About 51 pictures. From a Kodak Lithium NON rechargeable battery. The camera lacks a low battery indicator. When its little microprocessor thinks the battery is low, it just shuts down. Lens retracts, power LED goes out. Acts just like the camera is broken, except it will come back to life when you replace the dead battery with a charged one.
Staples wants $30 for a Kodak rechargeable lithium battery and $40 for the Kodak charger. I'm going to try the net, see if I can get something cheaper, even if it isn't Kodak.
So, battery options are
1. Kodak NON rechargeable CVR3 Lithium two cell pack $?? (ten maybe?)
2. Rechargeable Lithium plus charger $35 off the net?
3. Plain Alkaline AA cells. Just tried a pair. The camera does power up. I'd expect life to be half that of Lithium, so it will cost about 10 cents a picture.
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