I just got my camera yesterday and it came with batteries. it kept saying low battery so i put new batteries in it and it keeps saying low batteries. they are the right batteries that the booklet said, what do i do? is it the batteries or the camera?

The main complaint against compact digital cameras used to be battery life. This was in the days when a 4 or 6MP would have been top-of-the-range.
The life of standard zinc-carbon batteries could be measured in minutes rather than hours and decent alkaline batteries might last the duration of a wedding but might not.

Manufacturers rushed to produce better batteries to meet the booming new market and the camera manufacturers began fitting rechargeable lithium batteries as standard in basic and lower cost cameras and with further developments in technology batteries now last much longer.
Leaving the batteries fitted into the camera when it wasn't being used didn't help much as the circuitry had to be kept alive to retain the settings.

Your camera might have a fault causing the batteries to discharge quickly but if it is working ok, probably not. If you have long experience with your camera and it has suddenly started costing lots of batteries it might be a good idea to update it. It has certainly been many years since Kodak cameras had the reputation for quality...

Meanwhile I suggest you use only high-capacity lithium batteries and remove them when the camera is not going to be used for a while.

You don't say what camera you have, so I am assuming that it is one that uses AA batteries.

You need to use good batteries, alkaline at least, but high capacity NiMH rechargeables are better. Zinc batteries are not up to the task and will probably read low from new (and not last long).

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1. clean and adjust the springs in the battery compartment
2. use the right batteries, alkaline or NiMH, etc.

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Why my camera keeps saying ‘change battery’ even with new batteries?

you need a better batteries, ones with higher amber rate.

You might want to try cleaning the battery contacts in the camera. I usually use a q-tip and rubbing alcohol (not too much, just moisten the tip a little). After doing so, blow in to the camera a couple of times to remove any leftover q-tip fibers and/or alcohol. This happens to me all of the time - the contacts can get a little corrosion/patina on them (even new after manufacturing and storage) that is hardly visible. Good luck.

Check that you are using the correct type of batteries and that they are rechageable as i found i had a similer problem when using just normal non recargeable

i had a similar problem...my lense woudnt go back in either, but it kept saying low battery and bleeping. I realised that my lense was stuck skwint, and that was what was causing the problem, once i straigtend up my lense it folded bak into the camera and worked fine wen i turned my camera on :D

Try Eneloop batteries from Sanyo. They have the higher voltage needed. AND that voltage doesn't sag under the initial startup load.

It is possible that the batteries are dead (they might be faulty or too old) even when they are out of the package, though unlikely. Try another set of batteries, and if these don't work, you'll probably have to send it for a checkup.