A multi-functional portable viewfinder and digital camcorder system includes a camcorder with a transceiver electrically coupled thereto, and a headset. The headset includes a base member, and a view-finding arm pivotally mated thereto. The arm includes a lens operably mated to a distal end thereof. A headset transceiver is hard-wired to the camcorder transceiver or in wireless communication therewith. A user interface is electrically coupled to the headset transceiver, and includes control buttons disposed on an outside surface of the arm. The system includes a mechanism for automatically, selectively and manually actuating the camcorder to a recording mode. A digital imaging data interface circuit is electrically coupled to each of the recording mechanisms respectively for converting the captured image into a format understood by the digital camcorder.