"Cliffy" wrote in message
...
I use rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in my Olympus D-560
camera. And recharge on an Energizer Class 2 charger. The batteries loose
their charge very quickly whether in or out of the camera. If I want to
use
the camera after about a week or so, batteries are gone and so are the
standby batteries. Is this normal? What can I do to have a ready camera?

here are a couple of websites if you want to read up on this topic...

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/index.htm

http://www.buchmann.ca/

cheers...MTB