On 30 May 2004 06:58:16 -0700, (Jason
Ducharme) wrote:

Hi,

I am currently in South Korea and have been looking for rechargeable
alkaline batteries for my digital camera. It's an HP 620 and is
supposed to run on 4 x AA Alkaline batteries. Back in North America I
was using rechargeable alkaline batteries that I bought at Walmart,
but I can't find these anywhere over here.

I have, however, found rechargeable AA NiCD and NiMH batteries. Is it
ok to go ahead and use these in place of the alkalines, or will this
damage my camera?

Thanks in advance,

Jason Ducharme

Rechargeable alkalines are manufactured and sold in Korea under
the Alcava brand but the packaging may be all in Korean (can't
remember). They are found in all hypermarkets, department stores
and most convenience stores.

As others have suggested NiMh are the way to go but if the camera
shuts off too soon because of the lower NiMh voltage no harm done.
Try brand manufacturers like Panasonic, Sanyo etc.