The battery life on Kodaks DX 3600 is very bad. I bought this camera and found out the hard way. After only 6 pictures, the battery icon started flashing "low battery" The camera only comes with one battery pack of 2 batteries. If you want to take more than a dozen pictures, you had better have lots of charged extra batteries. My camera refused to turn on after 12 pictures. I had batteries from another Kodak camera (DC265)and those would only last 2-3 pictures and then go out. When talking to tech, he said the old "145 Ni-MH" were not good and I needed the newer "165 MiMH" which came with the camera. I am going to send the camera back.