Originally Posted by Doug64

While it may be a little above budget, the Sony a6000 is a small mirrorless camera that will produce professional results. It has a large sensor, and feels like a "real camera" with an excellent eye level viewfinder, and will do everything most DSLRs will do and in some cases more. My wife and I have 3 of them and have used them for bike touring as well a general use. I have taken over 20,000 pictures on mine since getting it in 2015. My wife had been using one for a couple of years, and when my trusty Canon died a week before a 2 month European bike trip, I found an excuse to get a Sony a6000. I don't miss my old film Nikons near as much as I used to after getting it.

Getting a shot like this would be very difficult with a phone or a point and shoot without an ELV.