Keef, I don't know about that camera but take the gamble

Get some NiMH and a charger and try it.

Where I feel the conspiracy is is that they (ours is an Olympus) never tell you when you buy the things that you may need to invest a little more than just the camera before you have a reasonable working system.

I believe (but could be wrong) Kodak themselves have interests outside films - someone may confirm or deny this but I thought they were heavily involved in the electronics development side of these type of devices.