{"id":605,"date":"2007-01-20T00:28:07","date_gmt":"2007-01-19T22:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/archives\/605"},"modified":"2010-05-24T21:53:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T19:53:18","slug":"decisions-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/605","title":{"rendered":"Decisions Decisions&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aside from the feeling of independence, meeting people and getting out of the house, the biggest perk of working again is making money.\u00a0\u00a0 My husband and I decided that when my first paycheck comes in that I should buy myself something I really want.\u00a0 Something we wouldn&#8217;t put the money on out otherwise but can easily afford with the extra money I&#8217;m bringing in.\u00a0 Something I can oooh and aaah over that will remind me of why it&#8217;s so great to be out in the working world again.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I&#8217;ve really wanted for a while now is a new camera.\u00a0 At the moment I have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steves-digicams.com\/2004_reviews\/ex-z40.html\" target=\"_blank\">Casio Exilim EX-Z40<\/a> which is a <em>great <\/em>camera but at 4 megapixels it&#8217;s getting slightly outdated.\u00a0 It still works great but I&#8217;m craving an upgrade and I want a camera with a vari-angle LCD screen as I think this makes it much easier for taking photos other than what is right in front of you.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of research into newer cameras and I found <em>the one <\/em>or rather&#8230; two.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t decide between two cameras that are almost identical.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steves-digicams.com\/2006_reviews\/a630.html\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rating\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/blogpics\/a630.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steves-digicams.com\/2006_reviews\/a640.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rating\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/blogpics\/a640.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Canon Powershot A630 and A640.<\/p>\n<p>I CANNOT DECIDE, ARGH!!!!!<br \/>\nThe two models are identical in every way except the color (the A630 is silver and the A640 is black) and the 2 megapixel difference (the A630 has 8 megapixels and the A640 has 10 megapixels).<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the price.\u00a0 The A640 model is anywhere from 40 &#8211; 100 euros more expensive, depending on where you buy it.\u00a0 I found it in one shop yesterday for only 40 euros more expensive than the A630 model, which makes it tempting to go for the A640.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise all their stats are the same:<\/p>\n<li>4x optical 35-140mm f\/2.8-4.1 zoom, 4x digital zoom<\/li>\n<li>2.5&#8243; 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