Tip #4

This one is for you point and shooters. If your gonna buy a point and shoot buy one with a rechargeable battery. They may cost more but not by much, but they are going to save you money guaranteed. Point and shoot cameras drain batteries faster than you think. You will be spending money on AA's like crazy, if you take this route you will spend more money on bateries than for the camera itself. Now if you get one with a rechargeable battery great, now, there are ways to conserve battery life. Point and shoots typically have large screens that eat up battery power, now if you are constantly reviewing photos after you take them your battery life will suffer. My advice is to dim the backlight, and use that screen as little as possible. Another key factor in battery conservation is the flash, suprisingly the flash can eat up battery power. This is something you cannot avoid when shooting in dimly lit areas just make sure sure the flash is set to auto that way your camera will sense when the flash is needed and so it does not go off on every photo.