Canon camera and NiMH batteries

[black_lotus]

Hi,

I'm a newbie to digi-cams and I just bought a Powershot A95 and wanted to get some NiMH rechargeable batteries to go with it. In the Canon manual it says to use only Canon NiMH batteries (they also promote Panasonic ones). I wanted to make sure that this was just a stupid ploy to push for their own. Using any NiMH battery won't destroy a camera, right? Do they need to be CIPA certified.

Thanks

[Sebastian]

A NiMH battery is a NiMH battey, no matter what the name on it is.