There's a new type of rechargable batteries available around town.. Ok.. they've been around for a few months but I haven't gotten around to talking about them since well I only recently gotten a pair myself and they needed some time to prove their worth to me. I guess the best way to call them are.. 2nd generation Ni-Mh rechargable batteries?

You must have seen these on the shelf before, marketed as the Uniross Hybrio, or the Sanyo Enerloop. The easiest way to identify these new generation rechargable batteries is that they always market themselves as ready to use after purchase and there's no need to perform an initial charge.

The main appeal about these batteries is that, they are able to hold their charge for a long time. And thus make them very good candidates for digital cameras since you don't use them all the time, but you wouldn't want to be in a situation where it's time to take a picture but your batteries had already discharged themselves.

One disadvantage is that the capacity of the battery is lower than current, seems to be 2000mAh compared to the 2800mAh that you get with normal batteries.

Definetly recommended if your camera uses AA batteries and you don't use it that often.