littlearrow, my problem wasnt batteries going dead on me, my problem is the camera is takin black and white pics all thetime not color, ;-( now it may be that the batteries I was using are junk LOL, so Ithink today I am going to go buy a real set of batteries and see if that makes a difference, I am havent had a chance to get out in the woods to check my pics tosee if the changes I made a diffence, i sure hope it does. I get a bunch of pictures because I have a feeder out there and the fact that I have a TON OF COOOONNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ;-( I don't like them at all LOL