Quality is pretty dependent on what your experience with cameras are. I don't have a high quality dSLR, but I am into photography. I use an old superzoom I bought in 2007. Even this, I am not happy about the quality but I can control everything manually, it has a better sensor than pocket point and shoots, and has the most important thing, a viewfinder rather than holding a camera stupidly out at arms length looking at an LCD screen.

You may or may not notice quality issues depending on your experience.

Below is my bike with the wife's Canon A4000, horrid quality in my opinion. Paid $200 for this camera. I can force ISO, but can't change anything else. Can't even read the lettering on the tires nor see the links in the chain. Image is over exposed as well, couldn't do anything about that.

Link to large size



This is my Fuji superzoom. Again, paid $200 for it. Quality isn't up to my standard, but I can't afford a couple thousand $$$$ for a camera, so it has to do. Has some chromatic aberration, but I could set the exposure correctly.

Link to large size



You may or may not see the difference. I carried the Canon once in my pocket on the bike. I won't bother with that again. I'd rather have my camera hanging across my shoulder sitting on my back if I want to go out on a photographic adventure on my bike.