There's a really good battery shootout here:

http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM

It popped up on http://www.arstechnica.com a while back.

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Michael Vieths
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On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Jim Crumley wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:00:38PM -0500, Chuck Cole wrote:
> > You probably will get better lifetime and better cost from good throw-away
> > batteries like Duracells.  Rechargeable would be a real nuisance for me on a
> > vacation trip.
> 
> Huh? Have you tried rechargeable batteries lately? Sure you
> probably get lifetime out quality disposable batteries than
> lower end rechargeables, but metal-based rechargeables last
> _longer_ in digital cameras and the like [1]. 
> 
> As for price, even alkaline rechargeables end up being a win
> in the long run. I get lifetimes only a little worse than high
> quality disposable batteries (and better than cheap disposables) 
> from rechargeable alkalines, I get at least 20 charges out of
> them, and the price is only twice that of high quality disposable
> batteries.
> 
>   1. http://www.greenbatteries.com/documents/battery_myths.htm
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