DSLR Video Cameras- upgrade from GOPRO

[Frank Discussion]

Despite having no clue about photography I purchased a GOPRO Hero 4 and trained myself up to use the thing and am doing pretty good even if I do say so myself. I've been able to create some cool little clips of family holidays and the like with surf/snow footage and have got to the level where other people who know nothing about photography are highly impressed.

The go-pro is a great little device, and is super versatile but it does have it's drawbacks- namely:

-It's absolutely shithouse in low-light settings and no amount of fiddling with the set up helps.
- No zoom.
- Washed out colour in any setting other than full sun(I believe this has something to do with the sensor they use)

So I was thinking of buying a DSLR for making vids but I have no clue where to start and the options are enormous.

Any help? I want to shoot outdoorsy action stuff like surfing and travel and just generally fun times. I have a budget of about a grand.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

For a grand? You'd be flat out getting a DSLR and one lens.

If you want to do surfing and the like, you'd need a case for it, and this will run into hundreds more, thousands for a good one. It will also be quite heavy and impractical for easy use and handling.

Perhaps something smaller might be the go?

I've seen these used:
http://shop.panasonic.com/cameras-a...ries/camera-cases-bags-straps/DMW-MCTZ20.html
It goes with this camera:

https://www.cnet.com/au/products/panasonic-lumix-dmc-tz7/review/

It produces reasonable results, but the sensor is smallish like a go-pro, but it's muuuuuch cheaper than an SLR and would meet your budget easily. A second hand kit might get picked up on ebay for a few hundred.

 

[Frank Discussion]

Cheers mate!

 

[Frank Discussion]

For a grand? You'd be flat out getting a DSLR and one lens.

If you want to do surfing and the like, you'd need a case for it, and this will run into hundreds more, thousands for a good one. It will also be quite heavy and impractical for easy use and handling.

Perhaps something smaller might be the go?

I've seen these used:
http://shop.panasonic.com/cameras-a...ries/camera-cases-bags-straps/DMW-MCTZ20.html
It goes with this camera:

https://www.cnet.com/au/products/panasonic-lumix-dmc-tz7/review/

It produces reasonable results, but the sensor is smallish like a go-pro, but it's muuuuuch cheaper than an SLR and would meet your budget easily. A second hand kit might get picked up on ebay for a few hundred.

I should have clarified I would not want to take this in the water. GoPro does that fine...

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

I should have clarified I would not want to take this in the water. GoPro does that fine...

Since you're still an admitted beginner, something like a canon g9x would be a very solid starting point. Avoid the lens envy game, solid sensor size, easy to use.
A friend who is an avid photographer has one, and she's happier with it than the DSLR she has tbh.