You can use rechargeable batteries they last longer than the throw away batteries , you would charge them in a wall charger you can get the batts pretty cheap at your local shopping stores for like for 10.00 on sale and i have a cord to upload the photos to your pc or laptop and then you can upload then to listia or get a memory card reader thats what use there is one in my laptop or you can get one at the store i hope this helps