Desire Camera App
Quite a few people are reporting better camera quality with the Desire camera app than the stock one. You can see a few different pictures
here. It has quite a few more settings, seems to be faster, has face recognition and auto-focus with the trackball. You can also disable the forsaken shutter sound.
Luckily since you've flashed the ROM, applying this update is fairly easy.
1) Download it from
here. As of this writing, you want the "Update zip for CM 5.0.5.3" version.
2) Save the r2-desire-camera-cm-5.0.5.3-signed.zip to the root of your SD card.
3) Boot into Recovery Mode (hold volume down while booting, then select Recovery).
4) Now scroll down and select "Flash Zip From SD Card".
5) Highlight the r2-desire-camera-cm-5.0.5.3-signed.zip and press the trackball to select it.
Now you can reboot and you'll have the Desire camera app.