We have the Olympus too and have been very happy with it. I don't know if all of the digital cameras use regular AA batteries or not, but this one does. Our "regular" camera used a special battery that was very expensive.
My Olympus uses rechargeable nimh batteries. Works very well - what a bargain! It also can use two different memory cards, a compact flash and a smart card, so I fill one, then switch to the other instantly.
