The goal of model updating is to obtain an improved numerical model capable of accurately reproducing the response of a real structure. Vibration measurement using a high-speed camera is one of the developing alternatives to the classic approach of measuring with accelerometers. Selected methods of model updating were theoretically presented and evaluated on the basis of synthetic experiments and a simple real experiment, which also served to compare measurements with an accelerometer and measurements with a high-speed camera. The latter proved to be promising and with the potential advantages with more complex structures.