I'm going to talk up this little Panasonic Lumix FH-20 digital pocket camera (slips easily into a shirt or riding jacket pocket)
A good camera for less than $50 ? Yep!....buy a reconditioned one, or lightly used one from a seller with 100% feedback on ebay, yard sale, or pawn-shop, etc.
These cameras have been around for years - a new/new one can't be found.
I'm kinda rough on cameras....cold fingers, wet fingers, gloved fingers, dodging roadside traffic, on tripods in the middle of Rt. 68, and one smashed when my LIKE's muffler fell on it....ect., etc! Haven't yet dropped one in the Gulf of Mexico....but have tried.
Anyway... to prolong the life of a rather pricey camera - I just bought two more of my fav little pocket cameras for my scooter rides. Total price for two perfect condition used cameras was $56.
Photos here, of one FH-20, are taken with the other FH-20. (these 2 join the one I have, still working, held together with a rubber bands for past 2 yrs - my right-seater dropped it)




The above is the $20 camera.....Not a mark on either of the cameras and all functions work perfectly.
Took these with an Panasonic FH-20, years ago.* (LIKE muffler killed that one)


You don't need an expensive camera (or $700 cell phone!!) to take OK pictures.
Fish
*Don't you hate those billet mirror extenders!! I sure did. Mirrors from a CB500X fixed it, perfectly.