--because an DSLR is likely to give you the good results that you're looking for...but you may quickly tire of all the other qualities associated with owning/using one.
I had to go down the SLR path three times to convince myself just how much I hated the hassle of heavy lenses, dust on the sensor, LOUD shutter slap, and the high price of equipment. I wasn't totally amazed with image quality either...especially all the time required in PS to tweek the images. It quickly became quite a boar.
I'll stick with the FZ50. But Stujoe is right...now you can have the best of both worlds. Nothing wrong with different tools for different jobs.
-Kurt Horsley
dSLRs definitely aren't for everyone. That is why, even though you would have to pry my D50 from my cold, dead hands, I recommend the FZ series to a lot of people. And, although I have never used it, I have seen enough photos to know that right now the FZ50 is about as close as you can get without becoming one of the dreaded 'Them'.
I find this forum to be the friendliest of them all and have made a connection with many in this group. I am not going anywhere.