yeah but the data its easier lost in digital, hardrives and SD cards break and then you have nothing,they take up space on the computer too and if you take alot of photos they usually end up on a hard drive. I've read alot of stories of this happening to people. In fact I had an SD card request me to reformat it in order for it to work.. I had already been a week in Costa rica, and it wouldn't work anymore.. Thankfully I had Extra SD cards & I saved the sd card in hopes to get them off before reformatting it. Negatives do not break so easily, and are kind of plasticy, I wouldn't think if water accidentally got on them they would be ruined.