If you’ve ever attended an Indian wedding, you know it’s not an event, it’s a living, breathing organism. It starts quietly, almost shyly, with a mehendi here and a haldi there. A groom standing regally on stage can be interrupted by a cousin pulling him into a dance. Before you know it, you’re caught in a multi-day tidal wave of music, food, rituals, and emotion.
Every corner hides a story: a grandmother’s teary-eyed blessing, a child hiding under the buffet table, a friend doing their best (and worst) dance moves. These moments don’t repeat themselves, and the cruel truth is, the more you try to frame them with a camera, the more you risk missing them, and there’s no retake.
The vivo V60 is designed for exactly that: to make sure you live the moment and still take it home with you. On paper, it’s a flagship-level camera system dressed in an ultra-slim body, but in practice, it’s like carrying a DSLR in your pocket that just happens to make calls and run Instagram.
The star of the V60 show is undoubtedly its 50MP Sony IMX882 periscope telephoto camera, which is the same sensor vivo uses in its flagship X200. Paired with ZEISS optics, it gives you 3x optical zoom for everyday portraits and an impressive 10x Telephoto Stage Portrait mode that shines, capturing the couple on stage without blocking guests’ views.
In a 100mm shot of the bride and groom seated under an ornate floral arch, fine details in the lehenga embroidery and sherwani patterns remain sharp. The Stage Portrait mode locks focus on faces, while the background melts away just enough to keep the scene natural. Switching to an 85mm focal length, you can capture a full-length view of the groom without crowding the stage, still maintaining that subject-first look.
Another 100mm standout portrait of the bride and groom mid-conversation, viewed through a stray flower garland in the foreground, shows how the mode handles depth: a soft, dreamy blur in front, tack-sharp detail on expressions and attire behind. The V60’s OIS keeps the telephoto shots steady even at 1/254s, ensuring every bead and thread stays crisp.
It’s the kind of reach you usually need a chunky DSLR-and-lens combo to achieve. And because it’s a periscope lens with a new M-shaped light path, this phone stays slim enough to slip into your sherwani pocket without bulking up.
If telephoto is about reach, the V60’s ZEISS Multifocal Portrait suite is less about filters and more about storytelling. The V60 doesn’t just blur the background, it chooses the blur’s character.
With ZEISS Multifocal Portrait styles, you can pick from cinematic hexagons (Distagon), retro triangular flares (B-Speed), creamy swirls (Biotar), or the soft platinum tones of Planar, all signature lens styles used by cinematographers for decades.
latform is isolated beautifully, with the Distagon style turning background lights into neat hexagonal flares. The colours, from vivid waistcoats to reflective décor, stay accurate thanks to vivo’s VCS Bionic Spectrum technology, which boosts dynamic range and keeps noise low in tricky mixed lighting.
At 85mm, the ZEISS Sonnar style captures the bride’s marigold jewellery and intricate beadwork with a creamy, soft bokeh that flatters skin tones while preserving every fine detail. The blue–yellow cinematic film tone adds depth and contrast, giving the portrait a vivid yet natural feel.
Switching to the 100mm Planar style, the tones shifted to a subtler, almost platinum wash, the details in her eyes and fabric edges became impossibly crisp, and those delicate, leaf-like flares in the blur gave the shot a quiet elegance that felt intimate without looking staged.
What’s striking here is how the Sony IMX766 main sensor handled mixed lighting. We had daylight filtering through trees, creating these beautiful bokehs, reflective gold props, and shaded seating. Yet the tones stayed balanced without the groom’s white kurta looking blown out.
For Indian weddings, where clothing textures, jewellery glints, and floral backdrops are part of the story, accurate colour and warmth are essential. The V60’s Wedding Style Portrait Studio adjusts warmth, vibrance, and focus for local lighting conditions.
In 85mm Haldi shots of the bride in a yellow lehenga with marigold jewellery, bright yellows remain vibrant without oversaturation, while skin tones appear natural and the groom’s white attire stays crisp. Even the gold seating and green backdrops are individually distinguishable, with no colour bleed.
The 16mm ultra-wide shot of the Haldi venue captures the draped canopy, floral garlands, and symmetrical décor, proving the V60 can get both scale and colour balance right straight out of the camera.
Every wedding photographer has a love-hate relationship with low light. It’s romantic and atmospheric, until you try to shoot it. The V60’s Super Night Vision mode, powered by the 50MP Sony IMX766 main camera, tackles this head-on.
That 1/1.56-inch ultra-sensitive sensor pulls in more light without blowing out highlights, while vivo’s VCS (Camera Bionic Spectrum) technology and AI scene optimisation ensure the colours you see are the colours you get. You can photograph a bride under fairy lights and still see the embroidery details in her lehenga without her face turning into a blur.
And because optical image stabilisation (OIS) is standard on both the main and telephoto cameras, you’re not punished for shooting handheld in low light.
Weddings aren’t just about the couple, they’re about the crowd, too. The V60’s 50MP ZEISS Group Selfie Camera has a 92° field of view and autofocus, meaning you can fit more people in without anyone doing the awkward lean-in. It’s especially useful when you’re trying to get the whole extended family into one frame without cutting off that one uncle.
Photos capture the stillness of a moment, but video keeps the life in it. With the V60’s Wedding Vlog Mode, you don’t need to spend hours in editing apps to stitch together a sangeet highlight reel. You shoot your clips, and the V60 does the cuts, the music, the pacing.
Both the front and rear cameras record in 4K, so you can go from shooting the groom’s entry on the rear telephoto to flipping the phone around for a group selfie with friends, all without losing clarity.
And because vivo’s Studio Quality Aura Light is on board, low-light video doesn’t have to mean grainy footage. It’s especially handy for dim indoor moments where emotional expressions matter more than cinematic lighting.
An Indian wedding isn’t a sprint; it’s a marathon, and through it all, the 6500mAh battery was the silent hero. It gives you the mindspace to start with the morning haldi, shoot all day, and still have power left to film the afterparty. And if you do run low, 90W FlashCharge gets you hours of shooting time from just a few minutes plugged in.
And despite the massive battery, it’s India’s slimmest smartphone in its class, with a 0.75cm profile and quad-curved display that feels luxurious in hand. Durability is also baked in. With IP68/IP69 dust and water resistance and Schott’s toughest glass in the V series, you don’t have to panic if someone spills a drink or if the baraat dances through an unexpected drizzle.
The V60’s three colours aren’t just cosmetic, they carry cultural weight. The Auspicious Gold symbolises prosperity and good fortune, a nod to traditional Indian wedding hues. The Moonlit Blue reflects the serenity of nighttime vows, inspired by the idea of the universe witnessing the union, and the Mist Gray’s quiet elegance is for those who want subtlety.
The vivo V60 isn’t just another mid-premium smartphone with a good camera. It’s a camera-first device that happens to be a great smartphone. From 100mm telephoto stage portraits to ultra-wide venue shots, it handles the full spectrum of wedding moments with clarity, colour accuracy, and stylistic depth.
At a wedding, where moments are fleeting, light is unpredictable, and emotions are high, these strengths matter. Whether you’re in front of the mandap or at the back of the crowd, the V60 gives you the shot, and that’s what counts.
The vivo V60 5G starts at Rs 36,999 for 8GB+128GB, Rs 38,999 for 8GB+256GB, and Rs 45,999 for 16GB+512GB. Buyers can also get Rs 3,000 off via select bank offers. It’s available from August 19 on vivo’s e-store, Flipkart, and partner retail outlets, in Auspicious Gold, Moonlit Blue, and Mist Gray finishes.
