returned · tagged, trimmed, organised by hour
  • Three pre-charged batteries · runs an 8-hour day without a swap
  • One 256 GB SDXC card · holds the whole weekend at 4K
  • A 12-shot wedding cheat-sheet, printed on cardstock
  • On-camera labels in Plex Mono · no manual required
  • Tan canvas carry-on · monogram optional
  • UPS, prepaid in both directions
✕ ship the single

KIT N° 02

The Double

Two cameras. Both vantages. The full weekend.

USD$989
rental7 days
cameras
2
footage
up to 16 hours
edit
5–7 min edited film
  • Two Sony UHD 4K Handycams · close + wide, your call
  • A 5–7 min personal cut, hand-edited by our studio
  • Every raw clip from both cameras · tagged & organised
  • Six pre-charged batteries · 16 hours of headroom
  • Two 256 GB SDXC cards · one per camera
  • A 12-shot wedding cheat-sheet, printed on cardstock
  • On-camera labels in Plex Mono · no manual required
  • Two tan canvas carry-ons
  • UPS, prepaid in both directions
✕ ship the double

KIT N° 03

The Long Weekend

From the bachelor weekend through the vows.

USD$989
rental14 days
cameras
1
footage
up to 8 hours · across both events
edit
3–5 min edited film
  • Sony UHD 4K Handycam · broadcast video on a wedding budget
  • A 3–5 min personal cut · woven from both weekends
  • Covers the bachelor / bachelorette weekend AND the wedding
  • Every raw clip returned · tagged, trimmed, organised by hour
  • Three pre-charged batteries, charger included
  • One 256 GB SDXC card · holds both events at 4K
  • A 12-shot wedding cheat-sheet, printed on cardstock
  • Tan canvas carry-on · monogram optional
  • UPS, prepaid in both directions
✕ ship the long weekend

KIT N° 04

The Long Weekend · Double

Two cameras across two weekends. The longest cut.

USD$1,249
rental14 days
cameras
2
footage
up to 16 hours · across both events
edit
5–7 min edited film
  • Two Sony UHD 4K Handycams · close + wide, your call
  • A 5–7 min personal cut · woven from both weekends
  • Covers the bachelor / bachelorette weekend AND the wedding
  • Every raw clip from both cameras · tagged & organised
  • Six pre-charged batteries · 16 hours of headroom
  • Two 256 GB SDXC cards · one per camera
  • A 12-shot wedding cheat-sheet, printed on cardstock
  • Two tan canvas carry-ons
  • UPS, prepaid in both directions
✕ ship the long weekend · double

KIT N° 05

The Toast

A video guest book. Toasts, hugs, and unscripted love notes.

USD$459
rental7 days
cameras
1
footage
up to 8 hours of guest interviews
edit
Raw footage only — no edit
  • Sony UHD 4K Handycam, set up for a guest-book table
  • A small Sony tripod · sits the camera at face height
  • Every guest interview returned · raw, organised by hour
  • Three pre-charged batteries, charger included
  • One 256 GB SDXC card
  • Printed prompt cards · on-camera labels in Plex Mono
  • Tan canvas carry-on
  • UPS, prepaid in both directions

No edited film included — just the raw interviews, organised and returned. Add the edit à la carte if you want it cut later.

✕ ship the toast

II · ON THE SIDE

Add-ons.

Stack onto any kit at checkout.

Guest Media Collection

+$249 per wedding

Pre-designed, print-ready QR cards your guests scan to upload phone photos and 60-second video messages into a private gallery — every angle your camera couldn't be at. No app for guests. No design work for you. Add to any kit.

Tall Tripod Rental

+$30 per rental

Sony VCT-R100 full-height tripod — for wide ceremony shots, steady dance floors, and seated interview setups.

Mini Microphone Rental

+$50 per rental

Clip-on lavalier microphone — captures vows and toasts in broadcast-clean audio, even from across the aisle.

Additional Rental Days

+$25 per day

For destination weddings and long celebrations. Extends your rental window from the bach through your return travel.

III · HOW IT WORKS

How it works.

Six steps. From the order to the delivery.

  1. I.

    Choose your kit

    One screen. No discovery call, no deposit, no waiting. Pick a kit, pick your wedding date, agree to the rental terms — three pages, plain English — and you're booked.

  2. II.

    The box arrives

    UPS, three to four days before the wedding. A Sony Handycam, three pre-charged batteries, a 256 GB card, your printed shot list, and a typed welcome letter from our studio.

  3. III.

    Hand it to a cousin

    Bridesmaids. Groomsmen. The cousin who notices everything. Up to sixteen hours of 4K — anyone can use it.

  4. IV.

    Drop it back at UPS

    Within seventy-two hours of the last toast. Original box, prepaid label inside. That's the entire return logistics.

  5. V.

    The cut begins

    Two to three weeks in, every raw clip returns to you — already tagged, trimmed, and organised by hour. The edit starts the same week.

  6. VI.

    The film arrives

    Five to seven weeks from your wedding. A three-to-seven minute personal film, scored, colour-graded, hand-cut by the same editors who cut our feature commissions.

IV · REVIEWS

FROM SHUTTER & SOUND'S COUPLES · 5.0★ AVG · 300+ REVIEWS

The Kit is new. Shutter & Sound is not. Here's what couples have written about the studio that built it.

I was unsure if I wanted a wedding video due to cost — but let me tell you, IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY. The video was better than I could have imagined.

Emily O.

Shutter & Sound · client review

We have watched it a million times and feel like we were legit in a Hollywood movie. BEST MONEY EVER SPENT. Would give 1000 stars if I could.

Jon O.

Shutter & Sound · client review

Our wedding film is a masterpiece. They wove together every funny, intimate, and meaningful moment. We laughed and cried all over again.

Katherine B.

Shutter & Sound · client review

Edited and shot like a real movie. Our friends and family didn't even know we had a videographer because they blend in like wedding guests.

Allie B.

Shutter & Sound · client review

If you are looking for the best wedding videographer in the US — stop looking. You just found it.

Leah M.

Shutter & Sound · client review

Best wedding vendor decision we made. They worked extremely well with our photographer and were great under timeline changes.

Yazzmyne L.

Shutter & Sound · client review

V · COMMON Q'S

Six honest answers.

  1. 01.

    QUESTION

    Is this the same studio that makes the cinematic commission films?

    ANSWER

    Yes. The Kit is the budget-conscious counterpart to Shutter & Sound's full commissions. Same editors, same colour palette, same music supervision — just filmed by your people instead of ours.

  2. 02.

    QUESTION

    Do I need video experience to use it?

    ANSWER

    None. The Handycam has Plex Mono labels on every button. A two-minute test run the day before is all anyone needs. Most of our couples hand it to a cousin with an iPhone-camera instinct and the footage looks beautiful.

  3. 03.

    QUESTION

    When will I receive the edited film?

    ANSWER

    Organised raw footage, two to three weeks after the wedding. Edited film, five to seven weeks after the wedding. Same editing cadence as our commissions.

  4. 04.

    QUESTION

    What if the camera breaks or is lost?

    ANSWER

    While the Kit is in your possession, you're responsible for it — same as any rental. Real talk: drops happen, drinks spill, things get loaded into Ubers. At checkout we offer an optional Damage Waiver ($59) that caps your liability at zero for accidental damage and loss. Without it, the card on file may be charged for repair (up to $700 typical) or replacement value (the camera is ~$1,400) per our rental agreement. Transit damage on the way to or from you is on us.

  5. 05.

    QUESTION

    Can I upgrade to a full commission later?

    ANSWER

    Yes. The Kit credit applies in full toward any Shutter & Sound commission upgrade. The raw footage you capture stays with you either way.

  6. 06.

    QUESTION

    How does shipping work?

    ANSWER

    UPS, prepaid in both directions. Kit arrives three to four days before the wedding. You drop it back at any UPS counter within seventy-two hours of your last toast, by the end of your rental window.

VI · THE FULL CINEMA

Want the full thing?

The Kit is candid, scrappy, beloved — filmed by the people who already know you. The full commissions are something else entirely. A two-camera crew. A feature film. The full editorial cinema.

Kit credit applies in full toward any commission upgrade.

01

The Preview

a short film. uncomplicated, clean, quiet.

from $2,900

02 · MOST CHOSEN

The Short

two hands, the full day, an edited short.

from $4,000

03

The Feature

a feature film, hand-cut, the full commission.

from $4,600

✕ browse the commissions

…or stay with the kit ↓

✕ ready when you are

Ship the Kit.

No discovery call. No deposit. Pay, agree to the rental terms, press record, ship it back.

✕ start with The Single · $729