casio z850 or canon a700?

Hi there, I realize they are different size cameras and one is 6mp (6X
zoom) and one is 8mp (3X zoom), but basically they are exactly the
same price (here in Vancouver) and both do everything we want a camera
to do (including manual f-stop and shutter). The Casio is made in
China and the Canon is made in Japan. Does that really matter? We did
have the dreaded E18 error with our previous Canon a60, so we fear
Canon a little, but we really liked how it worked and the shots were
good. soo.... any thoughts? I've read a bunch of the review sites and
just really can't decide. any help would be really great!!

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_a700.asp

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Casio/casio_exz850.asp

bob

 

and just in case anyone has some thoughts, i think we've added the
fuji f30 and the sony w100. damned decisions! ;-)

bob