1. Better Macro Images: Digital cameras are better than their film counterparts when taking close-up pictures. Digital cameras eliminate the problem of parallax (different sight lines for the lens and optical viewfinder) by allowing you to compose with the LCD monitor, which uses the same sight line as the lens. Digital cameras also have more depth of field, making it easier to focus in macro mode.

2. More Photos Without Changing the Film: With the arrival of cheaper and high capacity memory cards one can take a large amount of pictures on the same dive without the need to come back to the surface to change the film.

3. Enjoy The Results Instantly: Digital cameras allow users to enjoy the photos instantly wherever you are. You can share them with friends at any point during the dive or afterwards.

4. Easily Edit Your Underwater Pictures: Since all your pictures are digital it is easy to edit pictures with available photo-editing software. This is sometimes very valuable since you can easily modify the white balancing after taking the picture instead of dealing with that underwater or the need for expensive filters.

5. Easily Share Pictures Over the Internet: Since your pictures will be permanently stored in your computer it is easy to share them with friend using popular software programs or websites like ofoto.com, picasa.com. yahoo photos, etc…

6. Print Only the Pictures You Like: You can choose to print only those pictures that you like. This is becoming cheaper as digital cameras have become more popular. Price can be as low as 15 cents per print.