I have been using a Kodak, can't recall the model off the top of my ahead for about 2 years. It was using batteries up pretty fast until I began plugging the camera into a power unit when pictures were being transferredd. Since then, a lot fewer batteries. As for the card vs floppy disks you have to decide what is important. With the floppys you can view, change, print from most photo programs and on any computer that's handy. But you will only get four or five photos per disc. You will need lots of floppies. With the card, depending upon size and resolution you choose, you can get up to 40 or more photos. As as been said, you can view and edit out shots you do not want to keep. You are limited to transferring photos to a computer with compatible software. We keep our camera wires plugged in all the time and it is a simple matter of hooking to the camera and downloading. The higher the resolution the slower the download and many times the printed product is not much better for the higher resolutions, on our camera at least. When I began shopping for the camera I had intended to find one that used floppy discs, but got a good price on the one we chose and have been quite happy with what we have. One other consideration is that the higher the pixels the better quality photo, but also a much longer download time is required. One has to pick based upon what is most important.