In about 1 week's time I will be buying a new camera, and I want it to be a good one. I'm tired of my pocket camera being washed out or too dark or just too noisy.

For a lont time I've had my heart set on the Canon SX50 HS. Although it's a 1/2.3 sensor it has a 50x optical zoom (yes, 50 times optical, up to 200x digital). It has good reviews and great iso for a sensor that size, and I do a lot of wildlife photography so the zoom would be really helpful. Along with the 24-1200mm range, it does macro, 120fps video, and can shoot in raw.

On the other hand, I've recently been casting furtive glances at DSLRs. There's no way I could get as much zoom, but the pictures they take are just in a different league. The Pentax K-30 looks really nice, with one of the best APS-C sensors in its class. I like the idea of an all-in-one lens, such as Sigma's 18-250mm macro, or Pentax's own 18-270, but I cant easily tell how compromised the image is from trying to fit such a range into something so small.
I just don't know what to get!