I just opened a brand new pack of duracel AA batteries and put them in my digital camera to take some pictures of my anoles and the batteries are already completely dead.

I have rechargable batteries, but I get like 2 pictures max out of a full charge with those things.

Is there a better battery to use on digital cameras? because mine eats batteries like woah. It costs me like 6 bucks in batteries to take 10 shots with no flash.

sounds like your camera dog. is there anything that gets hot on it? I'm guessing there is a short.

the camera itself gets pretty hot after leaving it on for only a couple minutes.

then it's shorting some where

It's a pretty cheap camera, is a short even worth my concern? or is it a cheap enough fix to look into?

not if you don't mind spending $6 for 10 shots. that sounds like a not very cheap camera

use rechargable batteris mang
they have ones that charge in 15 min
is it an olympus? my olympus used to be like that

Also, try the energizer Lithiums.