Question about digital cameras?

If you buy a digital camera can you erase the pictures off the cameras memory once you have transfered them to your computer or do they stay on the camera forever. My friend says you can't erase them and you just have to buy a new camera.

lol, no that is not the case at all they do not stay on your camera forever, you can still delete them. I do it all the time and your friend is a idiot.

Hmmm...I think it's time to stop listening to your friends.
Or maybe you're just listening to the wrong friend.

i erase pictures every time i transfer them to my computer. just click the button on back of the camera that says menu, it will ask if you want to delete just the frame or all frames. it's quite simple.

Man, your friends are mean. It sure would get expensive if you bought a new camera everytime it filled up! And I would never be able to lend my camera to anyone else ever again. So... Yes you can erase the pictures.