Just about any camera is gone these days, just as long as it has 3 or more pixels. I have found that if you leave the batteries in the camera all the time, it eats the life out of them, even when the camera is off. I had rechargeable batteries for mine and they were always dead or close to it when I went to use the camera, so I suggest, not leaving the batteries in the camera if you're not going to use it for a while.