I understand you Jeff, your 100% right! What I'm trying to get at is that the better quality pictures your camera takes the more the battery's will get used up. Thats why the cudde's battery's don't usually last as long as the Moultre's battery's. Some have told me that the Moultre's don't do very well in the cold weather at all. The Moultre I'm sure is an excellent camera for what it cost, no dought I'm sure!