My almost 6 year Nikon Coolpix 2500 has some batteries that are about ready to crap out on me. Should I finally use this as an excuse to upgrade to something new, or should I spend the $15 or what ever the replacement batteries are going for, and risk getting something inferior and might last me a year. The pictures are also not coming out as good as I would like them to be, that may be due to the many times I have dropped the camera

I was thinking about getting a Panasonic DMC-LZ5, which is about the closest thing to owning a Leica I will have . Costco has them for $249 right now...

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2018 Subaru Crosstrek (Mine)
2019 Subaru Outback (Wife's)
1979 300CD (sold)