Phones are definitely not as good.
Bigger sensors and wider lenses are much better for low light and movement.
Modern phones are pretty responsive, compared to the blurry shite you would get past 6pm, but the near instant focus, excellent high ISO quality and wider aperture lenses means you should get sharper images, in much darker situations.
Responsiveness is key though, because catching baby expressions isn’t easy.
Baby smiles and looks at you, you press the shutter button, the image that gets taken is your baby gurning with a snot ball out one nostril, looking in another direction.
My comment was more a direct comparison between the GRD and modern phones. Like I said, I have no experience of the newest iteration of the Ricoh but from what I’ve read it still is not a low light killer.
Phones are definitely not as good.
Bigger sensors and wider lenses are much better for low light and movement.
Modern phones are pretty responsive, compared to the blurry shite you would get past 6pm, but the near instant focus, excellent high ISO quality and wider aperture lenses means you should get sharper images, in much darker situations.
Responsiveness is key though, because catching baby expressions isn’t easy.
Baby smiles and looks at you, you press the shutter button, the image that gets taken is your baby gurning with a snot ball out one nostril, looking in another direction.