Hoping someone can help. I've recently bought a new camera - *istD L2 Digital SLR. For a few weeks it has been great - However it intermittently now reports no battery installed - even when I put in brand new ones. I'm using standard AA 1.5V (Philips Powerlife). I've tried cleaning the contacts...changed the batteries around in the battery unit - and sometimes this works. However after a short while of non use it'll go back to reporting no batteries/

I've seen a few threads on this forum around battery problems with other cameras. One thread recommends not to use AA for digital cameras and to use only NiMH (?) rechargeable. Although I've heard elsewhere not to use these.

Before I go out an buy these, can someone confirm if this should solve the problem or is it something more fundamental?

Thanks in advance
Mark