Digital cameras ... your experiences please ...?

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Digital cameras ... your experiences please ...?
I would like to hear from people using digital cameras with rechargeable lithium batteries but I am concerned about their staying power .... do these allow you to have a day out and take as many pics as you want? ...... is it necessary to care a spare charged battery? ..... I am concerned because my current camera is two years old and uses normalrechargeable AAs that seldom last longer than a few pics. Your experiences please ......

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Buy the official Lithium ION battery which is usually made by the camera manufacturer, or a camera shop like Jessops will usually stock one with their own name on it for a few pounds less in my case it was the same price, so I bought the manufacturer one. You should definitely buy a spare, so you have one in the camera and one in your pocket or camera bag.brbrFrom the battery in my Nikon hybrid I get quite a long run, depending on how long I keep the camera turned on and how much I move the zoom in and out, it can range from a few hours to all day on one battery, and if I just take the occasional photo it will last me days or weeks. No problems with battery memory so far, I use the official battery charger came with my camera, not all cameras come with the charger but theres usually an official one available I would definitely recommend the manufacturers own official accessories. I rotate my batteries too one is in the camera and the other gets charged, I switch them over when the camera tells me its out of juice.brbrDigital SLRs eat batteries, my hybrid is pretty good