> It [the G1] doesnt come with batteries and an external charger? Battery (one), yes. External charger, no - you charge the battery in-camera.
I found that far too restrictive, so I purchased a second battery (around $60) and the external charger ($160, including car adapter). I suspect prices have come down a bit since then, but that's what I had to pay at the time (nobody except Canon USA had the charger in stock, so I had to pay list price, not discount street price). Best-quality JPEG images tend to be around 1.25 - 1.5MB, so I get 180 or so on a 256MB card. With fairly heavy use of the LCD I can use up a battery before I fill up the card; leave the LCD off most of the time and I can easily fill two 256MB cards on a single charge (in each case shooting over a two to three hour period).
