also see www.dpreview.com for digital camera info.

You'd be best to use NiMH's (typically 1600-2300 mA-hr in AA these days) and
a good inteligent charger and charge as slowly as practical (4-6 hrs vs. 1-2
hrs), as Alklines, while rated at 2400-2800 mA-hr (all at 10 hour rate???),
have higher internal impedence so run hotter and do not last nearly as long
as the NiMH's, not to mention you must throw them out vs. charge them.
Alternately look at cameras using propriatary Li-Ion batteries.

"Thor" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 21:44:38 GMT, "Len Turnbow"

wrote:

(...)
there was thread here about battery life, and some of the new
technology
wrt digital cameras (eating AA Alkalines). i got suckered into
buying
another camera, and guess what, it really EATS AA'a, changing
batteries
would be a full time job.

the previous owner said he used 1600mah NMiH rechargeables and got
50-60 shots, some w/flash, some without the lcd on, but was generally
happy.

Question: before i even think about buying into an expensive set up
for only occaisional use, i need to know what is the actual capacity
of
the current crop of AA Alkaline battery. googling now, but find
nothing
beyond suggested uses on manufacturers sites.

Thanks! --Loren

Maybe you could check out rechargables?
http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM

--Len

Also look at http://www.hosfelt.com/
They have higher capacity Ni-MH batteries in their printed catalog but not
shown
on the web page. Avoid quick chargers like the plague!

Thor