The digital cameras have indeed made life easier and more exciting for many people who love to document life's precious moments with photos.
With this advanced photographic device, you can just click away as often as you like with less effort.
No more film to use, no need to manually adjust the focus and wait for an hour to have your photos printed.
Best of all, printing photos has now become cheaper.
But aside from just considering the personal benefits these digital cameras bring to consumers, using this electronic device is helpful to the environment as well.
Experts agree that this advanced form of camera plays a vital role in preserving Mother Nature unlike the destructive effects of film cameras in the past.
Unknown to many consumers, the use of film had a negative effect on the environment.
While it may not be your camera that contributed to the degradation of the ecosystem, it's the film processing that had a lot to do with it.
As films are being processed, chemicals such as the developer and fixer solutions are used to create the photos and after that, they need to be disposed.
But even though they may be discarded in the most proper way, they can still harm the environment in more ways than one.
Film developers are required to strictly adhere to the environmental laws on the proper disposal of the chemicals they use in their photo printing business.
Environmental protection standards call for them to dispose of all used chemicals in the most proper way that won't cause much harm to the ecosystem.
Unfortunately, not all companies follow the law and so while some may be diligent in their duties, the others involved in film processing can just release their chemicals directly to the environment.
What happens then when companies just pour those harmful chemicals down the drain? There's definitely a chance that these solutions can enter the water resources including the rivers and pollute them.
Thankfully, the digital cameras are here today and pollution from photo printing is no longer a major issue.
As inkjet ink is what's being used these days, there's no likelihood of chemicals polluting the water resources.
They're just not ideal to be touched when wet, though, as they can enter the skin and cause adverse reactions in the body.
Another environmental benefit worth noting is the reduction in paper use.
Most people today save their digital images in CDs, DVDs, in their computer, online albums and social media.
In short, they see no need to print all of the photos they've taken using their digital cameras.
They can just choose to print and keep in a physical photo album or send to friends and relatives.
And so as less paper is used, it means less number of trees will be cut down and less fuel will be used to produce and transport the paper.
Some of you may also ask about the batteries used in digital cameras.
Not much of a problem for the experts because the trend now is using the rechargeable types.
As less alkaline batteries get used nowadays, the landfills won't be accommodating much of these moving into the future.