The invention relates to a lifting type hand-operated rocker arm device for a video camera, comprising a video camera, a rocker arm device and a controller device, wherein the rocker arm device comprises a device head on which a handle and a mandrel are fixed, a rotary forearm, a rotary arm mandrel, a rotary arm in which a piston-type cylinder is fixed, decoration covers of the rotary arm, a smallplumbing arm, a horizontal rotary arm, a plumbing arm mandrel, an upright arm and an installation rack; one end of the rotary forearm is connected with the device head by the mandrel, the other end of the rotary forearm is connected with one end of the rotary arm by the rotary arm mandrel, and the other end of the rotary arm is connected with one end of the horizontal rotary arm by the small plumbing arm; and the other end of the horizontal rotary arm is connected with one end of the upright arm by the plumbing arm mandrel, the other end of the upright arm is fixed with the installation rack,and the decoration covers of the rotary arm are respectively fixed on both sides of the rotary arm. The lifting type hand-operated rocker arm device has the benefits that the problem of space occupancy of equipment is solved, operation and maintenance are simple, and the disadvantage that the image quality is poor as previous recording units can not better record the existing poor light ray effect in real time is solved.