Get a Cudedeback. It takes four D batteries, and they will last a long time, they will last over a month easily, I usually get about 3 months out a set of batteries, and it stays out all the time. Get yourself a 1Gb card, and it will hold about 1,000 pics or so, and I think you can even get a 2Gb card if you wanted. They take the compact flash type media card, and take great pics.