I did double duty once, and my arms were tired. I vote camera, it's lighter to carry around the parks and you use that more than the video camera. Last year I did buy a disposable video camera at CVS, it was the size of a regular digital camera, cost about $30. It took either 30 or 60 minutes of video. I did manage to film my DS in Jedi training and snap photos with the digital camera at the same time without too much trouble. Then you return the camera to CVS and they process it and make a DVD for you at a small fee.