The review of the Canon A50 states that it uses a custum NiMH battery pack that sells for $100 with a charger. Am I correct that I must buy this expensive battery pack from Canon and can not use standard NiMH AA batteries that sell for $25 to $35 with a charger?

-- Gary Brendemuehl (gbrendemuehl@mge.com), July 08, 1999

Answers

That is true. The camera uses the 2CR5 6V Lithium battery and if you don't buy the rechargeable battery from Canon, you'll have to pay anywhere from $5-$12 for a battery which claim to last 500 shots with LCD off and 80 shots with LCD on. This is the main reason I change my order to Nikon Coolpix 700.

-- Chad Smavatkul (kf6oyk@qsl.net), July 08, 1999.

You have to buy its (CANON) battery package or lithium battery pack which sell for about $12 a pack. It last for 150 shots.

-- A.B.C (abc@abc.com), July 08, 1999.