The invention relates to the technical field of test equipment and provides a handle-type coating thickness meter which comprises a handle, a measuring end and a shooting end, wherein a data acquisition module is mounted at the measuring end; and a camera module is mounted at the shooting end and is used for taking pictures for a measured area when the data acquisition module collects data. According to the invention, a testing device can be monitored synchronously when data are tested, so that whether the position and order of testing are accurate can be known in real time, an objective and right test result can be provided for the system, and an operator is prevented from misoperation; and moreover, in the face of misoperation, investigation can be performed according to monitoring pictures, and only wrong operations need to be corrected without repeating the whole testing process. Therefore, the coating thickness meter greatly improves the testing accuracy as well as testing efficiency.